MP3: Buried (Amy Daneel)

Holy crap, now I remember why I became a musician! Amy Daneel is smoking. Hahah, geddit? But more importantly, she likes to quote movies, which is what I recorded her doing for Buried, the latest open-source track from Pravda23. You send me audio and I make music…out of you! Help yourself to a free download. And, Amy: thanks for being you, hun.

Buried

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It’s House (5.9mb)

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Posted in Updates and YourVoice on 3 Aug 2010 Reactions (0)

MP3: It’s Not Funny (The Manhattan Boys)

If you go to the Cape Quarter in Greenpoint, you’ll find a restaurant on the corner called Manhattan. A waiter called “Hahahah!” (dunno his real name) agreed to record his voice. Using the cutlery, coffee cups and some basic gear, I created and recorded loops, basslines, guitar parts and musical elements, looping my old friend Hahahah!’s voice as part of the creative input! Go Hahahah! This is how I’m creating a collection of songs called Live From Wherever You Are, which uses the YourVoice project to collect and record ordinary folks like you. The artistic statement is that commonplace is the new sensational. Hahaha! HA!

It’s Not Funny

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It’s House (5.9mb)

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Posted in Updates and YourVoice on 30 Jul 2010 Reactions (0)

MP3: Document 2

Brendon Charnock asked me to produce a piano piece of his about 2 years ago. It’s finished. Listen to the whole thing.

Document 2

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It’s Instrumental (5.72mb)

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Posted in Updates and YourVoice on 18 Jul 2010 Reactions (0)

MP3: Green is for Envy (feat Nic Roos)

Nicolai Roos, guitarist for Cape Town alt rockers The Sleepers, plugs in and switches on to Pravda23, my open-source, free-for-all music contribution project. A few nice dirty guitar riffs created and recorded live and spontaneously at his place + a beat salad by me = gritty drum n bass dance track. Thanks to WhatsOnSA for the pic.

Green is for Envy

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It’s Drum & Bass (168bpm, 5.72mb)

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Posted in Updates and YourVoice on 3 Jul 2010 Reactions (0)

MP3: Banana Currents

Lo Ft and I got together to make a beat. It’s called Banana Currents. Lo Ft (facebook)is a tall dude, so his feet are low, hence the name. He is a bear. This track falls into the “Live Creation” category and was, for the most part, a product of spontaneous and improvised musical parts. Cool huh? Tell everyone.

Banana Currents

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Jazzy Hip Hop | C major | 120bpm | 03:46 | 5.17mb | 192kbps

Posted in Updates and YourVoice on 22 Jun 2010 Reactions (0)

Ad-Lib MP3: Mechatronic

Welcome to a new trend in Pravda23 music creation. Mechatronic is the latest track to be added to a growing collection of songs created live and spontaneously. Voices are recorded, mutated, effected and warped into often hilarious music tracks. I think of it as holding up a mirror to the world around me.

Mechatronic

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Trip Hop | A minor | 136.44bpm | 03:41 | 5.07mb | 192kbps

Posted in Updates and YourVoice on 5 Jun 2010 Reactions (0)

New MP3: Eres Aqui

Eres Aqui (‘You Are Here’ in Spanish) is the first official Pravda23 track created and recorded completely spontaneously. It’s also a tribute to Cape Studies, the awesome language school where I teach English to travellers from Brazil, Germany, Korea, Italy, Colombia, Angola, Gabon…etc! The whole track was made up from scratch and COMPLETELY on-the-fly in the sunshine outside the classrooms with a guitar, a laptop, a soundcard, a tambourine and a dream.

Eres Aqui

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Downtempo | C major | 120bpm | 02:14 | 3.07mb | 192kbps

Posted in Updates and YourVoice on 26 May 2010 Reactions (0)