Pogo

Video for Pogo’s track ‘Upular’, composed using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from the Disney Pixar film ‘Up’. The track also features a small number of percussion samples, including an obvious kick drum, crash cymbals and hi-hats.

‘Upular’ marks the first ever Pogo mix of a Pixar film. The closing advertisements have created much debate of whether or not Pogo has been endorsed for his work. The release of ‘Upular’ also marked the unsettling deactivation of ‘Alice’, ‘Expialdicious’ and ‘White Magic’. We expect an official statement from Pogo explaining these events in the near future.

Video for Pogo’s track ‘Bangarang’. This piece is composed of sounds from the Spielberg classic film ‘Hook’, a sine wave bass, and “a few cymbals for extra spice” to quote Pogo’s YouTube description.

‘Bangarang’ is so far the only Pogo video ever to be removed from YouTube.  On the 10th of September 2009, Sony Pictures Entertainment filed a notice to YouTube claiming that ‘Bangarang’ is an infringement of copyright. Many listeners responded to this with much criticism, posting numerous complaints to Pogo’s YouTube page and uploading several copies of the video to their accounts. Pogo was quick to file a counter notice to YouTube, and wrote an article on his blog explaining the fallacies of their claim.

Shortly after Pogo filed his claim, ‘Bangarang’ was reactivated on YouTube and remains live to this day.

Video for Pogo’s track ‘Scrumdiddlyumptious’. The track is composed of a sine wave bass, original percussion sequences, and sounds recorded from the candy man scene in ‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’. ‘Scrumdiddlyumptious’ remains the only Pogo video ever to be uploaded to YouTube in 720p. After spending almost twice the length of time in editing and finding little outstanding feedback to justify it, Pogo is yet to release another video in HD.

Video for Pogo’s track ‘Alohomora’, made using sounds recorded from the film ‘Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone’.

Composed entirely of small sounds recorded from ‘The Secret Garden’, ‘Mary’s Magic’ marks the first ambient release from Pogo and is widely regarded his most mature and sophisticated track yet.

Video for Pogo’s track ‘SplurgenShitter’, shot over the course of a weekend. ’Splurgenshitter’ was shot south of Perth WA on the outskirts of Mandurah, using a Sony XDCAM EX1. The track features vocal samples of Stewie from Family Guy, Dot from ‘Around The World With Dot’, and Clint Eastwood from ‘Paint Your Wagon’.