Pogo - Forget

Pogo is the globally popular 25 year-old electronic artist from Perth, Australia formerly known as Fagottron. After a deal to work with Pixar, his work began to appear under the Pogo moniker. (His real name is Nick Bertke.) In 2011 he was arrested during his US tour for not having a proper work visa and was subsequently banned from re-entering the country for ten years. Last year he abruptly canceled his widely-followed social media accounts and closed commenting on his YouTube channel, which has over 114 million views. See if you can name all the sampled films below.

(Tipped by JMG reader Chris)

Pogo Goes Commercial

Via Campaign Brief:

Western Austrialia's most established dairy, Brownes, has teamed up with Perth-born world-renowned electronic artist Pogo to create a fun and innovative video which invites people to do some impromptu dancing on the streets of Perth. The video, promoting Brownes Shake 'n' Shake, is a first for Brownes because it uses a WA artist to design, film and produce the entire creative concept. It is also the first video shot by Pogo in his home town of Perth.

Longtime readers will know that I've been huge fan of Pogo for many years. Click on his label link if you're unfamiliar with his wondrous movie mashups.

Muppet Mash - Pogo

Pogo is the stage name of Australian wunderkind Nick Bertke.

Pogo - Kenya Chords

Another gorgeous entry from the looping/mixing king.

RELATED: Yesterday Pogo also posted an earnest video plea for help as Homeland Security has banned him from entering the United States for ten years due to a visa violation that does appear to have been his fault. He's blaming his booking agency and has launched a petition.