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Album and Artist Highlight: Pressure Music Catalogue – Ivo Thiemann ‘Spektrum Overload’
Album and Artist Highlight: Pressure Music Catalogue Album name: Spektrum Overload Artist:
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CHICKEN LICKEN – MAKE YOUR FAMILY PROUD
We’ve been collaborating and pushing creative boundaries with Joe Public and Chicken
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Twende – Collaborating to Connect Africa to the World
While a creativehub of filmmakers gather at Annecy International Animation Film Festival
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PARTNERING WITH ROUGH CUT LAB AFRICA 2024
Pressure Cooker Studios is excited to have partnered with this year’s Rough
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Inspiration Evening: InUwell
Inspiration Under Pressure: Unveiling the Magic of Our Monthly Inspiration Evenings! This
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COBUS TALKS PRESSURE
We created our Pressure Music Catalogue for those projects where there is extra pressure. Whether that means tight deadlines or tighter budgets. We want to
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DIRECTOR’S VISION – JEM GARRARD ‘SLAY’
It’s Pride Month for the month of June, a month dedicated to the celebration and commemoration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer pride. Earlier
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SAE visit PCS
Students from SAE Institute South Africa paid our studios a visit earlier this month to get a small taste of life as Audio Engineers. According
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DIRECTOR’S VISION – JEM GARRARD ‘INVASIVE’
SO WHAT IS DIRECTOR’S VISION? At our studios we get the chance to work with so many talented creators in the industry, something we never
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Inspiration Under Pressure: Unveiling the Magic of Our Monthly Inspiration Evenings!
Inspiration Evening activity: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra – Presents Kharitonov’s Rachmaninov. Welcome to our monthly Inspiration Under Pressure piece, where we shine a light on
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OUR DEDICATED COMMERCIAL TEAM WILL ELEVATE YOUR BRAND
Alex Smillie recently joined the Pressure Cooker Team as our Commercial Audio Engineer to work alongside Chloe Ellis (our Commercial Producer), to bring you a
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MANOR LORDS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Our studio full of gamers brought their experience in cinematic storytelling to new heights in the original soundtrack for the highly anticipated Manor Lords. Our
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Where Does Inspiration Come From?
Social Media was abuzz with articles around the launch of Beyoncé’s hotly anticipated album ‘Cowboy Carter’ and her drawing inspiration from the South African Neo-Western
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The Heart Of The Audio Team
Chatting to the team behind the audio of Netflix’s Heart Of The Hunter. This new suspense thriller is the first African film to make it
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MEET ALEX SMILLIE
We welcomed Alex Smillie at the beginning of the month as our Commercial Audio Engineer. He joins our team of audio pioneers and composers in
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OUR PRODUCTION POWERHOUSE DUO
Talking to Astrid Iverson and Chloe Ellis In a primarily male-dominated industry, the opportunity to celebrate women should never be missed! The ‘Celluloid Ceiling’ has
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WE GIVE A SH*T AND SO SHOULD YOU
We give a shit about growing talent in our industry. We treat our clients with respect and professionalism, which we expect in return. In fact
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Inspiration Evening activity: Rush
Inspiration Under Pressure: Unveiling the Magic of Our Monthly Inspiration Evenings! Once
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COMPOSER HIGHLIGHT – KEITH KAVAYI
This month, we are honoured to spotlight Keith Kavayi, a visionary composer
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Album and Artist Highlight: Pressure Music Catalogue – Ivo Thiemann ‘Spektrum Overload’
Album and Artist Highlight: Pressure Music Catalogue Album name: Spektrum Overload Artist:
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CHICKEN LICKEN – MAKE YOUR FAMILY PROUD
We’ve been collaborating and pushing creative boundaries with Joe Public and Chicken
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The Power of Music and Audio in Relieving Stress
At Pressure Cooker Studios, we know that Music and Sound can have
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cheers to 13 years
We couldn’t let a milestone like turning 13 go uncelebrated. We invited
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Our USA Intern unpacks her experience at PCS
At Pressure Cooker Studios we believe that the best way to innovate