fiffdimension1 is music & multimedia by Dave Edwards and collaborators, from 1850s2 to 2020s. Made in Aotearoa / New Zealand and beyond.
2025 – new this year
Past projects
Start with the
Electric (yang) / Acoustic (yin)3 2CD compilation 1998-2023 :
“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!
“You get some concise and catchy pop songs, some full-on rockers, banjo excursions, improv freak-out, poetry, acoustic blues, folk songs, scrambled noise… A good intro to Dave’s dauntingly deep discography.”
– Howard Stelzer, Noisy Bandcamp.
“Dave Edwards is a thoughtful and talented writer, composer, and performer. This double album ably demonstrates that. 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.”
…or dive into the full catalogue – which spans acoustic & electric noise, rock, folk, spoken word, postpunk, free jazz, gamelan, electronica, Asia–Pacific ethnomusicology, and 19th century genres – with over 50 albums of original music to date….
2022-2024
Recent works, made in the Wairarapa – solo, and with The Troubled Times and Hans Landon-Lane
Sun Son Sum
Hill Road in Winter
Elevate
A Second Sun
Another ****ing Sunday
2018-2022
Made in the Wairarapa and Fiji –
includes collaborations with Antony Milton, Dr Emit Snake-Beings, Campbell Kneale, James Robinson, and the Electricka Zoo
2012-2018
An Asia-Pacific return odyssey, in Japan, Western Australia, and Indonesia.
Includes collaborations with The Winter, The Electricka Zoo, Simon O’Rorke, Nat da Hatt. Emit Snake-Beings, and Gamelan Padhang Moncar.
2005-2012
I left Wellington, and discovered new influences from Australia, Te Waipounamu, South Korea, and across Asia.
Includes collaborations with Ascension Band, Cylvi M, The Winter, Nat da Hatt.
1997-2005
Early works in New Plymouth and Wellington NZ, fusing DIY acoustic and electric postpunk songs, spoken word and free improvisation.
Includes collaborations with Paul Winstanley, Simon O’Rorke, The Winter, Ascension Band.
1856
Poems & Lyrics by John Collie – an adaptation of the book, by my great-great-grandfather in Banffshire, Scotland. A DIY outsider art precedent!
- “fiff” is a deliberate misspelling of “fifth”, in a lazy Taranaki NZ accent ↩︎
- Although fiffdimension officially launched in 1998, it has antecedents in the 19th century – in particular the self-published Poems & Lyrics by John Collie of Banffshire, Scotland ↩︎
- The title “Acoustic Yin, Electric Yang 1998-2023” reflects the duality and balance inherent in this musical journey. In Asian philosophy, Yin and Yang represent complementary forces that interact to form a dynamic system. Applying this to fiffdimension:
Acoustic (Yin): Symbolizes the folk-influenced sides of the music, highlighting the organic and natural elements.
Electric (Yang): Represents the dynamic, energetic, and expressionistic aspects, emphasizing the electrified noise and rock components. ↩︎ ↩︎
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