| Pogo | |
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| Birth name | Nick Bertke |
| Born | July 26, 1988 [1] |
| Origin | Cape Town, South Africa[2] |
| Genres | Electronic, Trip-Hop, House |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | none |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | www.pogomix.net |
Pogo (real name Nick Bertke) 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.
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His track "Alice" is a composition of sounds from the Disney film Alice in Wonderland[3] Pogo took part in a project hosted by Disney/Pixar to produce a track based on their film, Up, titled "UPular".[4] He has since produced many more mixes, "Toyz Noize" and "Buzzwing", based on the movie Toy Story being among them. [5]
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[6] and The Lord of the Rings.
When Pogo released his track "Bangarang" featuring footage and sound samples from Steven Spielberg'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.
Pogo's track "Swashbuckle", commissioned by Disney, featuring footage and sound samples from Pirates of the Caribbean. 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.[7] 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.[8]
On his US tour, Pogo was arrested for not having a work visa and taken into custody for 3 weeks[9]. He is now prohibited from re-entering the United States for 10 years. [10][11]