Arising from industrial music, passing through
sound designing, Pushy! Is a concentrate of all
the diversity of the French electronic scene.
An artist with a singular universe, between strange
environmental sound, interludes rich in experimental
ranges and sizzle breakbeat.
Not very orthodox methods, unclassable and iconoclast,
Pushy! likes the urban experimentation, the driest
breakbeats, the adventurous spirit, references
to hip hop and the beachcombers drum' bass.
At the crossroads of experimental and worldwide
underground and a contesting soul, he composes
innovatory stuff, manufactures a personal and
evolutionary music, sometimes constructed, sometimes
disjointed.
Here the past, the present and the future confront
each other, variety as matter, the sound of all
the communities as reference mark.
Via the abstract breakbeat, the climates and ambiences
install a fine balance between urban vibrations
and internal passion.
Sound microworlds unceasingly evolving, a sincere,
representative and open experimentation on the
outside world.
Since his beginnings he has always provoked meetings,
sought to extract himself from his own constraints
by sealing an alliance between free sounds and
original film soundtracks, theatre and contemporary
dance, fashion shows or the visual arts, trajectories
enriched by sound installations. A prolific range
where the nuance finds its right of being, as
above the exercise of style or demonstration of
his talents, it’s a certain ideaof clashes
that Pushy! provokes.
Since 1983, Chris aka Pushy! has composed under
various aliases (Webs, Ob Ovo or Oxendraft)
and has taken part in several formations ( Urban
Autopsy, La tete a l'envers et ses malentendus,
Le cartel del Barrio.) mixing electronics with
acoustics.
In 1995 his association with Yod has given
rise to the Pushy! formation; Yod then accompanied
Chris during 4 years before retiring from the
project.
Pushy! was truly the first in France to work
on drum & bass, breakbeat and breakcore
sonorities during live performances. |
