Yuksek & JD Samson

Dance music producer, remixer, and DJ Pierre-Alexandre Busson, known foremost as Yuksek, studied piano at a conservatory for several years prior to recording as DJ Pea and joining a series of bands, including the electropop, new wave-inspired Klanguage. The Reims, France native went by Yuksek as early as 2002, when he initiated a series of EPs for Hypnotic Music presented by Fafa Monteco. Additional 12" releases for Hypnotek, Rise, Relish, and I'm a Clich+¬, along with remixes of tracks by Chromeo, Teenage Bad Girl, and Birdy Nam Nam, preceded the first Yuksek album, 2009's Aw...