w/ Antony Milton: The Troubled Times

For this EP The Troubled Times is Dave Edwards and Antony Milton.Raw loud Improvised pluck and drone recorded in the between Covid lockdowns. credits released June 26, 2022 Recorded on a windy rainy Sunday in Antony's garage in Masterton.Guitar/Bass -Dave Edwards Guitar/Keyboard/Vocs -Antony Milton. For the first full length release from this duo, which pre-dates … Continue reading w/ Antony Milton: The Troubled Times →

Escape Velocity: the Electricka Zoo live

New live album! With New Zealand in lockdown this might be the next best thing to an actual gig.. Track 1 recorded live at the Fringe Bar, Wellington NZ, 27-02-18 Tracks 2-7 recorded live at Escape Velocity, Featherston NZ, 10-03-18 As part of the New Zealand Fringe Festival credits The Digitator - midi, laptop, vocalDave … Continue reading Escape Velocity: the Electricka Zoo live →

ilhas Atlânticas

The last track on Spastic Rhythms vol 1 is a Dave Black solo rendition of a tune by the Electricka Zoo. It originally appeared on The Electricka Zoo (2017), and on the Other Islands: 2012-2018 compilation. It's based around a (non-diatonic) Cmaj7 - Amaj7 pattern, with a bossa nova rhythm. The words are in (beginner) … Continue reading ilhas Atlânticas →

Glimpses of Utopia

Palette cleansing electric solo improv. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPRYDfrxkr0&list=PLtbrBpNjlOHOIGTzm50OvAF3JBFpmEk-t Recorded in Featherston, New Zealand, 2019-20. I'm not a trained jazz musician, but nor do I fit neatly into the 'NZ noise' genre. Further listening A Ton of Feathers by Campbell Kneale & Dave Black noise duo in Featherston, NZ: [send us your review] The Electricka Zoo The duo … Continue reading Glimpses of Utopia →

Articulation Incommunicate (2004)

Previously unreleased! Dave Edwards dictaphone cassette recordings 2004, for spoken word and improvised guitar - a trip down a road not taken for New Zealand music. These tracks were primitively recorded, not just obscure but completely unheard by anyone else, and seemed like raw unfinished demos at the time - but in hindsight may be … Continue reading Articulation Incommunicate (2004) →

After the filmshoot (2002)

Dave Edwards solo cassette tracks, in Wellington NZ, 2002. Hey so the new (2020) album Ruasagavulu is out! (go there, like, share etc)... & in the meantime, until the next new project, here's one from the vault: 1. After the Filmshoot (take 1) 03:25 2. Interlude: the sociopolitical context 00:51 … Continue reading After the filmshoot (2002) →

Ruasagavulu

Out now - the new album by Dave Black & Dr Emit Snake-Beings Made in Fiji "So easy to get totally lost in this music, recommend for helping with your inner peace" - Andi Verse Indo-Fijian inspired tropical devotional avant-garde instrumentals for keyboards, ukulele, dholak, duduk, harmonicas, DIY kitchen gamelan, and video. Snake Beings … Continue reading Ruasagavulu →

2002: self-isolation before it was cool?

The difficult third album - recorded during a time of intense introspection in 2002. I locked myself in my room in Wellington for all of November with an analogue 4-track cassette recorder.The results rapidly put an end to my promising New Zealand music career! In 2002, a year whose digits are an anagram of this … Continue reading 2002: self-isolation before it was cool? →

Ruasagavulu – with Snake Beings in Fiji

Made in Suva, Fiji - the new album by Dave Black & Dr Emit Snake-Beings "So easy to get totally lost in this music, recommend for helping with your inner peace" - Andi Verse Indo-Fijian inspired tropical devotional avant-garde instrumentals for keyboards, ukulele, dholak, duduk, harmonicas, DIY kitchen gamelan, and video. This was one of … Continue reading Ruasagavulu – with Snake Beings in Fiji →

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 →