“Worth searching out coz this lo-fi singer/songwriter oddball has a unique take on the genre… [he’s] happy to get raucous & obnoxious in just the right kinda way.” – Chris Knox
“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 a fresh start this might very well be the place.” – Mats Gustafsson, The Broken Face
This page refers to projects under my own name – songs, spoken word, and instrumental compositions or improvisations
See about page for bio & more detail
For a stylistic departure since 2005 see Dave Black
For band collaborations see The Electricka Zoo, Gamelan Padhang Moncar, Gamelan Taniwha Jaya, The Winter, Ascension Band, and free improvisation
So far in 2019 I’ve been living in rural New Zealand, playing mainly solo acoustic.
Live 2019
“Great skills and a refreshing rebirth of a beatnik sensibility, this is folk the way folk should be” – Andi Verse
Compare it to this lo-fi ‘official bootleg’ recorded 20 years (or half my lifetime) ago – opening for Chris Knox at Bar Bodega in Wellington NZ last millennium:
Live 1999
and these early albums that fit (sometimes loosely) into the singer-songwriter genre.
Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005
Compilation of highlights from the first phase of my gloriously unsuccessful career
Loose Autumn Moans
Semi-acoustic songs with string section, recorded on all-analogue equipment (2003)
Mantis Shaped & Worrying
The difficult third album, an idiosyncratic spoken word + instrumental voyage into inner space (2002)
The Marion Flow
Electric and acoustic songs, spoken word and instrumentals – an almost-recognised New Zealand classic (1999–2001)
Scratched Surface
The debut album – a genuine lo-fi postpunk singer/songwriter artifact from the ’90s (1997-1998)
