The “Remix” Term
The term ‘remix’ is often used to describe Pogo’s tracks. Here at PogoMix.net, we believe the term greatly undervalues his work, and that a new term to describe it is in order.
A remix is typically the taking of a melody or lyrical passage from a pre-existing song, and putting it to a new backing track with a different BPM. There’s no questioning that the originality of Pogo’s work stretches far beyond this technique. Pogo has come to develop his own sound, micro-splicing chords and syllables to produce completely new pieces of music.
Pogo’s music is difficult to accurately describe, so we want your ideas! What would you have us call a Pogo track?
sensory constuct
err…. sensory construct
why not call it a
P.M.
Pogo Mix
What i Know it is is Awesome!!!
I would call it exactly what it is. A Pogo.
chopped, but certainly NOT screwed
To remix,
such a fix,
songs are broken, just like sticks
Pogo makes a different pitch
I call them Pogons.
recycling
Why not just call it Foley Phonics?!
I’d call it a ‘memix’!
Although I would class his recent track ‘Gardyn’ as Stomp,
I would class the rest of his music as ‘experimental glitch-hop’
“Fractalism”. A mathematically perfect and precise combination of splitting and divisions of audoi which are collaged together in something that is beautiful, colourful and always unique. Google image search gives a good idea of fractals ;)
A music collage. :) I’m gonna hopefully attempt to make one from sounds from walle
Glitch-hop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch-hop
I like micromix
+1 for Micromix.
Reminds me of ‘micromanagement’, which is defined as “dedicating excessive control or attention to details”. It’s all the tiny little remixed details of Pogo’s songs that make them what they are, so I feel like ‘Micromix’ is just about as good as you can get in terms of naming the genre.
remaster, redo, resplice…
how about “song” or “piece of music?”
I agree with Knave Murdok. “Song” is the best there can be. I hate all these terrible portmanteaus. Pogo’s concept is not totally new. This has been done before he started with…Symphony 69 or whichever. In fact, an interview he’s done shows that his major inspiration was Akufen ( http://www.discogs.com/artist/Akufen ). So please stop making names for the genre with Pogo’s name in it. He didn’t start it; he just make it more popular.
PI, Pogonic Re-imagining
Pogusic (Pogo + Music). :D
Draykin, how would you use Morphusic as a verb and in its’ past tense?
Loving both Sound Splash and Morphusic. Musaic is a great name but to me personaly doesn’t feel right.
Mash-up is already coined as a merging of two or more songs, eg. Boulevard of Broken Walls (Green Day x Oasis)
I would point out the similar vocal splicing style of some of Daft Punk’s tracks.
Concerning plunderphonics:
“It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition”
This doesn’t really cover the unique style of vocal splicing, since really any complete vocal track could count as pluderphonics. Technically, mash-ups are plunderphnic. Pogo seems to have found a unique seat beneath it.
So, “plunderphonics” aside, I’m a fan of “musaic”, though I don’t think it truly captures the essence of splicing as opposed to a collection of independent sampling, so I’ll keep a vote in for musaic but I’ll also brainstorm:
fracture-form
tetrism (after tetris, obviously. Honestly, not too sure about this one myself)
chaos constuction (reflecting the ‘chaos’ of fractured audio, then constructed into an ordered piece)
chaotic composition
sound splash
morphusic (containing both “morph” and “fuse” and very almost “music”)
That’s all I’ve got for now. LOVE your stuff! Can’t believe I only just found it!
Plunderphonics is the correct term, John Oswald coined it.
Certainly ‘pogomix’ works succintly enough, although I’d be more inclined to opt for something that isn’t directly associated with your stagename. So I’d like to give a particular thumbs up to Don Jones’ suggestion of ‘musaic’.
I was going to suggest ‘Squeemix’ myself, since Pogo tracks are made of ‘Squeeee’ !!! (this is a GOOD thing).
But even so, it’s a rubbish suggestion. ‘Musaic’ is by far the strongest contender I’ve read so far, it’s perfect.
Mash-Up
Splix: a splice/remix.
micro-splicing, remix… splice-mix, splicix, micromix…
micro-splicing sounds alright by itself.
‘cro-splice.. cross-splice, x-splice.
But you’re basically composing with splices… so…
composplice, compo-ces(cis),
splice-composing, splice-co (sounds like a company), splice-comp, splice’o'comp, splico, splocomotion lol.
I second Matthew’s suggestion: POGOmix (for your brand), or a pogomix as a noun.
Bill: “Dude I just made this new pogomix.”
Ted: “Fuck, I love pogomixes.”
Sally: “What’s your favorite genre?”
Susy: “pogomix.”
POGOMIX that’s what it should be called. Coin it! Pogomix.
reorgagen (pronounced: re-orga-gen) music = rearranged (or reorganized) organic genesis music! It is transforming music or any type of sound into something brand new, like a symphonic rebirth!
reorgagen thats the titcket
I think cut up, which was suggested earlier, is a good concept for what Pogo’s doing. Pogomix is also good, but I think that the word “mix” will kind of point back to a remix. I like resplice. That’s what I try to do with my Pillowsniff music, resplice things back together.
Also, can you do a resplice with that movie Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome? I made one that I really enjoy, obviously it’s a different style than Pogo, but It’s pretty good I think.
ebonics and electronics**
or e-tronics. a delectable clash of electronics and electronics. :)
Perhaps a compilation? If your compiling clips from a variety of sources for a new effect, it seems this would be the most appropriate term.