Pushy!
Christophe Bergeron, known by his alias, "Pushy!", is an electronic music composer who currently lives and works in Paris, France.
Biography
During the 80's, the noise/Indus electro movement offers Bergeron the opportunity to perfect his electronic programming, but it does not PReVENT him from participating in other projects with various esthetics.
After the techno revolution, Bergeron CREATES Pushy! Live with Yod, giving its first recognition to a breakbeat made in France that will initiate many budding musicians. Pushy! became a major artist of the French drum’n’bass / electro-break scene.
After the withdraw of Yod in 1995, Chris perform solo under Pushy!. Will follow two albums: Free Form (2003), then Hors Not (2007), and around ten maxis.
Pioneer of electro-rap with Cheravif (1999), Pushy! collaborated with others artists (Bams, Sayoko, Néry, Laurent de Wilde & Otisto 23, Loan, E Komba...) and developed a side project 100% dubstep under the pseudonym Hupsy Down.
His music is fed by its various collaborations, we can find him exploring another path (theater, contemporary dance, installations, fashion shows, short film, films...) along with personalities such as Marc Caro, Christophe Haleb, Jean-Luc Testu, Darja Richter, Kaat Tilley, Isabelle Boutrois, Viviana Moin, Pascale Siméon ou Nicolas Hulot.
Influences
Among the influence of Pushy! we can find Stravinsky for is rhythms, Erik Satie for its simplicity, John Cage for its concept, Steve Reich, Fred Frith, the dub-hop of WordSound, but also traditional music and salsa.
Pushy! is influenced by the 80's, especially with bands such as Residents and Virgin Prunes as well as Cabaret Voltaire and Bourbonese Qualk who already proposed a musical perspective similar to plastic art that prioritizes intention and gesture. French electro pioneer like Le Syndicat, Urbain Autopsy, and fr:Pierre Jolivet a.k.a. Pacific 231.
Labels like Warp or Ambush that contributed a lot to the evolution of a kind drum and bass and also Fennesz, Boris Cavage and Farmers Manuals in an another gene (Electronic music and visual art).
Discography
CD
- 2011 Epiderme synthétique - Album - Kiosk eclectic
- 2007 Hors Not - Album - Kiosk eclectic / La Baleine
- 2007 Serial live - Live - Belleville zoo
- 2003 Free form - Album - Furtif records / La Baleine
- 1999 Music for films, TV, dance companies, fashion shows and art exhibitions - Universal
- 1999 La vérité est ailleurs - Cheravif - 4 titles - Universal
- 1998 Worn to a shadow - live au Bataclan 98 - Universal
- 1998 Pushy ! - EP/CD 4 titles - Hokus Pokus
- 1997 Pushy ! - EP/CD 4 titles - Hokus Pokus
Maxi Vinyl
- 2008 Hupsy Down - Dest pub
- 2007 Serial Decibel - Belleville zoo
- 2004 Melodie gun - Ruby Breakfast
- 2003 Images in a nation - Kiosk eclectic 02
- 2002 Neon rouge (with Ciao Manhattan & J-F. Pauvros) - Sphénoïde Records
- 2000 Cheravif - Code mode amnesique - Kiosk eclectic
- 2000 Pushy ! untitled EP - Perce-oreille
- 2000 Pushy ! untitled EP - Hokus Pokus
- 2000 Gnats 45 tours 2 titles
- 1999 Antikrout - Hokus Pokus
- 1999 Audiokyste live - double EP - Mouse Clinic
- 1998 Pushy ! vs Mouse clinic - EP Abracadabra
Collaborations
- 2009 Je vais t'offrir - Bams - Autoproduction
- 2009 Cheravif, Global glauque live - Le Bison
- 2008 Laurent de Wilde & Otisto 23 - PC Pieces remixed by Friends - DTC Records
- 2008 Future exposed - BD sonore - 1 title - IOT Records
- 2008 Dosis decibel 4 - 1 title - Dosis decibel
- 2006 Sonde la bass - Jungle therapy
- 2006 A - Album "A" - Isabé - Together Prod
- 2003 Running dub - Remix Kali Live Dub
- 2002 They shout things - Compilation How do you sleep - Jarring Effects
- 2001 Kingsympathyrodney 2000 king (Rmx Ciao Manhattan Ft Mike Ladd) - KungFuFighting
- 2001 Melodie gun - Compilation - Hypertunez
- 2001 [...] manœuvre in da park - Compilation Mizé 5 - Mizé Records
- 1998 Rumours of war - Compilation P18 records - Esan Ozenki Records
- 1997 Let the revolution come - Compilation Avant gardism 2 - Law & Auder (UK)
- 1997 Grooveboxing - Compilation Groovebox - Distance Records
- 1997 M’Boke ya bisengo (feat E-Komba) - Compilation Sun Sun - Columbia - Sony
- 1997 Le robot qui fait sentir son haleine - Compilation Dome - Musidisc
- 1996 Remix of Lofofora - EP Amne's History - Virgin
- 1996 Cop phobia - Compilation Avant Gardism 1 - Law & Auder (UK)