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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”
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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sodalectric wrote:
Fireworks!!
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sylwiaadamczuk wrote:
<3 Please, come to Poland <3
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groovez0ne wrote:
Очень, Очень!!! Come to Russia.
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Black_Lizmark wrote:
always on the run, on a train...................................this guy rocks!!!!!!!!!
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LocoRocker wrote:
some of his stuff is pretty rad!
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PlayTheMusik wrote:
come to Colombia!!!
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little_faghead wrote:
"On a train" is such a calming song. When I hear this song I just wanna sit down in a train drive away.
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yapooos wrote:
Mmmmmmm.
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digshake wrote:
Was about to give the newest album a solid "meh" until I hit track 7. The final five songs are stellar!
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Zehenry wrote:
Friday. Live! Yeah.
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panuki wrote:
It's not the same.
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nbhap wrote:
YUKSEK featured on http://nothingbuthopeandpassion.com/4220/yuksek/
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ojigbe wrote:
Eat My Bear!
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otaviozera wrote:
Paparazzi (Yuksek Remix) <3
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Aexilus wrote:
Take a Ride is neat.
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ManiekB14 wrote:
marvelous artist!
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sICLEr wrote:
"Living on the edge of time" album is so goooood...
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Lucastrike wrote:
Genious!
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bboysgirl wrote:
Yuksek's set at Creators Project in Brooklyn last weekend was hot.
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nikaskora wrote:
ey mec bon courage demain!!!! waoww cannot wait to see you
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Feb
11
Yuksek
People's Place, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Feb
16
Inde'Rock Festival 2012
Salle Oesia, Notre-Dame-d'Oé, France
6 going
- Feb 24 Yuksek @ The Nest, Dalston The Nest, London, United Kingdom
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MERCI LUXEMBOURG ET METZ C’ETAIT BON.
Next week LIVE Razzmatazz, Barcelona (friday)!
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MERCI LUXEMBOURG ET METZ C’ETAIT BON.
Next week LIVE Razzmatazz, Barcelona (friday)!
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MONTPELLIER, nous sommes désolé de devoir annoncer que le concert de mercredi est…
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J’ai publié 18 photos sur Facebook, dans l’album Live au Trianon -...
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RT @mathanestmort: I wonder what goes on in @YUKSEK_music ‘s head.. my gosh.
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camiloindie added Yuksek to camiloindie’s library. 5 hours ago
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Uakala_ added Yuksek to the lineup of Festival Estéreo Picnic 2012 at Parque Zona F. 5 hours ago
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Aristippe, iioup, petit_noir and 12 other people added Yuksek to their libraries. yesterday evening
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TheNestDalston added Yuksek to the lineup of Yuksek @ The Nest, Dalston at The Nest. Tuesday afternoon
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samw_26 wrote about Yuksek in A ecouter. Sunday afternoon
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bzhmilanese tagged Yuksek with ‘electro’. Saturday morning
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sxy_nxy tagged Yuksek with new rave, dance, french and one other tag. last week
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