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YuksekTonight
His debut album, Away from the Sea, was released on February 9, 2009.[1] Including the singles Tonight and Extraball, this album received a lot of media attention (for instance he was interviewed on the famous French TV show Le Grand Journal de Canal+). After touring for 2 years, Yuksek released his second album, Living on the Edge of Time,on June 13, 2011.[2] This album – like the debut single On a Train – took a pop direction but Yuksek’s electronic flow was still there. Yuksek has also been involved in many other musical projects such as The Krays (with Brodinski) and Peter & The Magician (with Stephen Fasano, ex-Aeroplane). December 2011 will see Yuksek play the renowned
New Year festival Rhythm and Vines in Gisborne, New Zealand, before
heading to Field Day music festival in Sydney, Australia on New
Years Day 2012.[3] Away from the Sea (2009)[1] [edit] EP & singles 2005 = The Wax EP (Rise Recordings) Face A Face B 2006 = Everywhere In Town EP (I'm a Cliché) Face A Face B 2006= Plastik EP (Relish Records) Face A Face B 2007 = Composer EP (Relish Records) Face A Face B 2007 = It Comes EP (UWe) Face A Face B 2008 = Tonight Ep (UWe) Face A Face B 2009 = Extraball EP (Has Been / Sound of Barclay) Face A Face B 2011 = On A Train EP (Savoir Faire/ Sound Of Barclay) Face A Face B Extra On A Train (Gucci Vump remix) (5:38) On
A Train (The Magician remix) (4:43) Since 2011, Yuksek has been collaborating with
The Magician (aka Stephane Fassano, former member of Aeroplane)
under the stage name Peter And The Magician. Their first song "Twist" has been recorded on a Kitsuné compilation (Kitsuné Maison Compilation 11: "The Indie Dance Issue") released on May 26, 2011. A 3 titles EP also called "Twist" was released one month later on the Kitsuné label. The Krays is the musical collaboration between
Yuksek and leading French electro star, Brodinski. Their first
EP titled “We’re Ready When You Are” was released on May 17, 2010.
(Abracada). Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya - Fuck Friend (Brodinski & Yuksek
remix) (Kitsune) [edit] Remixes Adam Kesher – FYIMA (Disque primeur) [edit] Trivia Yuksek played the piano at the Conservatoire of Music until the age of 17 – the time he decided to give up his studies. Yuksek is a longtime friend of Brodinski, a French DJ who also comes from Reims. They often mix together.[6] Yuksek uses to play the bass in the band Klanguage.[7] Yuksek means "high" in Turkish. Video clips have been produced for the following tracks : “Extraball”, “Tonight” and “On A Train”. Tonight was selected as the soundtrack of the show Le Grand Journal on Canal+ in January 2009. He produced “Manual for Successful Rioting” - Birdy Nam Nam’s second album - (except track 11 produced by Justice). The hidden track of his album "Away From The Sea" was composed by The Bewitched Hands On The Top Of Our Heads . It consists in a rearranged and acoustic version of Tonight. This track is also used at the end of the video clip Tonight where Yuksek takes part of a choir.[8] His track Extraball was the music of the Airness attraction‘s deodorant commercial as well as the Lacoste Red ! collection’s one in 2009. His track Tonight has been chosen for the Peugeot commercial “Alchemy” produced on the occasion of the brand revival. It was broadcasted on TV channels from January 2010. Recently, he broadcasted the song “On A Train”
operating under the name of Mega Mystery Band. The song buzzed
on the internet and was supposed to prepare the release of his
upcoming solo album untitled Living on the Edge of time
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