Yuksek

WHO: YUKSEK, AKA PIERRE-ALEXANDER BUSSON. WHAT: THE ALBUM ‘LIVING ON THE EDGE OF TIME’, FOLLOW-UP TO ACCLAIMED DEBUT ‘AWAY FROM THE SEA’. WHERE: ON THE ROAD AND AT HOME IN THE FERTILE MUSIC SCENE OF REIMS, FRANCE. WHY: BECAUSE HE FOUND A NEW MUSE. WHEN: June 2011 Boredom and solitude are two things most musicians don’t wear well. Once detachment starts to kick in, terrible things tend to happen – hard drugs, loose women, broken television sets, you know the picture. But when French electro maverick Yuksek found himself both more or less bored with the self-serving demands of the dancefloor and all too often alone on tour, solely accompanied by his collection of synths and FX boards, he wisely decided to avoid the aforementioned trappings and pour his heart and soul into song. The aftermath: ‘Living On The Edge Of Time’, an album inspired by the numbness of life on the road, the feeling of being alone in a crowd and constant need for creative exploration – but also a collection of unabashed, jubilant pop tunes; introspect and uplifting at the same time. “I admit; mentally, I needed to get away from the new just-for-the-sake-of-being-new trappings of dancefloor... more...