A new multilayered Dave Black electric improv / xenochronous composition. The track continues the evolution of my Wairarapa one man band 2020s 'late style', which began with Glimpses of Utopia (2020) and Spastic Rhythms (2021) It was originally created for the Psi-solation+1 - 2021 compilation album curated by fellow Featherston resident Campbell Kneale. He's known … Continue reading Outono 21
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PSI-SOLATION + 1 (one year on)
PSI-SOLATION | a global compilation of music made in lockdown | CELEBRATE PSI PHENOMENON (bandcamp.com) 2021 compilation album curated by Campbell Kneale. He's known for his noise music, paintings of cats, and as proprietor of the Miracle Room gallery in Featherston. A sequel to his acclaimed 119-track Psi-solation compilation of music made in lockdown 2020. … Continue reading PSI-SOLATION + 1 (one year on)
The Woods
http://www.thewoodsnz.com The Woods EP is available free during May 2017 (NZ Music Month) only... grab a copy at http://www.thewoodsnz.com/musicmonth2017 If you’re a fan of World Music, Blues or Jazz, then ‘The Woods’ are a must have for your collection. With influences from John Lee Hooker to Pharaoh Sanders, from Africa to Peru, their music will … Continue reading The Woods
The Winter: Exit Points
Today is the last day of winter in the southern hemisphere - so to celebrate, here's the fifth album from The Winter - a New Zealand free improvisation trio of Mike Kingston, Simon Sweetman and Dave Edwards… with a sound that swerves from acoustic folk/blues with hints of Asian, Celtic, and Balkan influences, to electroacoustic … Continue reading The Winter: Exit Points
Ngumbang
Out now!! the new collaboration with even more legendary & underground NZ artist Snake Beings. Ngumbang is the first collaborative album by two of New Zealand’s more unusual artist/musician/filmmaker/ethnomusicologists - performed on guitars, bass, banjo, percussion, saxophones, clarinets, harmonicas, synthesisers, Okinawan sanshin, ukulele, violin, loop pedal, piano, drums and spoken word. The album was recorded … Continue reading Ngumbang
Fame & Oblivion: 2005-2012
"This is something that he has to do, that he will do, come fame or oblivion" -Chris Knox Now available on Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, Deezer etc fiffdimension vol2, a sequel to Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005, sees increasingly wide-ranging experimentation and exploration both sonically and geographically, from New Zealand and beyond to Australia and East Asia, and a … Continue reading Fame & Oblivion: 2005-2012
The Winter: Flying Visit
Acoustic instrumental music by Wellington, New Zealand, improvising trio The Winter. Mike Kingston: charango, guitar, clarinet Dave Edwards: ukulele, sanshin, tenor sax, piano Simon Sweetman: xylophone, percussion In 2012 we lived in three different countries. This was recorded during a one-week window of opportunity when we were all back in NZ, in August (the southern … Continue reading The Winter: Flying Visit
The Winter: 2011
2011 - year of the Christchurch earthquakes, the Arab Spring, the Fukushima disaster, the shootings in Norway,the Queensland floods... and the Wellington (New Zealand) winter was colder than usual.Acoustic improvisations on guitar, ukulele, banjo, clarinet, piano, harmonica and percussion by The Winter (Simon, Dave and Mike). Liner notes by Dave Thanks to Simon for the … Continue reading The Winter: 2011
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