Meddled about with a CtrlAD song that features Afrie and Wake
Production by Mutabingwa
Mixing and Mastering by Nel (@mixedbyNel) 

Go to School (tiktok edit)

An ode to the journey of production, creativity and collaboration with the programming capabilities of Live. 
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The Push 3 came up with the name and I thought it resonated with where this process ended up; the absence of vocals which I often circle to for a locus of music production.
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I also begun this project with the intention of not playing more than one chord (and that chord not being the root). So in a sense I feel like the name resonated with the absence of movement, despite all the movement that happened 😅
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I hope you enjoy it!
Let me know if (and where) you too have found yourself, in the Absence of things you often depend on.
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All music production by Mutabingwa
Mixing and Mastering by Nel (@mixedbyNel) 

Absence

This is one of the older ideas that came to me around the Pandemic lockdown, when I eventually started the session in Live, it took on a life of its own. 
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As always I try to get cheeky with it and in the spirit of freedom I asked some people what Freedom means to them and got to sample some of those ideas to get the vibes going.
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What is Freedom to you? 
What Freedom do you experience today? 
What Freedom do you hope to reclaim for yourself?
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Production by Mutabingwa 
Includes Samples from CtrlAD music
Mixing and Mastering by Nel (@mixedbyNel) 




What Freedom?

Somewhere amidst a myriad of identity crisis, deconstruction, escapism, substance abuse and anxiety attacks, the 1st draft conjured itself into existence a few months into the COVID19 lockdown. Like many artists, garnering the enthusiasm to create during this period was daunting. 
I feel like this represents one of the threads that kept me together, just breathing...
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Music performance by Mutabingwa
Mixing and Mastering by Nel (@mixedbyNel) 

breathe

After my 6 string quit on me i pulled out an old friend, a 5 string fella i used to play very much when i was with the band Code 9. threw it in and tried a test run over a quick loop i had made. the bass tone is unedited (pretty much as raw as pluck and play.

Have a Listen! show some love on the like button if you diggin it!

Cantus Loop

I enjoyed being a part of the original, now with ableton and the ableton push 2 I really had fun making this remix. the amazing Elaine on vocals, me on all things production and the powerful Nel on mixing and mastering. Enjoy!

Endless Champion - The Collective UG(endless remix)

Stay and Fight
The melody came to me on one of my last trips to China when I had decided to carry my push 2, I'm glad it matured into this soul.
The beautiful and very talented MoRoots came through to co-write and sing on this one; Timothie put on some additional programming; me on all other things production; the boss man Nel mixed and Mastered.
Hope you feeling it like I am. spread the love. like and share. Stay and Fight

20 Anything

Stay and Fight (featuring MoRoots)

I made a beat then got Maritza to write and perform some spoken word to a particular theme. By the time she was done I knew the beat wasn't going to cut it, the manifestation of the words in Spoken word had a different aura and I had to match that. so I overhauled the entire track with just a few days to the planned release...it was worth it.
hope you like it! Stream it! Share it! repeat!  
Featuring Spoken Word written and performed by Maritza
Piano by Timothy K. Mwesigwa
All other Instrumentation by Mutabingwa
Additional programming by Nelson J. Muhire
Produced by Mutabingwa
Mixed and Mastered by Nelson J. Muhire

Sometimes

Sometimes (ft. Maritza)

Samples "made for more" by K!mera
Additional Vocals by Charlene Kasumba, Sanyu and Odom II.
All instrumentation by Mutabingwa
Mixed and Mastered by Nel

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