In 1856, my great-great-grandfather John Collie (1834-1893), of Boyndie, Scotland, published a book : Poems and Lyrics (in the Englishand Scotch Dialects). I've been setting some of it to music over the past few years - along with some of his other descendants: my nephews Hans and Rhys Landon-Lane, my niece Celeste Rochery, and my … Continue reading Poems & Lyrics by John Collie, 1856
Category: New Zealand
The Troubled Times: Hill Road in Winter
Happy new year - here's our first new music release of 2023 - available for download or limited-edition cassette, courtesy of Antony Milton's Smalltown Electron label: The first physical format release from Masterton trio The Troubled Times (and the debut release for Small Town Electron as a label) is a loud and noisy nocturnal romp … Continue reading The Troubled Times: Hill Road in Winter
2022 roundup
fiffdimension vol4, águas brilhantes: 2018-2022, sums up the last few years' here: 2022's been a particularly productive year... there's a (mostly) solo instrumental album (also ft Oscar the dog); two albums by the Troubled Times - collaboration with Antony Milton now a trio with David Heath on drums; recordings with my nephews Hans and Rhys … Continue reading 2022 roundup
águas brilhantes: 2018-2022
fiffdimension vol 4 made in Featherston, Masterton, and Suva - ft Antony Milton, James Robinson, Dr Emit Snake-Beings, Campbell Kneale, and lyrics by John Collie (1834-1893) - the title is 'Wairarapa' in Portuguese. Collaborations with my ancestors and younger relatives, friends in Fiji, a painter in Otago, the curator of PseudoArcana, and the family dog. … Continue reading águas brilhantes: 2018-2022
The Troubled Times: State Highway 2
credits released August 13, 2022 Antony Milton - electric guitar, banjo (6), drums & keyboard (7) Dave Edwards - electric guitar (1,3,5), acoustic guitar (2,6,7), bass (4), aluminium ladder (7) David Heath - drums https://fiffdimension.bandcamp.com/album/state-highway-2-2022 ------- Masterton, New Zealand Masterton Recorded in Antony's garage,17th July + 7th August 2022 Photo by Sara Rogers Further listening: … Continue reading The Troubled Times: State Highway 2
w/ Antony Milton: The Troubled Times
For this EP The Troubled Times is Dave Edwards and Antony Milton.Raw loud Improvised pluck and drone recorded in the between Covid lockdowns. credits released June 26, 2022 Recorded on a windy rainy Sunday in Antony's garage in Masterton.Guitar/Bass -Dave Edwards Guitar/Keyboard/Vocs -Antony Milton. For the first full length release from this duo, which pre-dates … Continue reading w/ Antony Milton: The Troubled Times
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
Spastic Rhythms ’22
Featherston, NZ - early 2022 - spontaneous compositions, two wet weekends in a row. A sequel to Spastic Rhythms vol 1 (2021) - a series of 'quickfire' DIY solo albums created in a couple of days each. This one features interspecies guest collaboration with Oscar the huntaway. credits released February 13, 2022 Dave Black - … Continue reading Spastic Rhythms ’22
w/ Hans Landon-Lane, 3 January 2022
Happy new year! Here are some first recordings for 2022, made on 3rd of January, with Hans Landon-Lane (my nephew) on accordion, ukulele and vocal: 'The Land of My Youth 'Here's a Health to my Cronies' 'Nature' The words were written by our ancestor John Collie in 1856.
w/ Antony Milton: Return of the Sun
Electric guitar improv duo - in collaboration with antonymilton.bandcamp.com Recorded in Masterton, New Zealand, 26-09-21 Antony Milton is a sound artist based in Masterton, New Zealand. He has been active in the underground and experimental music scenes since the early 1990s. He is also the curator of the PseudoArcana label (which released The Winter's debut … Continue reading w/ Antony Milton: Return of the Sun
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