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
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.
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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.
Dave Black in Western Australia, 2013
My Suva park
the Electricka Zoo, 2017
The Electricka Zoo, 2016
The Winter, 2015
Gamelan Taniwha Jaya, 2015
Bali, Indonesia
Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Borobudur temple, Central Java, Indonesia, 2014
Bali, Indonesia
Dave & ukulele in Fiji, 2016
Gamelan Taniwha Jaya at Te Papa, 2016
Dave Edwards, 2016
Gamelan Padhang Moncar, 2016
Dave Black & Snake Beings, 2014
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.
the Electricka Zoo, early 2017
Next appearing at Fringe Bar in Wellington, Tuesday 28th March 2017, 8:45pm. Free entry.
The Electricka Zoo are one of Wellington’s most intriguing new live bands, a bass/guitar and live electronica duo of Dave Black and the Digitator. They combine influences from EDM, punk rock, jazz, reggae, Balkan and Portuguese music into their own homegrown NZ sound.
Keep an eye and two ears out for their first album, coming soon.
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- the Electricka Zoo, 2017
In the meantime a vinyl-only 7″ single and collection of early (2015-2016) demos on Soundcloud are available.
2016 roundup
2016 has been another busy year here, with several new projects that should come to fruition in 2017.
