History Music / NickBertke

* RearrangeTheSong: "Nicey Nicey" is a essentially a remix of "Zoo Zoo".

* {{Sampling}}: What sort of sets him apart from other Youtube musicians is his insane sampling skills and his capability of manipulating said samples.

* WithLyrics: "Doo D'Doo" and "Mending" got this treatment to become "Mi Angel" (with John Sean) and "Aye Aye" (with Klarisse de Guzman) respectively.

* [[ALittlePrincess Whisperlude]] (2010)

* XMeetsY: Music/ToddEdwards meets either Music/{{Nujabes}}, Music/OwlCity, or both depending on the song.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vx3_2ks5qQ His Pogomix]] of Creator/DonaldTrump. The thumbnail of the video has Trump wearing a clown wig, and the description calls Trump a comedian. On the Soundcloud track of this song, the description states that Nick couldn't resist making a Pogomix of Trump due to how much of a "crazy fucker" he is.

** Averted in "What I Likes" and "Data & Picard". The lyrics are very clear despite all of the sampling, and they make complete sense.

* [[Film/TheSecretGarden Mary's Magic]] (2009)

Nick Bertke (born Christopher Nicholas Bertke, b. 1988), better known by as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron Pogo]], is a South African Australian[[note]]born in Cape Town, South Africa, resides in Perth, Western Australia; most credit him as merely Australian[[/note]] electronic music artist who lives in Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. Since starting his Youtube career in summer 2007, Nick has over 400,000 subscribers and 116.5 million views over all of his videos.

* LyricalColdOpen: "Buzzwing", "Expialidocious", "Jiminy", "Kadinchey", and "What I Likes".

** Averted in "What I Likes". The lyrics are very clear despite all of the sampling, and they make complete sense.

He's a particularly famous producer due to his unique take on sampling, very similar to Music/ToddEdwards' groundbreaking "microsampling" techniques. He takes small samples of quotes, melodies, and sounds from practically anything (film, TV, video games, even real life), forming sample pallets in Adobe Audition, and then sequences the sounds together by means of FL Studio or Ableton Live to form a work of music that he enjoys calling a "Pogoism".

He first began getting into music when he began producing his first tracks with the ''Music 2000'' game as a wee child. As he grew older, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7-uhp5OPs his musical inclinations followed suit]], and...let's just say he produced ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAgyYNE9jfs a lot]]'' of music over the years. He didn't get his first big break until about a month after he started his Youtube channel, when he uploaded his first video, a Pogoism of Disney's ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' named "Alice". The song is, to this day, Nick's biggest hit, with almost 15 million views. In the words of the man himself, "What I did with this movie..changed my life."

His discography doesn't stop at his Youtube channel. He has released a multitude of [=EPs=] and albums of music that can't necessarily be classified as "Pogoisms", since they don't merely hone their focus on encompassing the aesthetic of one single work. In addition to that, there are even ''more'' tracks that he's made back when he was young and inexperienced (which Nick has [[OldShame had some regrets about]]) as well as some albums and [=EPs=] that are extremely rare finds.

* TakeThat: He once uploaded a video where he advised on how to make music that sells, and it was by all means a well-aimed shot at the industry.

He also has a recently-revamped [[https://www.youtube.com/user/NickBertke second channel]] where he does livestreams (of playing games or dissecting his songs in their original FL Studio/Ableton forms), hosts a podcast called ''The Pogo Pod'', and does other random videos.

* MilestoneCelebration: Pogo made a remix of various Advertising/MAndMs commercials to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUon3SvWfZs celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the brand.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: Currently being essentially held hostage by Disney; any Disney-related remixes have to be commissioned by them, or they'll sue him. This is the main reason his Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean remix, "Swashbuckle", will never see the light of day.

* [[BannedInChina Banned In The US]]: Not his music, but Nick himself, due to not having a proper work visa. He spent three weeks in custody and is now prohibited from entering the US for a decade.

* {{Adorkable}}: Definitely comes across in his livestreams.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent [=/=] OutOfGenreExperience:
** "Ingenuity!", which is his foray into HardcoreTechno.
** "Scoobystep" was his first work incorporating dubstep, or something resembling it.
** ''Vent Now'' has some of his most abrasive and aggressive music, sounding very akin to/heavily influenced by the more intense work of Music/AphexTwin.

* {{Adorkable}}

* SigningOffCatchPhrase: He often uses "Thanks for tuning in, folks!" as a closer.

* SerendipitousSymphony: More often than not, his works are based around one that is crafted using samples.

-->''Hey there, folks!''

'''Nick Bertke''' (born Christopher Nicholas Bertke, b. 1988), better known by as '''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron Pogo]]''', is a South African Australian[[note]]born in Cape Town, South Africa, resides in Perth, Western Australia; most credit him as merely Australian[[/note]] electronic music artist who lives in Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. Since starting his Youtube career in summer 2007, Nick has over 400,000 subscribers and 116.5 million views over all of his videos.

* [[{{Terminator}} Skynet Symphonic]] (2010)

* [[TheMightyBoosh Zoo Zoo]] (2011)

** "Mary's Magic" has what sounds like a Windows startup sound being played backwards and looped in the background.

* MilestoneCelebration: Pogo made of remix of various Advertising/MAndMs commercials to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUon3SvWfZs celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the brand.]]

** [[Creator/EnidBlyton Into The Ark and Stampy Loop]] (2014)

* [[WorldOfWarcraft Roarcraft]] (2013)
* [[SpongebobSquarepants Squarebob Spongemix]] (2013)

-->''[[CatchPhrase Hey there, folks!]]''

'''Nick Bertke''' (born Christopher Nicholas Bertke, 1988-), better known by as '''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron Pogo]]''', is a South African Australian[[note]]born in Cape Town, South Africa, resides in Perth, Western Australia; most credit him as merely Australian[[/note]] electronic music artist who lives in Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. Since starting his Youtube career in summer 2007, Nick has over 400,000 subscribers and 116.5 million views over all of his videos.

* WordPureeTitle: His ''Vent Now'' album, which has extremely nonsensical track titles that simultaneously give a middle finger to the rules of grammar while also screaming Music/AphexTwin. Said titles include "[=kissMy@ssPhaggit=]" and "[=CHANTofThe@p0calypse=]".

* NoTitle [=/=] NoEnding: A lot of the tracks on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7-uhp5OPs 2003-2005]]''.

* NoNameGiven: A lot of the tracks on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7-uhp5OPs 2003-2005]]''.

** The "my brain is falling out" sample is panned to the right side the first time it is played, and then switches to the other side the next time. It happens twice.