mp3: hypnotised [v5.0]

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A minor | 130bpm | 06:30 | 8.93mb | 192kbps

I used to call Pravda23′s music ‘sunken lounge house’. In my juvenile mind, the idea was that one day someone was going to phone me up and offer me some lucrative music deal which would allow me to sit long hours into the night on white leather couches sipping fancy liqueurs. Nowdays, the idea of ‘someone else’ even noticing what I’m doing with The Kuleshov Effect kinda makes me chuckle. Labour of love. Anyway, Hypnotised [v5.0] is what I’d be listening to on that sofa if that dream had ever come true. Produced by Rob Gonzo.

Posted in Downloads and The Kuleshov Effect and Updates on 31 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

farewell favoured friend

It’s the end of another era for the band that evolves quicker than Apple’s retail ethics. DJ LoFt (aka Nic Knucklez, Jack Sprat and countless other names) has left the building – the country, in fact – and will be rejoining the lineup in around 12-months. Until then, you’re left with violinst et al Johnny B and DJ Emile Hendrix. Nic, you’re five friends rolled in one with a beat repeat slapped on for kicks, man.

Posted in Updates on 30 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

PRAVDA23 is looking for a new member

DJ LoFt is off to Korea. PRAVDA23 is looking for a percussionist with knowledge of software. Not that anyone could ever replace his fun vibe and massive hands.

Forward this link to anyone you think may be interested and we’ll get em on the phone to maybe join our growing livetronica band.

Posted in Updates on 27 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

new mp3 soon.

I still don’t fully understand electricity. What made it even more confusing is when I heard that the subatomic particles that constitute all material reality in THIS, YOUR WORLD (not some far off, abstract imagination) are nothing more than electrical charges being spontaneously manifested by seemingly random probabalistic forces. Furthermore, quantum mechanics argues that the act of observing them collapses the indiscriminate wave of probability to a certainty, resulting indirectly in the creation of “fixed” physical matter wherever and whenever you observe. Naturally, it’s all a bit confusing, and my personal translations are probably the most dumbed down you’re ever going to hear.

But it’s exciting to think that you are in fact creating every time you make a choice, conscious or unconscious, collapsing the wave of potential futures. It’s not New Age, splinter-fringe pop psychology. The fact is that you’ve always decided your path. Not necessarily always by controlling what happens, but always by choosing your REACTION to what happens, whether you’re aware of it at the time or not. The new, expensive glass falls off the table and breaks, You frown. Decision. The money is cleared and you see it in your account. You smile. Decision. To say it’s involuntary or “just a normal reaction” is to say that you’re a robot, no more able to create your life than a bowling ball is able to float. Which fails to explain why you still make decisions consciously, like the time you thought carefully about that job before agreeing to take it.

Why am I telling you all this?

I don’t know.

Oh yeah, I’m releasing a new track called Hypnotised on Version 5. That was what I wanted to say. MP3 on the way.

Posted in Updates on 25 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

jamming with the namibian diplomat’s son



well, that’s what he told me when i was putting on makeup before the show. more shots from the Friday shows we’re doing at Cybar in Rondebosch, Cape Town.

Posted in Updates on 21 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

pravda23 in 3D

been toying around with Google Sketchup in an effort to show you the egg-shaped floating head (Pravda23) that acts as my daily companion and inspiration, even though it’s largely invisible to others. Compare with the early, smooth Pravda from from Edition 2 of Dot Comic:

check out the full Editions 1&2 of Dot Comic here.

Posted in Art and Updates on 18 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

black & white in a world of colour

Posted in Art and Updates on 16 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

zen

i’m playing violin in the forest above seapoint every morning at 7.30am for an hour. it’s impossible to do this for months and NOT improve. first the tension, then the calm. it spills over into the real world. hypnotic new deep house track on the way.

Posted in Updates on 16 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

vid: pravda23 – violin & vinyl (2010)

It started as an online user name. Five years later, it’s a DJ band. House, drum & bass, groove, lounge MP3 updates. Join the Pravda23 SMS list for easy gig updates and more.

[Video copyright by AmyMakeFilm (2010). All music free for non-commercial use pending rights clearance by John Bartmann Sound & Music CC (est 2005)]

Posted in Promo and Updates and Videos on 13 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)

new vid, producer, residency

apologies for the delay. in the last week, Pravda23 has managed to acquire a new residency for the month of march at cybar in rondebosch, negotiate a deal with a producer rob gonzo to properly master the freeeeeee music on this site and produce our first proper promotional >a href=”http://pravda23.com/update/?p=1959″>video through AmyMakeFilm productions! no wonder we’re busy…

it’s a wonder the cybar shows are still free (we have Peroni to thank). you should come and join the other merrymakers for an early start at 7pm. this week, we have enhanced last month’s show by including

* a full 90min beat-mixed set
* support artist acclaimed scratch DJ LoFt (pronounced Low Feet)
* a dedicated sound engineer
* 2 hi-powered amplifiers for full-venue sound

check you there.

Posted in Promo on 12 Mar 2010 Reactions (0)
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