Celebrating 25 years of fiffdimension!
A collection of short tracks by Dave Edwards and collaborators.
“Double disc collection of more than two decadesโ 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. Itโs 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 noiseโฆ thereโs something here for everybody. A good intro to Daveโs dauntingly deep discography.”
– Howard Stelzer, Noisy Bandcamp.
Produced by Antony Milton; and features Paul Winstanley, Chris OโConnor, Simon OโRorke,Chris Palmer, Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, Francesca Mountfort, Damian Stewart, Emit Snake-Beings, Nat da Hatt, Steve Duffels, and Oscar (the dog).
2CD double album. 35 tracks spanning 25 years. Comes in gatefold card case with full colour photography by Jechtography and James Gilberd. Includes download of the digital album.
Reviewย
“Electric (Yang)/Acoustic (Yin)ย boasts some wildly different tracks; short instrumentals (the guitar and percussion ofย King Street Boogie, the piano and birdsong ofย Tui and Grey Sky, the guitar, rain, and bucket- possibly oboe too- ofย Classical Rain Bucket), song-length instrumentals (the gorgeous and floatyย Kalbarri Coastline, the spaced-out psychedelia ofย Shuffling The Tarot,ย October Ringโs sweet little guitar melody being countered by its evil twin sowing dissent and discord), spoken word over free-forming instruments (After The Filmshootย describing either a spiritual experience or very good drugsโฆ or both,ย @Bomb The Spaceย sounding like a guitar being attacked,ย Ornery Return Cravingsย spoken over sheer instrumental chaos), and occasionally, songs too (the stripped-back post-punk glory ofย Tony Was Here, the slithery, smoky, speakeasy feel ofย Cafes In Conversation,ย Invernoย creeping in like a fever-dream of The Cramps, and the beautiful, emotionally-chargedย Paetumokai (Pua pua i te Koanga)). Dave Edwards is a thoughtful and talented writer, composer, and performer. This double album ably demonstrates that, from the soft, delightful guitar ramblings onย Stromatolites, toย Wealth And Richesย that sounds for all the world like a battle to the death between a drumkit and a horde of toy robots.
“He doesnโt seem to so much want to push boundaries, as to act like heโs 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
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