“This is something that he has to do, that he will do, come fame or oblivion” –Chris Knox

• Made in New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Thailand, Mongolia, and Japan.
• Includes tracks by Ascension Band, The Winter, Cylvi M, Wellington’s Most Famous Orchestra of Miraculous Delights, Dave Black & Nat da Hatt.

“As Dave Edwards he has explored fuzzy punk, free-jazz, spoken word, alternative-folk and demented pop… as Dave Black, the palette is broadened” – Simon Sweetman

by Dave Black (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, harmonica, laptop, bass, tenor saxophone, field recordings, piano, gayageum, vocal), with

• Mike Kingston (acoustic guitar),
• Simon Sweetman (percussion),
• Nat da Hatt (electric guitar, keyboards),
• Cylvi M (vocal, field recordings, percussion, shakuhachi),
• Hayden Gifkins (electric guitar),
• Nigel Patterson (hammond organ),
• Ryan Prebble (tone generator),
• Matthew Thornicroft (electric guitar),
• Jeff Henderson (drums),
• Noel Meek (vocal),
• Hans Landon-Lane (ukulele)
• and field recordings from Australia, South Korea, Thailand, Mongolia, and Japan.

“Experimental and avant-garde…. There is a clear passion, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries… This will challenge your perceptions of what constitutes music and open the mind to new possibilities of sounds that surround us – muzic.net.nz“

• This is a sequel to the Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005 compilation.
• The third part of the trilogy, Other Islands: 2012-2018, documents my return to NZ via other Asia-Pacific countries,
• A fourth volume águas Brilhantes: 2018-2022 covers more recent works made in the Wairarapa and Fiji.