Tag: the Digitator

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 →

The Electricka Zoo – new tracks, late 2019

Here's a pair of new (late 2019) tracks from The Electricka Zoo https://soundcloud.com/darrel-hannon/digi-and-dave-black Keyboards & electronica by the Digitator & Dave Black on electric guitar in Upper Hutt, New Zealand, November 2019 https://soundcloud.com/darrel-hannon/jamming-with-dave Get our album if you haven't already!  

Spotify playlist – fiffdimension & friends

Here's my first Spotify playlist... a mix of my own tracks and by other artists who I've had the privilege to meet and be inspired by, in several cases played gigs alongside and/or collaborated with. Thank you all for the journey! And some great music here. This puts fiffdimension in context (ie mostly from New … Continue reading Spotify playlist – fiffdimension & friends →

The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki 1999)

"It's lo-fi, organic and about as eclectic as one could manage. Kind of reminds me of Nick Cave if he had grown up in Timaru. No pretentious American accents or catch phrase choruses, just a bunch of people making music. A little beauty!" - NZ Musician, August/September 2002 Produced by Paul Winstanley, & featuring Steve … Continue reading The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki 1999) →

Other Islands: 2012-2018

fiffdimension vol3 (see also Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005 and Fame & Oblivion: 2005-2012) brings us into the current decade - with further wide-ranging experimentation and exploration sonically, temporally and geographically, in New Zealand, Western Australia, Indonesia, Okinawa (Japan), and Fiji. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTMQw7roXH0&list=PLtbrBpNjlOHOfvink1dJANU_UFOs6My4Y by Dave Black (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, harmonica, laptop, bass, tenor saxophone, field recordings, piano, ukulele, sanshin, saron, … Continue reading Other Islands: 2012-2018 →

Friday 16th March @ Leroy’s

Postscript: thanks for coming along, keep an eye on http://www.fiffdimension.com/the-electricka-zoo for more! _________________ Friday 16 March, 8:00pm, free entry, @ Leroy's Bar, 2 Plimmer Steps New Zealand Fringe Festival: The Electricka Zoo are one of Wellington’s most intriguing new live bands - a duo of live electronica duo by the Digitator, and Dave Black on … Continue reading Friday 16th March @ Leroy’s →

2017 roundup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n2bjE_Y36Y&list=PLtbrBpNjlOHPUbgGtVF3Mm2tCGzKBOZv3&w=350&h=190 Our main news of 2017 was The Electricka Zoo's debut album.  music.net.nz called it "a totally original, mind-warping album". It's not too late for your best-album-of-2017 lists, so get your copy today (just click the 'buy' button above... yes we're still more interested in 'the album', as a unified artform, with a theme and structure, rather than streaming … Continue reading 2017 roundup →

the Electricka Zoo @ Battle of the Bands

Saturday 14 October 2017 @ Valhalla, 154 Vivian Street, Wellington NZ Thanks everyone who came to see The Electricka Zoo in the 2017 Battle of the Bands... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n2bjE_Y36Y&w=315&h=168 The Electricka Zoo are one of Wellington's most intriguing new live bands, a bass/guitar and live electronica duo of Dave Black and the Digitator. We combine diverse influences from … Continue reading the Electricka Zoo @ Battle of the Bands →

the Electricka Zoo album

We're happy to announce the release of the Electricka Zoo's first (self-titled) album. The duo of Dave Black & the Digitator, The Electricka Zoo combine influences from EDM and post-punk avant-garde rock to jazz, reggae, Balkan and Portuguese music. Their self-titled debut album features 8 original tunes by the bass/guitar and electronica duo wrapped in colourful mandala artwork by … Continue reading the Electricka Zoo album →