Yuksek
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YUKSEK
Album 2011 : Living On The Edge Of Time
Two or three times a week, on his Myspace page, Yuksek gets an e-mail from Turkey saying “Hey, know what? Yuksek means “high” in Turkish!” The answer to which is no! Pierre-Alexandre Busson wasn’t aware of this when he chose the name by instinct four years ago, partly for its sound and partly to buck the trend of English-sounding names that are ubiquitous in electronic music. In recent months, the pseudonym has been collecting an ever-growing halo of buzz.
Yuksek, originally with Birdy Nam Nam’s label, has recently crafted some of the dirtiest, most inspired remixes of hits by Mika, The Kaiser Chiefs, and Ghostface Killah (Wu Tang Clan). On stage Yuksek’s svelte, supple physique swoops between his vintage keyboards and FX board and this has set alight concert venues, clubs and festivals throughout the world. Now, the suave musician - anything but a clubber, strangely enough - is poised to let loose his first album, packed full of future hits called “Tonight”, “Extraball” and “I Like To Play”.
Yuksek was born in 1977 and spent his adolescence practicing piano several hours a day at music school before realising that “the only job I could get was as a music teacher.” He was convinced that there had to be some other path to take. A fan of pop music, raised on The Beatles and Gainsbourg, amazed by the early West Coast rap of NWA and De La Soul and – above all – stunned in his early secondary school years by Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (the beginning of a chain of events that would eventually lead him to Lou Reed’s “Transformer”
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Tonight (12' Inch)
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Tonight
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It Comes EP
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wilfrules4ever Loving "Living on the Edge of Time"
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strongerthanU In love with him. (2)
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Lucastrike In love with him.
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lolijackson If you enjoy Yuksek, come check out the new City Flux Mix Tape, featuring "Always On The Run" and 22 other indie tracks on http://cityflux.tumblr.com
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jus-civile "yuksek" means high in turkish, but in terms of altitude, not like getting high.
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raguabros Guys and girls, help me out here, i really want to see him in concert but I need likes in this picture: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150772064795775&set=o.170778909629035&type=1, concert is this Friday!
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chaozke COOL
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princegarth SO GOOD
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May
31
Festi'neuch 2012
Les Jeunes-Rives, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
13 going
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Jun
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Festival Au Fond du Jardin du Michel 2012
Bulligny, Bulligny, France
7 going
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Jun
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RockNess 2012
Loch Ness, Dores, United Kingdom
74 going
6 shouts
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12 Apr 2012 | from yuksekmusic.tumblr.com/
- girlieinterns: SPOTTED! Yuksek stopped by the Girlie office for... 12 Apr 2012 | from yuksekmusic.tumblr.com/
- My latest remix for Stuck in the Sound - Brother Available on... 12 Apr 2012 | from yuksekmusic.tumblr.com/
- New music video “OFF THE WALL” Director: Romain... 22 Feb 2012 | from yuksekmusic.tumblr.com/
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