2019
Live 2019
solo acoustic set + an interview, live at Wairarapa TV and online
“Great skills and a refreshing beatnik sensibility – this is folk the way folk should be” – Andi Verse
2012-2018
Other Islands: 2012-2018
vol3 – made in New Zealand, Western Australia, Fiji, Indonesia and Okinawa , by Dave Black with The Winter, The Electricka Zoo, Snake Beings, Nat da Hatt, Campbell Kneale, Gamelan Padhang Moncar, Gareth Farr and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya
“The 20 song album covers traditional Javanese and Balinese gamelan, Asia-Pacific folk music, free jazz, and free noise…. If you have an open inquiring mind and love hearing a variety of sound, this is excellent.
Darryl Baser, muzic.net.nz
w/ Campbell Kneale: A Ton of Feathers
Free noise duo with NZ’s undisputed master of the genre
The Electricka Zoo
The duo of live electronica by the Digitator, and Dave Black on bass and electric guitar (2017)
“A totally original, mind warping album that smacks you across the face with big sound…. I salute anyone that makes a whole album out of EDM post-punk avant-garde rock / jazz, reggae, Balkan, [and] Portuguese music” –
http://www.muzic.net.nz
Ngumbang
Our first collaboration with the even more legendary & underground artist Snake Beings (2015)
The Winter
Wellington free improvisation trio with Simon Sweetman and Mike Kingston
“A strange sonic brew that includes dissonant rock textures, rough outsider folk-blues mysteries, electric and acoustic improvisations and a considerable part of tasty feedback. Imagine equal parts Derek Bailey, New Zealand’s Pumice and classic ’60s blues/folk and you’re in the right ballpark.” – The Broken Face
in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway
Gamelan Dimensi Kelima (Indonesia)
in a wildflower state (Western Australia)
ネオン列車の風景 Neon Train Landscapes (Japan)
Japanese psychedelic rock made by kiwi expats Dave Black & Nat da Hatt (2014)
2005-2012
Fame & Oblivion: 2005-2012
vol2 – made in New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Thailand, Mongolia, and Japan, by Dave Black with Ascension Band, The Winter, Nat da Hatt, Wellington’s Most Famous Orchestra, and Cylvi M
“Experimental and avant-garde…. There is a clear passion, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries… This will challenge your perceptions of what constitutes music and open the mind to new possibilities of sounds that surround us – muzic.net.nz“
The Winter: 2011
Acoustic trio improvisations on banjo, ukulele, clarinet, piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion by Dave Edwards, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman (2011)