I thought I'd take a moment to throw the spotlight on a certain artist who's thrown me into a state of euphoria with his music. It's even accessible! It's down right catchy even. He is simply named Pogo.
Pogo is an Australian electronic artist who makes Chillout techno with Trip-hop leanings. What sets Pogo apart in my mind is his penchant for splicing sounds from films from the last 50 years together to create melodies for his tunes. All of which are usually laid gently over a sweet bass groove or even a rad loop derived from the same film. This isn't the average insertion of a clip here. Pogo often shreds words from a musical you grew up with and rearranges them into a new song. Did I mention some of these beats are killer?
The result is much like a collage of syllables strung together into a nonsensical song that makes you grin like an idiot and dance around your room. He often even puts together a music video to go with his songs. I have an example here:
That's his track called "Scrumdiddlyumptious" I have had this on loop for 3 days straight now and I brim with joy every time I hear it and you should too. Some other great ones are "Bangarang," and "White Magic"
He has even gotten permission from Pixar and remixed Up and Toy Story. Pixar gets free advertising. Pogo can continue to cut and dice and not get sued. Everyone is happy. Which is pretty fly.
Many of Pogo's songs can be downloaded gratis from his lastfm page. Trust me this guy is worth it. And good news...
He doesn't take himself too seriously.
You can follow Pogo on his site http://www.pogomix.net/
That's all for now! OVER AND OUT!
-St(i)les
This is terrific, Thanx! The first video made me so dizzy. Talented dude.
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