pierre-alexandre busson, known as yuksek, is from reims, where he studied piano for ten years at the conservatory before leaving at seventeen to pursue electronic music.
he also built scene infrastructure around himself there, founding the elektricity festival in 2003 and later running la magnifique society, an annual event in the city that continued through 2023.
his debut album, Away from the Sea, came out in 2009 on savoir faire.
he founded Partyfine in 2013, a label built to release music from artists he could produce and give a platform to.
I started this label with the idea of releasing music from new artists who I can help produce their tracks and give a platform to.
yuksek to when we dip, 23 june 2023
his catalogue continues through partyfine and outside labels alike, and in june 2025 he put out All Night, with M.I.L.K., and Déjà Vous, with diogo strausz, both on razor-N-tape records.
he plays the jazz cafe in london on 19 december 2026, billed by the venue as a french touch set drawing on house, european disco and rare french electro.
quotes are verbatim from the artists' own public posts and interviews, spelling and all. more profiles coming, 179 to go.