Musician, performer, composer, podcaster, @hackneycolliery shouter/tooter. More info: bio.site/stevepretty link.chtbl.com/originofthepi…
Joined March 2009
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May 15
I’ve decided that I’ll only feature videos of Farage in my content with voice modification, like the BBC did with Sinn Fein in the 90s, to avoid giving them the oxygen of publicity or an illusion of credibility.
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2 Dec 2025
I’ve written the theme tune for My Friend Maisy, a 52 x 5’ preschool series from @bbcstudios Kids & Family and Trustbridge Entertainment, animated by @AProductionsUK and @KarrotAnimation. The first 6 eps are now on Sky Kids and streaming on @NOW in the UK
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25 Nov 2025
Episode 34 has @gangstagrass breaking down why bluegrass hip hop works once you actually hear it.
I’m joining them 29 Nov at @thegaragehq in Highbury!
#OriginOfThePieces #Gangstagrass #UKTour
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22 Nov 2025
A small slice of my Shellectronica set at ALSO Festival, for everyone who has just arrived from the @newscientist podcast.
Full album on the way! More info @ shellectronica.com.
#shellectronica #conchshell #soundbath #ambientmusic #liveelectronics #musicallycurious
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10 Nov 2025
Our podcast theme’s on pause, so for now we’re using Farting on the Sofa, written by my two-year-old.
3,500 people sang it at the Apollo.
From Ep 33 — all about improvisation and why music starts with play, not perfection.
#Improvisation #Creativity #OriginOfThePieces
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3 Nov 2025
From Lilongwe streets to WOMEX 2024 🎶
@MadalitsoBand built their own instruments from brake cables truck tyres.
🎧 Episode 33 of Steve Pretty On The Origin of the Pieces out now → originofthepieces.com
#MadalitsoBand #WOMEX24 #WorldMusic #OriginOfThePieces
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31 Oct 2025
In 1922, F. W. Murnau made Nosferatu — one of the first horror films and still one of the strangest.
This is my live improvised score using trumpet, wind and percussion, sampled and processed live all manner of fun electronics.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/sn85XhiFRA8
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20 Oct 2025
The podcast’s been taken down on some platforms after a copyright strike — on my own music.
Here’s the new version. You’ll see why I preferred the old one.
#OriginOfThePieces #Podcasting #CopyrightFail
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16 Oct 2025
What happens if you play the sea like an instrument? 🌊🎶
In Episode 31 of Steve Pretty On the Origin of the Pieces, I used tuned filters to isolate specific frequencies in a recording of waves — and ended up literally playing the ocean.
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15 Oct 2025
Are whales basically rock stars?
Recorded live at @FirstLightFest, Episode 31 of OOTP features Richard Sabin from @NHM_London on how humpbacks sing to attract mates, show off, and claim territory.
🎧 youtu.be/Jhs26lWgJOQ
#originofthepieces #WhaleSong #FirstLightFestival
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14 Oct 2025
Whale earwax might be the ocean’s most unexpected archive.
In Ep 31 of OOTP, Richard Sabin from @NHM_London explains how whale ear “plugs” reveal age, pregnancy, pollutants & rising stress linked to underwater noise.
Watch: youtu.be/Jhs26lWgJOQ
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17 Sep 2025
'We can't not music'
Music therapist Kassandra e'Silva reminds us that music isn’t optional; it’s baked into being human.
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#originofthepieces #musicpodcast #musicallycurious
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stevepretty retweeted
8 Sep 2025
#ACMS
📅TONIGHT
🏰@ThePhoenix_W1
💥an ACMS Board Member PURGE
🎟️£10 from wegottickets.com/event/66964… till 5pm, then £12 on the door
😻hosted by @turlygod & Leslie Ewing-Burgesse, with
@alwinsol, @JozNorris, @MattHighton...
🌈free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk, DM us yr names
ALT The Phoenix, Oxford Circus Monday 8th September 19:30-22:45ish; doors at 19:00 The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) *the great Board Member PURGE* PROXIES Adam Larter & Matt Highton as Eleanor Morton, and Paddy ‘And The Baptists’ Gervers Alwin Solanky as Ben Target PROXIES Bec Hill as Will Andrews Joz Norris as John-Luke Roberts, Joz Norris and Siân Docksey Saima Ferdows as Sophie Duker £10 online; £12 at the gig wegottickets.com noblefailure.org @theacms
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4 Aug 2025
An hour of ambient music made entirely from conch and triton shells, processed live using some very lovely gear.
It’s gentle, droney, and strangely calming — ideal for background focus or zoning out.
Also: the silver torso was already there.
🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=uHSyJP3_…
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31 Jul 2025
Sylvia Young has sadly died — a huge loss to British theatre.
In this clip from my Eurovision special with her daughter @frances_ruffelle, we talk music hall, vinyl, and how Sylvia helped save @WiltonMusicHall with a group of kids & some postage stamps.
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stevepretty retweeted
If you’re a musician/composer/artist/band etc and have a @SoundCloud account, I’d urge you to consider whether it’s worth keeping your music on there. I’ve just deleted mine as they seem to be using the data to train AI systems without our permission. 🤬 #music #production
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25 Feb 2025
All about asshaling!
In episode 23 of the podcast I spoke to the amazing Petra Poutanen about throat singing, and here’s a quick lesson!
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#VocalTechniques, #Singing #OriginOfThePieces #MusicPodcast #throatsinging #petrapoutanen
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22 Feb 2025
Had a fun little gig last week and ended the set with Olly Blackman serving dual drum and skank duties.
Very impressive, especially as it was a spontaneous idea on a tune he didn’t know! CHAMP.
#drumlife #skanking #livemusic #multitalented
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