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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.