1999

At the close of the 90s, aged 20, I left New Plymouth, the large rural town in Taranaki province, where I grew up. I moved to Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, where I'd been born and where my 19th century pakeha settler ancestors had lived. My second album, The Marion Flow reflected this journey. It … Continue reading 1999 →

The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki 1999)

"It's lo-fi, organic and about as eclectic as one could manage. Kind of reminds me of Nick Cave if he had grown up in Timaru. No pretentious American accents or catch phrase choruses, just a bunch of people making music. A little beauty!" - NZ Musician, August/September 2002 Produced by Paul Winstanley, & featuring Steve … Continue reading The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki 1999) →

Cafes in Conversation

4th May 2019 at Wairarapa TV May Music Marathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdVXlykuJig I wrote this in 1999, after moving to Wellington. I was at an open mic night, at an upstairs bar in Cuba Mall that no longer exists, waiting for my turn to play. I had to wait a while - hence a lot of lyrics. … Continue reading Cafes in Conversation →

Live 1999

by Dave Edwards - electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, vocal Live at Bar Bodega, Wellington, New Zealand, June 1999. I was the opening act for Chris Knox, so this is obviously dedicated to him. Chris influenced generations of artists in NZ and abroad; go check him out if you haven't already. His place in the … Continue reading Live 1999 →

The Digitator

The Digitator: New Zealand Producer, Songwriter, Vocalist, Drummer, Synth Driver, Live Looping Musician. A fellow traveller from Taranaki, New Zealand, who formed The Electricka Zoo in late 2015 with Dave Black. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDjBBiU0Z4&w=420&h=225 We had previously collaborated way back in 1999 as half of the DDPP quartet on The Marion Flow and Waiting for the Drummer

in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway (part 1, 1999)

A few years ago I wrote a chapter of Jazz Aotearoa, a book about New Zealand jazz music history, discussing the free improvisation and avant-garde jazz scene in Wellington at the turn of the millennium. in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway is a collection of improvised instrumental music with some of the musicians in that … Continue reading in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway (part 1, 1999) →

dAdApApA: Waiting for the Drummer

A companion to The Marion Flow, recorded in 1999 by the same lineup who provided that album's longest (and least conventionally song-based track, pointing the way towards the increasingly radio-unfriendly Mantis Shaped and Worrying), "Lucifer Directing Traffic (at 3AM)" Recording engineer Paul Winstanley, head of the excellent, now San Francisco-based avant-garde music label Eden Gully recalls it … Continue reading dAdApApA: Waiting for the Drummer →

Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005

"Whilst shopping from fiffdimension make sure to get hold of 'Gleefully Unknown', a best-of compilation of Dave Edwards’ music from 1997 to 2005. Rough outsider folk-blues mysteries, dissonant rock textures, electric and acoustic improvisations... "Edwards strikes me as one of the most overlooked musicians from the fertile lands of New Zealand and if you need … Continue reading Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005 →