How I spent 1988

Jul

2014

So, 26 years ago I was a student in Jazz at the University of KwaZulu Natal with Darius Brubeck. This CBS documentary is the tour by the Jazzanians to the US at the end of […]

“Sun People”: fresh music of a bright, warm, optimistic Africa.

Nov

2013

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Soulful vocals, scintillating guitars, vivid whistles, warm reeds, and stately African strings: “Sun People” is my 6th collection of media-friendly music for production library Mama Dance. A fresh and optimistic conception of African music and […]

The Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards 2013

Nov

2013

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I scored the music for the Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards, which took place on Tuesday 5th November at a gala dinner at the City Hall, Cape Town. Filmmaker Marisa van Jaarsveld had this to say about […]

Mama Dance Composer Interviews – Nic Paton

Aug

2013

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As part of the Pianism launch, there is a write-up on South African Industry portal Film Contact and a video interview by Mama Dance’s visionary founder, Craig McGahey.

Aish! Beardyman “sings” TED

Aug

2013

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Musical inventor Beardyman combines astonishing vocal flexibility, near-unbounded imagination and a to-die-for live rig to almost get a TED audience to rock…

Pianism: elegant, minimal, piano themes

Jun

2013

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My new production library collection is called “Pianism”. These compositions for piano are elegant, minimal, and flowing, creating space, style and expansiveness, calming and uplifting, and yet hinting at deeper, darker wells of emotion and […]

“Pine” – the stalker scene

Feb

2013

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A case of species confusion by an invading alien witnessed by a botanically-correct stalker – a scene from Stephen Schmidt’s nutty Caper “Pine” with my score.

Ableton Live 9 / Push

Nov

2012

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Dear Santa This is the state of the art of music making. Ableton’s Gerhard Behles and some incredibly talented music makers present the advent of Live 9, including “Push” (much more than a controller, but […]