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Recent Posts
- Relief in Grief. 08/04/2020
- Grief Goes Mainstream 06/04/2020
- When words fail 03/04/2020
- An Unexpected Shadow 01/04/2020
- Nordic Nights: as the world falls silent, may this music speak 24/03/2020
- Microtension and more… 22/11/2019
- From Eerie to Airy: Dark and Light Afro Soundscapes 03/09/2019
- Pwang! A popup portfolio. 13/08/2019
- ¡Nueva música! The sounds of nature, South America style. 03/06/2019
- “African Desert Blues” – African Guitar Axe-travaganza 24/04/2019
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Announcing “The One”
For the past 4 years, I have been shaping a musical composition in the context of a journey of discovery with a widening circle of friends both local and international. Based on the great Persian […]
Sounds of the Universe with Spitfire Audio, NASA and Eric Whitacre
Esteemed sonic auteurs Spitfire Audio are holding a competition to score 5 NASA videos using their LABS Choir sampler based on choral composer Eric Whitacre’s choir. Compositionally, there are 2 major challenges The films are only […]
Scoring Shuster’s Frank & Fearless
Gatta-patatta! Leon Shuster is evolving – from big fart to big heart, SA’s funnyman is learning to spare a thought for the rhinos. I scored his latest cinema release, “Frank And Fearless”, directed by Gray Hofmeyr. […]
West African Odysseys & Atmospheres
The new release “West African Odysseys & Atmospheres” from Mama Dance (MD178) consist of largely acoustic West African tracks perfect for wildlife, travel, documentary and film productions. The album prominently features the beautiful Malian instrument […]
Interview on Classic 1027
I was interviewed by Kutlwano Masote of Classic 1027, in his series called “Master Class”. You can hear it as a podcast. Amongst other things, we discussed my 2016 work “Valley Of The Shadow – […]
On Common Ground: David Goldblatt and Peter Magubane
I wrote the score for this short film by Paul Weinberg on the last meeting between South African photographic legends David Goldblatt and Peter Magubane. (Please unmute sound manually before playing)
Made In Africa. And Germany.
At last – a massive project complete: 20 fresh, upbeat African tunes from Southern township jive to Northern desert vamps created for German production library Popvirus. This is “Doh Mi Ray”, dedicated to recently departed […]
untamed. conversations in music.
A project that has been gathering steam over the last 18 months is “untamed” with Francois le Roux, Isaac van der Merwe and myself, Nic Paton. This is music like you have never heard: and […]
Laúd and Proud
¡Hola! Spoils from the Old and New worlds! Just returned from abroad with a Laúd Cubano (left) and a Spanish Laud (right). I found the Cubano in ARTex in Havana. Cuba not being a country […]