Bill Direen and Kiran Dass Photo: RNZ
Dunedin-based singer-songwriter Bill Direen's first group 'The Vacuum' inspired U.S. record label Siltbreeze to credit Direen with being “the clay tablet from which all great Christchurch groups worth a plug would glean substance to formulate THAT sound.”
With their 1983 album 'Beatin Hearts', Direen's the Builders were the first group to release a long playing studio album on Flying Nun Records. 'Beatin Hearts has just been re-issued by Brooklyn's Grapefruit Record Club. Kiran Dass caught up with Direen at the end of his recent four date tour of New Zealand.
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Label: Flying Nun Records/Grapefruit Record Club
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Song: Evidence
Album: Beatin Hearts
Composer: William Direen
Label: Flying Nun Records/Grapefruit Record Club
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Song: Outer Dark World
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Composer: William Direen
Label: Flying Nun Records/Grapefruit Record Club
Artist: Builders
Song: Magpies
Album: Beatin Hearts
Composer: Denis Glover/William Direen
Label: Flying Nun Records/Grapefruit Record Club
Artist: Builders
Song: Russian Rug
Album: Time to Go: The Southern Psychedelic Moment 1981-86 (V/A)
Composer: William Direen
Label: Flying Nun Records
Artist: Builders
Song: Kicks
Album: Beatin Hearts
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Label: Flying Nun Records/Grapefruit Record Club
