“You get some concise and catchy pop songs, some full-on rockers, banjo excursions, improv freak-out, poetry, acoustic blues, folk songs, scrambled noise… there’s something here for everybody. “– Howard Stelzer, Noisy Bandcamp.
The Troubled Times: Unsteady GroundHomo Homini Lupus (compilation)Poems & Lyrics by John Collie (1856)Featherston Free Sound EnsembleThe Troubled Times: dDAThe Troubled Times: Sparkle TubePoems & Lyrics by John Collie (1856)Ruasagavulu ka lima (Fiji)
“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 Gustaffson, the Broken Face
“Double disc collection of more than two decades’ worth of live and studio-recorded tunes by Dave Edwards, who you may have heard recently as part of The Troubled Times with Antony Milton. It’s quite a diverse listen!A good intro to Dave’s dauntingly deep discography. – Howard Stelzer, Noisy Bandcamp.
“Electric (Yang)/Acoustic (Yin)boasts some wildly different tracks […] He doesn’t seem to so much want to push boundaries, as to act like he’s never heard of boundaries in the first place. At times soft and beautiful, at others dark and jarring, it makes for fascinating listening.” – Peter Malthus, muzic.nz
“We go from bossa nova rhythms to folk to RIO to indie to, what is interesting listening if nothing else, a dog howling along to a banjo […] It is unusual to find someone playing so confidently in such diverse areas and anyone into independent music will certainly find something on here to enjoy.”
“The 20 song album covers traditional Javanese and Balinese gamelan, Asia-Pacific folk music, free jazz, and free noise…. If you have an open inquiring mind and love hearing a variety of sound, this is excellent. – Darryl Baser, muzic.net.nz
“A strange sonic brew that includes dissonant rock textures, rough outsider folk-blues mysteries, electric and acoustic improvisations and a considerable part of tasty feedback. Imagine equal parts Derek Bailey, New Zealand’s Pumice and classic ’60s blues/folk and you’re in the right ballpark.” – The Broken Face
“Experimental and avant-garde…. There is a clear passion, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries… This will challenge your perceptions of what constitutes music and open the mind to new possibilities of sounds that surround us – muzic.net.nz“
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.”
fiff” is a deliberate misspelling of “fifth”, in a lazy Taranaki NZ accent ↩︎
Poems & Lyrics by John Colliewas written in 1856, and set to music between 2018-2025. It is both a new release and the earliest ‘founding document’ in the archive. ↩︎
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