Sunday 2 April 2017
Gamelan Padhang Moncar braved wind and rain to perform twice at the night market on the Wellington Waterfront, near Te Papa.
New Zealand
the Electricka Zoo album
We’re happy to announce the release of the Electricka Zoo‘s first (self-titled) album.
The Electricka Zoo, 2017
the Electricka Zoo, 2017
The Electricka Zoo, 2017
The duo of Dave Black & the Digitator, The Electricka Zoo combine influences from EDM and post-punk avant-garde rock to jazz, reggae, Balkan and Portuguese music. Their self-titled debut album features 8 original tunes by the bass/guitar and electronica duo wrapped in colourful mandala artwork by Lucie Hannon.
Thanks everyone who came to the launch gig at the Pyramid Club !
22nd July – Tapioca Dragon, the Electricka Zoo, 1/3 Octave Band @ Pyramid Club
A night of improv, otherworld musics, and ethereal sonic crunch at Wellington’s Pyramid Club, plus an album release for The Electricka Zoo.
Saturday 22nd July 2017, 8pm
@ the Pyramid Club
272 Taranaki Street, Wellington NZ – $10 door sales
The Electricka Zoo
The duo of Dave Black & the Digitator, The Electricka Zoo combine influences from EDM and post-punk avant-garde rock to jazz, reggae, Balkan and Portuguese music. Their self-titled debut album will be released at this gig, and features 8 original tunes by the bass/guitar and electronica duo wrapped in colourful mandala artwork by Lucie Hannon.
1/3 Octave Band
Also in the line up; the 1/3 Octave Band, aka Bill Wood. A master of tones and drones, Bill an his collaborators in the group have released many CD,s LP’s over the past decade, and recently been championed by no less than former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins in his column for LA Weekly. Don’t miss this once a year appearance from Mr Wood.
Tapioca Dragon
And let’s not forget and that merry duo of free thinkers, Tapioca Dragon, feat. Andy Wright (ex-Orchestra of Spheres) and Mark Williams (MarineVille / Cookie Brooklyn and the Crumbs). Tapioca Dragon released their debut album last year, a collection of 5 improvisations building from sparse, loops and jabs into a psychedelic spin cycle.
Kindred Spirits: Music of Benjamin Britten and Jack Body
On 7 May 2017 Gamelan Padhang Moncar performed Jack Body‘s first composition for gamelan, ‘So Short the Life’ as part of a choral concert with Nota Bene chamber choir at Wellington’s Sacred Heart Cathedral on.
Jack Body (1944-2015) was a key figure in the introduction of gamelan music to New Zealand.
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New releases coming in 2017
Coming soon in 2017… new projects on the go, available to pre-order.
The Electricka Zoo
The debut album from the Hutt Valley guitar/bass and live electronica duo – full of eclectic electric sonic surprises.
and
Other Islands: 2012-2017
Our third overview compilation* of album tracks and previously unreleased recordings – made in Okinawa, Indonesia, Western Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand.
*see also Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005 and Fame & Oblivion: 2005-2013
Pre-order now and you’ll be automatically sent the download link to the full albums once these are released, along with bonus material not available for streaming.
the Electricka Zoo, 2017
The Electricka Zoo, 2016
Dave Black & Snake Beings, 2014
The Winter, 2015
Gamelan Taniwha Jaya at Te Papa, 2016
Borobudur temple, Central Java, Indonesia, 2014
My Suva park
Bali, Indonesia
Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Dave Edwards, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
Dave Black in Western Australia, 2013
Gamelan Taniwha Jaya, 2015
Dave & ukulele in Fiji, 2016
Gamelan Padhang Moncar, 2016
Also coming in the near future, two new field-recording based albums made of sounds from Western Australia and Indonesia. We didn’t release an album in 2016, but that wasn’t for lack of ideas!
The Bolton and the Harris rose, Wellington NZ
I was born in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. My earliest NZ ancestors are my great great great grandparents Abraham and Sophia Harris, from Essex, England. They arrived in Wellington in 1840 aboard the sailing ship Bolton.
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the Electricka Zoo on Access Radio this Saturday
Electricka Zoo played live in the studio
on Terry’s Songwriters Show.
It was broadcast on Saturday 15th of April – hear the podcast online.
Terry’s Songwriters Show is a weekly programme hosted by Terry Shore – who is a singer/song-writer himself.
