Most of this music is not just a solo effort. As well as Dave Edwards‘ projects, fiffdimension includes collaborations with

Bands

The Troubled Times (2021-ongoing)

Wairarapa-based psychedelic improv/rock collaboration with Antony Milton and David Heath

The Troubled Times catalogue includes Return of the Sun (2021), […] (2021), State Highway 2 (2022), A Second Sun (2022), Hill Road in Winter (2023), Another Fucking Sunday (2023), Elevate (2023), Live in Featherston (2023), The Latest Poll (2024), Boa (2024), Pyramid Club September 28 2024, dDA (2025), Unsteady Ground (2025), Sparkle Tube (2025).

The Electricka Zoo (2016-2018)

The ex-Taranaki duo of live electronica by the Digitator, and Dave Black on bass and electric guitar (2017)

“A totally original, mind warping album that smacks you across the face with big sound…. I salute anyone that makes a whole album out of EDM post-punk avant-garde rock / jazz, reggae, Balkan, [and] Portuguese music” – http://www.muzic.net.nz

The Winter (2003-2015)

An improvised music trio of Mike Kingston, Dave Edwards, and Simon Sweetman – first formed on winter solstice day 2003 in Wellington, The Winter is our longest running side-project.

Ascension Band (2003-2005)

Award-winning electric symphony for post-punk big-band – by organist/conductor/arranger Nigel Patterson (The Black Seeds, The Manta Rays, Fly My Pretties), guitarist & organiser Dave Edwards (fiffdimension, The Winter), and over a dozen musicians including Ryan Prebble, Bell Campanita, Warwick Donald and more on guitars, basses, drums, electronics, keyboards, trumpets and vocals (2005)

“The 50-minute piece of music, broken down into six movements, was performed live over a few nights for the Fringe Festival in 2005; the group taking out the Best Music Award.

“It was stunning.” – Simon Sweetman

Duos

One-on-one projects with

Antony Milton

The Troubled Times ‘stripped back’ to a duo:

Return of the Sun (2021)	Sparkle Tube (2025)

Guy Walker – Featherston Free Sound Ensemble (2025)

James Robinson – Negentropic Diatribes (2022)

– spoken word and artwork by award-winning painter James Robinson and music by Dave Edwards and guests

Dr Emit Snake-Beings

Ruasagavulu (Fiji, 2019/20)

Meditative tropical instrumentals made in Fiji by Dave Black & Dr Emit Snake-Beings (one of the last in-person international collaborations from before the world ended)

“So easy to get totally lost in this music; recommend for helping with your inner peace” – Andi Verse

Ngumbang (2015)

Our first collaboration with the even more legendary & underground artist Snake Beings (2015)

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Campbell Kneale – A Ton of Feathers (2018),

Nat da Hatt – ネオン列車の風景 Neon Train Landscapes (Japan, 2012)

Dave Black & Nat da Hatt climb Mt Yakushidake, Japan, 2012

Japanese psychedelic rock made by kiwi expats Dave Black & Nat da Hatt (2014)

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Cylvi M

First Time Around: East Asia (2007-2008)

Field recordings, sketches, soundscapes and stories from, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Mongolia, by Dave Black and Cylvi M (2007–2008)

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First Time Around: South Korea (2007-2008)

Field recordings, electro-acoustic ethnography, Asian industrial soundscapes made in South Korea, by Dave Black and Cylvi M (2007–2008)

Cylvi and Dave at Dadaepo beach, Busan, South Korea

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Indonesian Gamelan

Gamelan Padhang Moncar (2016-2018),

Javanese-style gamelan ensemble directed by Budi Putra, of which I played in the 2016–2018 lineups,

Gamelan Taniwha Jaya (2010, 2015),

Balinese-style gamelan ensemble directed by Gareth Farr, of which I played in the 2010 and 2015–2016 lineups,

and

Gamelan Sekar Puri (Perth WA, 2013-2014))
Gamelan Pura Mangkunegaran (Surakarta, Indonesia, 2014)

Album instrumentalists

with guest appearances on multiple tracks

South Island Sessions (2006)

An atypical album recorded while living in Nelson, NZ. The recordings were re-edited years later into compositions.

Hayden Gifkins (electric guitars)
Matthew Thornicroft (electric guitars)
Cookie (drums)
Cylvi M (beats & vocal)

Loose Autumn Moans (2003)

Featured The Winter – Mike Kingston on cello and Simon Sweetman on percussion, plus Sam Prebble on violin.

The Marion Flow (part 2, 2001)

Bass, arrangements and sound engineering by Paul Winstanley, plus

Chris Palmer (electric guitar on The Marion Flow, 2001)
Chris O’Connor (drums on The Marion Flow, 2001)
Dean Brown (drums on The Marion Flow, 2001)
Paul Winther (synth on The Marion Flow, 1999)

Scratched Surface (1998)

ft Tim McVicar (bass, percussion, electric guitar)

One-off track instrumentalists

Additional guest appearances by

Oscar (the dog) (vocal on Spastic Rhythms ’22)
Elario Irava (guitar & vocal on águas brilhantes: 2018-2022)
Renato Salvador (guitar & vocal on in a Wildflower State – Perth, Australia 2013)
Damian Stewart (no-input mixing desk on ‘Lake Rotoiti to Fox Glacier)
Mike Kingston (acoustic guitar on After Maths & Sciences 2005)
Francesca Mountfort (cello on After Maths & Sciences 2005)
Youjae Lee (bass on Articulation Incommunicate, 2004)
Simon Sweetman (percussion on Articulation Incommunicate 2004
Simon O’Rorke (percussion on Mantis Shaped and Worrying, 2002)
Steve Duffels (drums on The Marion Flow part 1, 1999)

Ad-hoc free improvisation ensembles

Featherston Free Sound Ensemble (2025-)

Wellington’s Most Famous Orchestra of Miraculous Delights (2010)

(w/ Dan Beban, Nell Thomas, Jeff Henderson, Gerard Crewdson, Alex Bartley-Nees, Noel Meek, Rosie Langabeer, Bridget Kelly, Sasha Perfect, Cylvi M, 2009-2010)

Simon O’Rorke groups

ensembles featuring percussionist and synth player Simon O’Rorke

The Margins (2024)

Free improvised electronica trio of Dave Edwards, Antony Milton and Simon O’Rorke

in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway (2014)

Confluence Quintet (w/ Simon O’Rorke, Julie Bevan, Michael Hall, Chris Prosser, 2014)
Latham/Edwards/O’Rorke (w/ Blair Latham, Simon O’Rorke, 2014)

Revenge of the Smur – from Mantis Shaped & Worrying (2002)

in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway (1999)

The Slab Septet (w/ Simon O’Rorke, Paul Winstanley, Jeff Henderson, Dan Beban, Blair Latham, Bridget Kelly, 1999)
Edwards/O’Rorke duo

Paul Winstanley‘s dAdApApA

Waiting for the Drummer – (1999)

Taranaki improvised rock/noise deconstruction with sputtering synth, air-sucking turntables, didgeridoo and sundry toys providing layers of surreal abstraction, by Paul Winstanley with Dave Edwards, the Digitator, Paul Winther, and Brian Wafer (1999)

“after recording tracks for The Marion Flow at Wafer HQ in New Plymouth, an ad hoc group of associated locals assembled to record… the only rock references here come from the guitars… throw in some spoken word and a special guest appearance by N.P. record mogul Brian Wafer on vacuum cleaner and the dAdApApA nova had blazed and fizzled in the blink of an eye” – Eden Gully

Lucifer Directing Traffic (at 3am) – from The Marion Flow (1999)

Other ad-hoc free improv groups:

2MBS Fine Music ensemble (w/ Nick Dan, Anthony Guerra, Anthony Fedorovitch, Axel Powrie, Monica Brooks – Sydney, Australia, 2024)
Badger Sett (w/ Julie Bevan, Michael Hall, Chris Prosser, 2016)
Vitamin S quartet (w/ Emit Snake-Beings, 2x unknown – Auckland, 2014)
The Assembly of Individuals (w/ Chris Palmer, Gerard Crewdson, Simon O’Rorke, Cylvi M, 2010)
The Make It Up Club ensemble (w/ Francesca Mountfort, Emily Williams, Cylvi M – Melbourne, Australia 2007)
Vitamin S trio (w/ Jim Langabeer, Andrew McMillan – Auckland, 2006)
Paul Winstanley Quartet (w/ Paul Winstanley, Blair Latham, Simon O’Rorke, 2000)
Palmer/Edwards/O’Rorke (w/ Chris Palmer, Simon O’Rorke, 2000)
Jensen/Edwards/O’Rorke (w/ Rick Jensen, Simon O’Rorke, 2000)
The Bird & Truck Collision (w/ Paul Winstanley, Brent Hayward, Brian Straka et al – Sweetwaters Festival 1999)