The Winter: 2003-2015

Simon Sweetman - drums, percussion Mike Kingston - guitars, cello (2-5), clarinet (7,11,14), charango (7,10) Dave Edwards - guitars, vocal (3), harmonica (4,7,9), banjo (7), ukulele (7,9,11), saxophone (10,14), piano (10), bass (12,13), electronics (6,8,13) Wellington, New Zealand,free improv music trio, formed on winter solstice day June 2003. An archive compilation, of excerpts from the … Continue reading The Winter: 2003-2015 →

Articulation Incommunicate (2004)

Previously unreleased! Dave Edwards dictaphone cassette recordings 2004, for spoken word and improvised guitar - a trip down a road not taken for New Zealand music. These tracks were primitively recorded, not just obscure but completely unheard by anyone else, and seemed like raw unfinished demos at the time - but in hindsight may be … Continue reading Articulation Incommunicate (2004) →

Loose Autumn Moans (2003)

"Wellington, NZ composer Dave Edwards with some able assistance from duo or trio the Winter... Guitars, violin, cello, and percussion all stack up... He's got a persona that's all his own." - George Parsons, Dream Magazine #5 All acoustic, with a string section, recorded and mixed on analogue equipment, and originally released on cassette in … Continue reading Loose Autumn Moans (2003) →

After the filmshoot (2002)

Dave Edwards solo cassette tracks, in Wellington NZ, 2002. Hey so the new (2020) album Ruasagavulu is out! (go there, like, share etc)... & in the meantime, until the next new project, here's one from the vault: 1. After the Filmshoot (take 1) 03:25 2. Interlude: the sociopolitical context 00:51 … Continue reading After the filmshoot (2002) →

2002: self-isolation before it was cool?

The difficult third album - recorded during a time of intense introspection in 2002. I locked myself in my room in Wellington for all of November with an analogue 4-track cassette recorder.The results rapidly put an end to my promising New Zealand music career! In 2002, a year whose digits are an anagram of this … Continue reading 2002: self-isolation before it was cool? →

First Time Around: South Korea

Before there was 'Gangnam Style' there was - field recordings, electro-acoustic ethnography, Asian industrial soundscapes by kiwis in South Korea, 2007-2008 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26D01AF2105C675D Credits released July 1, 2008 Dave Black – field recordings, laptop, gayageum, loops, bass, acoustic guitar, vocal Cylvi M – tangso, shakuhachi, shaker, vocal http://www.fiffdimension.com/category/korea http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26D01AF2105C675D Further listening First Time Around: East Asia … Continue reading First Time Around: South Korea →

Huia Vortex

Animated visuals, with electric guitar loops, one-stringed bass, and drums - the opening track from the 'Ngumbang' album (get the free download) - w/ Emit Snake-beings & Nat da Hatt The title 'Huia Vortex' refers to the location where the track was recorded, in Huia, a small village on the outskirts of west Auckland. Dave … Continue reading Huia Vortex →

The Marion Flow (part 2, Wellington 2001)

: produced by Paul Winstanley, & featuring Chris O'Connor (drums), Chris Palmer (electric guitars), Simon O'Rorke (percussion). Recorded at Thistle Hall, Wellington, 2001, and mixed by Joe Callwood. For the earlier 1999 New Plymouth sessions see The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki); The Marion Flow was originally a longer album which spanned recordings from New … Continue reading The Marion Flow (part 2, Wellington 2001) →

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 →

Summer Skin

Live 4th May 2019, at Wairarapa TV May Music Marathon, in Masterton NZ. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtbrBpNjlOHMU6mbiFL4MMjcyuO8J1MQV&disable_polymer=true Solo guitar & harmonica version of track http://www.fiffdimension.bandcamp.com/track/summer-skin Originally recorded in Wellington NZ, September 2003, for the album 'Loose Autumn Moans', with a mini string section of Mike Kingston on cello and Sam Prebble (RIP) on violin. It also appears on … Continue reading Summer Skin →