安里屋ユンタオーバードライブ Asadoya Yunta Overdrive (Okinawa) Leave a reply Here’s a new bonus track we’ve added to the album ネオン列車の風景 Neon Train Landscapes – our version of a traditional shima uta (island song) from 沖縄 (Okinawa). Dave Black – sanshin, harmonica, field recordings Nat da Hatt – acoustic & electric guitars, electronics Cylvi Manthyng – shakuhachi As you can hear, the music of Okinawa is quite distinct from that of mainland Japan… Share this: Press This Twitter Facebook1 Email More This entry was posted in 2015, Asia, Japan, Music and tagged Asia, Cylvi Manthyng, Dave Black, ethnomusicology, field recordings, folk, Japan, nat da hatt, Okinawa, Ryukyu, sanshin, shakuhachi, traditional, 日本, 沖縄 on January 23, 2015. Edit The Road to Bogandoor 2 Replies Happy New Year! Here’s the music video of a new track from our forthcoming 2015 Aussie album… enjoy! Music by Nat da Hatt & Dave Black with Snake Beings, video by Dave Black and Cylvi Manthyng See also – our first Australian album, After Maths & Sciences, and Dave Black & Nat da Hatt in Japan: ネオン列車の風景 Neon Train Landscapes Share this: Press This Twitter Facebook Email More This entry was posted in 2015, Australia, Music, video and tagged Aussie, Australia, bogan, Cylvi Manthyng, Dave Black, electric, guitar, nat da hatt, New Zealand music, Perth, rock, Snake Beings, video, Western Australia on January 1, 2015. Edit 2014 roundup Leave a reply Bye 2014 – overall a pretty good year here. Most importantly we put out two new albums in contrasting styles: ネオン列車の風景 Neon Train Landscapes and in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway. The first was a composed Japanese psychedelic rock album while the second showcased the free improvised music I’d been influenced by in my earlier years in Wellington. It was also a good year for travel to southeast Asia: I visited Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia for the first time… and I finally returned home to New Zealand after two years living in Western Australia and a year before that in Okinawa. Bali, Indonesia Continue reading → Share this: Press This Twitter Facebook2 Email More This entry was posted in Best of, Free mp3s, Music, Travel on December 30, 2014. Edit Dada Songwriting: Rejection dryrot ripple Gombage 1 Reply Dave and Cylvi contributed to Postmoderncore‘s first volume of Dada Songwriting Compilation, Rejection dryrot ripple Gombage. rejection-dryrot-ripple-gombage Download Condo Encyclopedia coalseam egg 2:02 by Uneasy Chairs (USA, guitar) / T4x0n0m13s (España, bass + distortion pedal) / Dave Black (NZ, banjo) / Cylvi Manthyng (NZ, shaker) Download Download entire album / View album at archive.org Each contributor created two mins of raw sound – a single track recorded live with no post-processing. After each set of four tracks arrived, they were blindly put together to create each track – as & when they arrived in Corporal Tofulung’s inbox. The title of the album was created by writing the 40 contributed words on individual pieces of paper & drawing them randomly out of a bucket. Continue reading → Share this: Press This Twitter Facebook2 Email More This entry was posted in 2014, Free mp3s, Music, New Zealand and tagged avant-garde, banjo, Cylvi Manthyng, Dada, Dave Black, experimental, New Zealand music, noise, Postmoderncore, Unknown Rockstar on December 20, 2014. Edit Little India, Singapore Leave a reply A major highlight of 2014 for me was visiting some new parts of Southeast Asia. I enjoyed the Tamil Indian culture in Singapore and Malaysia, which has sated my curiosity for India itself for the moment. The sensory overload of the Hindu temples was an intriguing contrast from the elegant minimalism of the Japanese approach, and the mix of Indian, Chinese and Malay cultures is like having three different Asian countries in one. Share this: Press This Twitter Facebook1 Email More This entry was posted in Asia, Malaysia, Travel, video and tagged Asia, Hindu, Little India, Malaysia, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Tamil, temple on December 8, 2014. Edit Pyramid Power festival 10-13 December 1 Reply I’ll be performing on day 4 of the PYRAMID POWER! Festival of experimental music and art 10-13 December 2014 at the Pyramid Club Pyramid Power festival, Wellington, 10-13 December 2014 Pyramid Power festival, Wellington, 10-13 December 2014 The SOUND & LIGHT EXPLORATION SOCIETY is pleased to present PYRAMID POWER!!!! A four day spectacular of MUSIC and ART of staggering proportions!!!! Sound experiments, psychedelic jazz, hotwired synths, free improvisation, noise, experimental films, and more! Continue reading → Share this: Press This Twitter Facebook1 Email More This entry was posted in 2014, New Zealand and tagged Dave Edwards, New Zealand music, Wellington on November 29, 2014. Edit Cylvi Manthyng: B F D Leave a reply Music video for B F D by Cylvi Manthyng & fiffdimension, from the album South Island Sessions. Back in 2006 this was a political protest song but has evolved into something else… Share this: Press This Twitter Facebook8 Email More This entry was posted in 2006, 2014, Australia, Music, South Island Sessions, video and tagged bush, Cylvi M, Cylvi Manthyng, Dave Black, electronica, Fruityloops, New Zealand music, performance art, Perth, South Island Sessions on November 23, 2014. 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