Pogo (electronic musician)
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Pogo is an electronic music artist living in Perth, Western Australia
. His work consists of recording small sounds from a film or a specific scene, and sequencing the sounds together to form a new piece of music.
" is a composition of sounds from the Disney film Alice in Wonderland
Pogo took part in a project hosted by Disney/Pixar
to produce a track based on their film, Up
, titled "UPular". He has since produced many more mixes, "Toyz Noize" and "Buzzwing", based on the movie Toy Story
being among them.
Although having exposure through YouTube, many of Pogo's tracks are available for download at www.pogomix.net. Pogo has since produced tracks using samples from films such as Mary Poppins
, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
, The Sword in the Stone
, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
, H.R. Pufnstuf
, The King and I
, Hook
, Toy Story
, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
, Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
and The Lord of the Rings.
's film Hook
, the video was removed from YouTube following complaints made by Sony Pictures Entertainment
. The disappearance of the video prompted several YouTube users to upload their own, previously saved versions of the video in protest (and the same was made for the "Alice" video). The video eventually returned.
. While featured on his live tours, has not been legally approved by Disney, and is therefore unavailable to download. Several petitions by fans have since sprung up in attempt to pressure Disney into allowing the release of the track. A tweet from Pogo made in September 2011, reading "obtaining the rights to release 'Swashbuckle' would be too complex and expensive" suggests the petitions have failed.
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. His work consists of recording small sounds from a film or a specific scene, and sequencing the sounds together to form a new piece of music.
Music
His track "AliceAlice (Pogo song)
"Alice" is the debut single of the Australian Electronica musician Pogo. Originally released on YouTube in 2007, it quickly garnered much attention, with 5,881,084 views as of April 2011.-Recording and release:...
" is a composition of sounds from the Disney film Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)
Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based primarily on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with a few additional elements from Through the Looking-Glass. Thirteenth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was released in New...
Pogo took part in a project hosted by Disney/Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
to produce a track based on their film, Up
Up (2009 film)
Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film...
, titled "UPular". He has since produced many more mixes, "Toyz Noize" and "Buzzwing", based on the movie Toy Story
Toy Story
Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...
being among them.
Although having exposure through YouTube, many of Pogo's tracks are available for download at www.pogomix.net. Pogo has since produced tracks using samples from films such as Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins (film)
Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...
, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, released in the United States and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series,...
, The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone (film)
The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney and originally released to theaters on December 25, 1963...
, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers, loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car. It starred Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious. The...
, H.R. Pufnstuf
H.R. Pufnstuf
H.R. Pufnstuf was a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast September 6, 1969 to September 4, 1971...
, The King and I
The King and I (1956 film)
The King and I is a 1956 musical film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical The King and I, based in turn on the book Anna and the King...
, Hook
Hook (film)
Hook is a 1991 American fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, and features Maggie Smith, Caroline Goodall, Charlie Korsmo, Amber Scott, and Dante Basco. Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's original adventures, focusing...
, Toy Story
Toy Story
Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...
, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 musical film adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. The film tells the story of Charlie Bucket as he receives a golden ticket and visits Willy...
, Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin is a 1997 direct-to-video film from Walt Disney's The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh. The film follows Pooh and his friends on a journey to find and rescue their friend Christopher Robin from the "Skull"...
, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr.. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong...
and The Lord of the Rings.
EPs
- Wonderland
- Table Scraps (2008)
- Weave and Wish (2009)
- Broken Beats
- Deeper Down The Rabbit Hole (November 30, 2010)
Select song discography
- Bangarang (2009)
- Scrumdiddlyumptious (2009)
- Mary's Magic (2009)
- Expialidocious (2009)
- Upular (2009)
- White Magic (2009)
- Alice (2009)
- Skynet Symphonic (2010)
- Gardyn (2010)
- Toyz Noize (2010)
- Buzzwing (2010)
- Crimson (2010)
- Wishery (2010)
- Whisperlude (2010)
- Joburg Jam (2011)
- Murmurs Of Middle-Earth (2011)
- Living Island (2011)
- Mellow Brick Road (2011)
- Hundred Acre Flurry (2011)
- Hundred Acre Rain (2011)
- Bloom (2011)
- Zoo Zoo (2011)
- Davyd (2011)
Bangarang
When Pogo released his track "Bangarang" featuring footage and sound samples from Steven SpielbergSteven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
's film Hook
Hook (film)
Hook is a 1991 American fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, and features Maggie Smith, Caroline Goodall, Charlie Korsmo, Amber Scott, and Dante Basco. Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's original adventures, focusing...
, the video was removed from YouTube following complaints made by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
. The disappearance of the video prompted several YouTube users to upload their own, previously saved versions of the video in protest (and the same was made for the "Alice" video). The video eventually returned.
Swashbuckle
Pogo's track "Swashbuckle", commissioned by Disney, featuring footage and sound samples from Pirates of the CaribbeanPirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a series of films, a theme park ride, and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications. The franchise originates with the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which opened at Disneyland in...
. While featured on his live tours, has not been legally approved by Disney, and is therefore unavailable to download. Several petitions by fans have since sprung up in attempt to pressure Disney into allowing the release of the track. A tweet from Pogo made in September 2011, reading "obtaining the rights to release 'Swashbuckle' would be too complex and expensive" suggests the petitions have failed.
See also
- KutimanKutimanOphir Kutiel , professionally known as Kutiman, is a musician, composer, producer and animator from Israel. He is best known for creating the online music video project ThruYOU, as well as his self-titled album and collaboration with many artists including Maroon 5.-Background:Ophir Kutiel was...
- another electronic artist who gained notoriety solely through video sampling on youtube. - Todd EdwardsTodd EdwardsTodd Edwards is an American house and garage producer.-History:Todd Edwards began his musical career around 1992. He employs vocal reconstruction techniques to his songs, creating a unique vocal collage set to a four-on-the-floor beat...
- House music producer from the U.S who is known for his style of cutting up samples, especially vocals to make a whole new sound in his productions. He was hugely influential to the emerging UK GarageUK garageUK garage is a genre of electronic dance music originating from the United Kingdom in the early-1990s. UK garage is a descendant of house music which originated in Chicago and New York, United States. UK garage usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling'...
scene in Britain during the mid-nineties.