águas brilhantes: 2018-2022

about

fiffdimension compilation vol 4

águas brilhantes (or ‘glistening waters’ in English) is the Portuguese translation of Wairarapa, the Māori name of the region where I’ve lived the last few years.

My ancestors arrived here in the 19th century – one was a Scottish poet, another a stowaway from the Azores islands.

New and revisited texts and collaborations here include my ancestors and younger relatives, friends in Fiji, a painter in Otago, the curator of PseudoArcana, and the family dog.

Includes previously unreleased recordings, and excerpts from the albums

credits

released December 22, 2022

Dave Edwards – guitars, bass, banjo, harmonica (8), vocal, lyrics (2,5,19,26)

with

Nat da Hatt – electric guitar & thumb piano (1)

The Digitator – keyboards & vocal (2)

Campbell Kneale – electric guitar & analogue synthesiser (3)

John Collie (1834-1893) – lyrics (4,6,7,8,16,22,24)

Hans Landon-Lane – ukulele & vocal (6,16,24), accordion & vocal (11)

Dr Emit Snake-Beings – keyboards & percussion (7,8)

Elario Irava – acoustic guitar & vocal (11)

Antony Milton – keyboard (15), electric guitar (17,21,22)

David Heath – drums (17,21,22)

James Robinson – bell drum (1), lyrics & vocal (18,21)

Rhys Landon-Lane – classical guitar & vocal (24)

Tracks featuring Dr Emit Snake-Beings recorded in Suva, Fiji.
Celeste Rochery recorded in Paris, France; Hans and Rhys Landon-Lane recorded in Lower Hutt, NZ; James Robinson recorded in Port Chalmers, NZ; The Troubled Times recorded in Masterton, NZ;
The rest recorded in Featherston, Aotearoa NZ.

	1.	Nat da Hatt + James Robinson + Dave Black – June’s Lounge, part 2 02:08
	2.	The Electricka Zoo – Inverno (live at Escape Velocity, 2018) 03:47
	3.	Campbell Kneale + fiffdimension – Both Chords 02:07
	4.	Celeste Rochery – My Native Land (John Collie, 1856) 01:56
	5.	The Blast of a Wintry Day (John Collie, 1856 – live at Wairarapa TV, 2019) (bonus) 03:44
	6.	Clever Hansel – Sonnet on Summer (John Collie, 1856) 03:19
	7.	snakebeings + fiffdimension – Walu (Fiji) 03:02
	8.	snakebeings + fiffdimension – Io (Fiji) 01:31
	9.	Larry Irava – Isa Lei Lia (Fiji) 04:38
	10.	Ilhas Atlânticas (Manuel José Bernard, das Flores, 1862) 03:12
	11.	Here’s a Health to my Cronies (John Collie, 1856) 02:46
	12.	Auld Satan when ye first gae through (John Collie, 1856) 02:02
	13.	Logistical Torrents (lockdown 2020) 03:07
	14.	Guitar Ringtone 02:07
	15.	The Troubled Times – Blinking in Daylight (return of the sun, 2021) 03:05
	16.	Clever Hansel – The Land of my Youth (John Collie, 1856) 03:57
	17.	The Troubled Times – Wairarapa Bossa Nova 03:18
	18.	James Robinson + fiffdimension – Old Brain (metadada of Oceania remembering) 03:21
	19.	The Troubled Times – The Dying Monarch (John Collie, 1856) 03:05
	20.	Ilhas novos (do sul) 01:20
	21.	Classical Rain Bucket 01:41
	22.	James Robinson + The Troubled Times – The Edge (a Negentropic Diatribe) 03:25
	23.	Tony Was Here (live at the Miracle Room, 2022) 03:25
	24.	Oscar – Oscar’s Blues 01:28
	25.	By my faith sirs, this canna lang dee (John Collie, 1856) 04:04
	26.	さくらさくら / Paetumokai (Pua pua i te Kōanga) 02:10
	27.	O Henry Ending (live at the Miracle Room, 2022) 08:00