The Winter: 2010

Newly discovered 2010 'lost recordings' by The Winter An improvised music trio of Mike Kingston, Dave Edwards, and Simon Sweetman - Includes live performances at Fred's, and previously unheard recording sessions on 25-4-10 and 6-6-10. https://youtu.be/d-FrdDzr_-M http://www.fiffdimension.bandcamp.com/album/2010 credits releases June 6, 2023 Simon Sweetman - drums, percussion Mike Kingston - acoustic guitar, charango, vocal, clarinet, … Continue reading The Winter: 2010

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

The Troubled Times: A Second Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UclsrMDOPQY&list=PLtbrBpNjlOHPJ3DVmif4q0X-1O7CRhCm6 credits Antony Milton - electric guitar, keyboard (1,4), drums (4), painting Dave Edwards - bass, electric guitar (4), vocal (6), harmonica (7) David Heath - drums John Collie (1834-1893) - lyrics (6) (a crossover with fiffdimension.bandcamp.com/album/poems-lyrics-in-the-english-dialect-1856 ) Recorded in Masterton, New Zealand, 25 September 2022 Loosely a sequel to Antony Milton and Dave Edwards' first duo … Continue reading The Troubled Times: A Second Sun

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

Outono 21

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

Gar mar par da nee sa

the opening track from Ruasagavulu by Dave Black & Snake-Beings recorded in Suva, Fiji, 2nd November 2019 This short warmup improv is based on an Indian scale, inspired by Dr Emit Snake-Beings' travels to Kerala in India, and harmonium lessons in Suva. There's an Indian influence throughout the album, as several sections are based on … Continue reading Gar mar par da nee sa

Huia Vortex

Animated visuals, with electric guitar loops, one-stringed bass, and drums - the opening track from the 'Ngumbang' album (get the free download) - w/ Emit Snake-beings & Nat da Hatt The title 'Huia Vortex' refers to the location where the track was recorded, in Huia, a small village on the outskirts of west Auckland. Dave … Continue reading Huia Vortex

The Marion Flow (part 2, Wellington 2001)

: produced by Paul Winstanley, & featuring Chris O'Connor (drums), Chris Palmer (electric guitars), Simon O'Rorke (percussion). Recorded at Thistle Hall, Wellington, 2001, and mixed by Joe Callwood. For the earlier 1999 New Plymouth sessions see The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki); The Marion Flow was originally a longer album which spanned recordings from New … Continue reading The Marion Flow (part 2, Wellington 2001)