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Oui Señor is inspired by the gypsy jazz style popularized by the late guitarist Django Reinhardt. At the time, the swing rhythm was, and is still, all the rage. We added some oscillators and samples too.

Oui Señor

Nuevo Chanson is our second track in the gypsy jazz style. We added a couple of modern sounds. download (name your price) http://pravdaofficial.bandcamp.com

Nuevo Chanson

La Mer da Caliente our third track in the style of the French cafes of the 1940s. download (name your price) www.pravda23.bandcamp.com

La Mer da Caliente

Wing It is our modern take on the music of the swing era. download (name your price) www.pravda23.bandcamp.com

Wing It

Town Braggart is the fifth track inspired by the music of the swing era, released by Cape Town electroswing and gypsy jazz quartet Pravda. download (name your price) www.pravda23.bandcamp.com

Town Braggart

La Mer da Caliente our take on the gypsy swing style of the French cafes in the 1940s. Beer us $1 on http://pravda23.bandcamp.com

La Mer Da Caliente

Prázdniny is our modern take on the carefree manouche style of the French cafés of the 1940s.

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Prázdniny (Vacation)

Harmonic Mixo is an electronic Balkan song inspired by the modal music of Romania and Southern Europe. The harmonic mixolydian is a common scale used in this type of music. 

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Harmonic Mixo

Download it free! https://pravdaofficial.bandcamp.com/track/golden-gate-quartet-my-time-done-come-x-pravda

This is our take on the magnificent work of the Golden Gate Quartet, an American gospel group from the 1940s and 50s. We modernized their acapella with some oscillators and samples so that you all can enjoy it as much as we do! This song is not solely our intellectual property. Go love the original at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbgwyecX3Z8 :)

My Time Done Come

'Drink Water' EP by PRAVDA
Release date: 26 May 2017
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Drink Water EP

05 My Time Done Come

04 Maketh Me Fly

03 Mi Corazon

02 What About Your Soul

01 Night and Day (ft Tamara Kesner)

Olive Alexander and the Blue Notes were a swing jazz group from the Grahamstown area of South Africa. Their 1957 release 'Benoni' was a great example of the 'kwela' swing music still enjoyed by South Africans today. We couldn't resist adding some samples and oscillators. Uhamba loliwe!

Benoni

Olive Alexander and the Blue Notes x PRAVDA - Benoni [Free DL]

Buy: https://pravdaofficial.bandcamp.com/track/the-selah-jubilee-singers-x-pravda-downward-road 

Downward Road is the new release by PRAVDA, a mid-tempo electro-swing take on an obscure American roots gospel song by The Selah Jubilee Singers. The group was the first gospel group to perform in a commercial theatre. debuting at The Apollo Theatre, New York City in 1955. As with some of our previous releases, we added oscillators and samples to keep this beautiful old music alive. Viva la vintage! 

Original song www.youtube.com/watch?v=t008iZdXWPs

The Selah Jubilee Singers x PRAVDA - Downward Road [Free DL]

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PRAVDA (“The Truth”) is an energetic, live electronic 'future jazz' outfit from Cape Town. In 2017, the band's original single 'Night & Day (ft Tamara Kesner)' was signed to Paris label Wagram Music (Caravan Palace) for compilation album 'Electroswing New Generation 01', curated by international DJ duo Bart & Baker. In 2018, the single was playlisted by Brighton-based label Freshly Squeezed Music and US label Soundrop. PRAVDA supported visiting Paris-based swing ensemble Dark Blue Orchestra on their 2015 South African tour. 

With South African appearances at Rocking the Daisies, The J&B Met, Youngblood Art Gallery, Alliance Francaise du Cap, the band performs a modernized take on vintage swing jazz and ethnic folk music with a heavy emphasis on dance and improvisation. The band performs using sophisticated electronic music equipment in combination with classical instrumentation (violin, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, double bass, guitar, drum kit) to create a totally unique, feel-good live show. 

PRAVDA’s sonic palette ranges from the dance-oriented sounds of Parov Stelar, Caravan Palace, Jamirouquai, Mr Scruff and St Germain to the vintage swing jazz and gospel of The Golden Gate Quartet and Louis Armstrong. African and Latin rhythms can be found in the compositions, which play out like a mixture of electro-jazz and world music sounds delivered with a notably original approach.
lyrics
LYRICS 

Wendy was a mannequin in the clothing store 
She had a wooden body but she wanted more 
She wriggled and she jiggled and made for the door 
Oop! Wooden Wendy and she fell on the floor 
Customers coming in what did they saw 
Look down and Wooden Wendy lying there on the floor 
Hat over there all her dress had come off 
Oop! Wooden Wendy keep your corset on! 

Oop Wooden Wendy keep your corset on! 
You may be made a' walnut but you still a gal 
You look like a lady but you shaped like a doll 
Oop Wooden Wendy keep your corset on! 

Wendy was a mannequin in the clothing store 
She had a wooden body but she wanted more 
She tapping and she rapping and she clapping them hands 
Oop! Wooden Wendy got ants in her pants 
Customers passing by in the street 
Saw a wooden lady tapping her feet 
I never saw a mannequin tapping along 
Oop! Wooden Wendy keep your corset on! 

Ooh I think she wood/would 

Wendy was a mannequin in the clothing store 
She had a wooden body but she wanted more 
She wriggled and she jiggled and crossed the floor 
Oop! Wooden Wendy walked outta the door 
She hadn't gone a minute out in the street 
When she bumped into a fella kind you wanna meet 
He said he never had a walnut gal for a doll 
Oop! Wooden Wendy keep your corset on! 

Oop Wooden Wendy keep your corset on! 
You may be made a' walnut but you still a gal 
You look like a lady but you shaped like a doll 
Oop Wooden Wendy keep your corset on!

Wooden Wendy

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Dark Moon Rising is the latest blues-inspired single by Cape Town electro-swing outfit PRAVDA. We trade in the mellow jazz guitars and smooth trombone slides of yesterday for floor-throbbing baritone sax, meat-grinding guitar crunch and only the coarsest and most jagged lead oscillator lines. Catch you down by the river!

Dark Moon Rising

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The feather-light 'Flock With Me' is probably the most acoustic pop-sounding track released as PRAVDA so far. We completely ditch the dance beats for this one and get mellow for a change. Something of a sunset soirée love song to a special person! We were inspired by Paul McCartney's 2012 album of jazz standards 'Kisses on the Bottom'. Some of our favorite moments include the sawtooth and violin harmony, using a cajon (acoustic drum box) for the first time in our recordings to convey a beachiness, and the ever-childlike touch of the glockenspiel. Vole avec moi!

Fun fact: the first name of songwriter John Bartmann's life partner is subtly hidden in the lyrics of the track! Listen carefully if you know her name...

Flock With Me

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The dreamy, bossa-inspired 'Aeroplane' is an entirely new direction for us. Bossa nova is has been dominating our jams sessions lately, and we've been both musically and lyrically inspired to experiment with a deeper level of nuance in our writing. 

This track fuses the sultry bossa rhythm with an indie/prog-rock sound. With the release of this track, we feel that we're leaving the urge to 'get the dancefloor pumping' behind us and embracing a certain maturity in both production and songwriting. Something a little more soulful and uplifting. 

For this track. members of the band were encouraged to perform parts on their second and third instruments, leading to first PRAVDA record featuring flute. Clarinet parts were recorded remotely and sent over by our Paris bandmate Zim. The closing strings are live violin. As always, we've done all we can to avoid taking easy shortcuts in favour of something real. It's become clear to us that when it comes to our compositional and production process, PRAVDA really stands up for what the name means - "The Truth". 

With the release of 'Aeroplane', we've all pulled together for one more month to offer you, our audience, something special. Not for money, or for fame. For the pleasure of listening to something real and beautiful. Sincerely hope you enjoy!

Aeroplane

The Benefit Of Humans is the first full-length album by Cape Town band Pravda.

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Restless Day

Everybodys Doing Gin

Hold On

Wannabe

Dancing On My Gravestone

Many Lifetimes

Number 9 Will Surprise You

Let's Travel The World, Girl

Love Is Calling

PRAVDA is a band from Cape Town. The plays don't count.

John Bartmann: vocals, guitar n violin https://johnbartmann.com
Django Flaherty: drums, percussion + writing https://django-dj.com
Callan Wolff: double bass, some other instruments

PRAVDA

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