An acoustic solo set, live at Wairarapa TV in Masterton, New Zealand
– which took place live on the internet. This was simulcast on Freeview CH41, ArrowFM 89.7FM and YouTube. The set was part of the Property Law Service May Music Marathon – 12 straight hours of live Music to Television screens during NZ Music Month on May the 4th 2019.
Tracklist
| 1. | Cafes in Conversation 01:19 |
| 2. | Seafriends 03:09 |
| 3. | Summer Skin 05:08 |
| 4. | Eastern 03:00 |
| 5. | 아리랑 (Arirang) 01:11 |
| 6. | The Blast of a Wintry Day (by John Collie, 1856) 03:55 |
| 7. | The Land of My Youth (by John Collie, 1856) 02:49 |
| 8. | Here’s a Health to My Cronies (by John Collie, 1856) 02:19 |
| 9. | The Marion Flow 03:33 |
| 10. | fiffdimension interview by Nikki King 16:12 |
About
Living in a small town I don’t get to as many gigs as I used to… so here using 21st century technology to play ‘virtually’ everywhere.
On the other hand, musically this was closer to a traditional folk/singer-songwriter set than I’d done for quite a while, eschewing dissonant improv, multitracking, live backing musicians or electronic trickery.
I kept my half hour minimal and acoustic (the discord and electric noise I’m saving for another time soon) and updated my past – with
solo renditions of songs from The Marion Flow (2001), Loose Autumn Moans (2003), and The Electricka Zoo(2017), plus a Korean folk tune, and a trilogy of 19th century poems by my ancestor John Collie.
The set was followed by an interview.
Further listening
Live 2022-24
A more recent collection of solo live performances – leaning more to the electric side!
Live 1999
Compare Live 2019 to this punkier lo-fi ‘official bootleg’ recorded 20 years (or half my lifetime) ago:
Both live albums start and finish with the same song, for continuity…. And a lot has happened in the two decades between (see 1997-2005, 2005-2012, 2012-2018).
fiffdimension 
19 thoughts on “Live 2019”