As fun as computer keyboards are, pravda23 prefers the feeling of real keys under my fingers. So, with much ado about nothing, we’re pulling the plug on the pravda23 project for a few days / weeks / whatever to focus on rehearsing classical pieces, jazz standards and coding some new electronic material.
So we’re getting into playing live, outdoor lunchtime gigs now. By ‘we’ I mean me and (of course) my inseparable imaginary friend pravda23), and by ‘gigs’ I mean begging cafes and restaurants to let me use their electricity plug-points. Here are a few things I’ve learned over the past few days.
A simple synopsis of our state of affairs:
* Team Humanity is producing too much Carbon Dioxide in order to meet its energy needs
* The more Team Humanity produces, the warmer and less predictable our tiny planet’s climate gets
* Team Humanity is now entering the Age of Action in order to reduce its carbon emissions
Definitely something soothing about playing the past. A popular song in the 1940s (pravda23 is clearly a fan of French music), “Les feuilles mortes” (literally “The Dead Leaves”) was written by Joseph Kosma. English lyrics were credited to American songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1947. Hold a timeless attitude towards music and only the best music will fill your collection. I think.
Now, watch it evolve over time into a full-blown house dance track, kinda like the Way Out West version from back in the day. THIS is what it means to update your music >>> remix classics into modern form, and give new life to the timeless. Updates on the way.
This is the formal rundown of last night’s ridiculously fun, fresh-air party at MOJO in Observatory. Thanks to all who responded to their postal invites and pulled through.
*Request a postal invite to TPDK Circuitry on Saturday July 4th 2009 by sending your name and postal address to fun [at] pravda23 [dot] com no later than June 29th. See you there!
Stylishly executed vid from IDM producer Jacob Israel (home | facebook | myspace).
Like pravda23, JI lets his stuff go. Download albums Birthright and My Paper Nautilus for free (right click / save target).
New track from the pravda23 mainframe straight to you today. If you’ve heard of Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) and you have a vague inkling of what proper German techno sounds like, then you’ll probably understand how far Nothing Yet [v3.0] is from it! pravda23 and I just got our hands on a 50GB royalty-free sample collection so let’s have a celebratory stomp. I’ll be dropping this track at the gig at Cafe Sofia in Greenpoint on Friday.
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It rattles my circuits with joy when other DJs notice. Bless the boys at ListenUp.za.net, probably the most progressive podcast / mp3 mix / dj collective in the country? Why? Because they only podcast good tunes. Halo Atiyyah [v2.7] made the cut for Digital Project’s Lounge Groove 4, a collection of purely South African electronica gems. Damn, just the words “electronic music” make me and my best imaginary friend wanna hug someone at times like these. Download it below, and see you at TPDK Circuitry on Saturday.
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Win a copy of Version 2.7 of The Kuleshov Effect, the dynamic album by pravda23! Tell pravda where you’ve seen this sticker / stencil combo via email, and pravda23 will post a copy of The Kuleshov Effect to your door, along with Edition 2 of Dot Comic, a car license disc sticker and more fun stuff!
[This post will remain up until we have a winner, so enter now!]
Email your replies to fun [at] pravda23 [dot] com for a shot at the prize! Hint: somewhere in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town.
