Australian Ned Collette got his start in experimental and improvised music, before gravitating increasingly towards songwriting. His literate, evocative songs are paired with music that's both adventurous and eclectic, and his albums exist inside a dynamic flux of folk, jazz and avant rock. A dual New Zealand citizen, many of his early performances in this vein actually occurred in Wellington in and around The Space and Happy scenes of the early 2000s. He has since gone on to release seven…