Builders

Profile:
New Zealand band formed in 1980. Several 7" singles and EPs led to the album Beaten Hearts (with Campbell McLay (b) and Malcolm Grant (dr) and Chris Knox and Mikie Dooley guesting), recorded August 1982, released commercially January 1983.
Bill Direen forms South Indies Records the following year to archive post-punk independent music. Split Seconds, CoNCH3, Let's Play, Coolest Cats, Cup, Soluble Fish, "Bill Direen and Barry Stockley" and "Bill Direen and the Hat" follow. IMD release CUT CD in 1994 (with Derek Champion on drums and Alistair Galbraith guesting on violin). Corazoo release Human Kindness LP in 1997. Powertool release a string of CDs in 2006-2010. UNWUCHT re-rerelease the early EPs in 2010-2014. Grapefruit re-release Beatin Hearts in 2016, with a 7 inch EP 'Measly Love', then rerelease Split Seconds with Sophomore Lounge in 2023. Thokei Tapes releases the cassettes M.A.L.A. (Move Along Love Among) in 2021 and Mindful Expanded in 2023. Sophomore Lounge release the double LP OST to the documentary Bill Direen, A Memory of Others Builders in 2018. Builders may also be known as Bilders, Bilderbergers etc. See Aliases. Beelzebub's Progress, Solomans Ball, High 30s Piano, Above Ground, Soluble Fish, Ferocious, Bill Direen and the HAT and 'bilderine', Buildermash.
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Albums

JAN 8 Beatin Hearts — Builders Builders Beatin Hearts (Album) Flying Nun Records JAN 8 New Zealand 1983 Sell This Version
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FM 001 Split Seconds — Builders Bilderine*, Builders Bilderine*, Builders - Split Seconds(LP, RE) Full Moon Publishing, South Indies FM 001 New Zealand 1984 Sell This Version
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SINZ 11 Let's Play — Builders Builders Let's Play (Album) South Indies SINZ 11 New Zealand 1985 Sell This Version
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PRA 2301 C₀NCH₃ — Builders Builders C₀NCH₃ (Album) Not On Label PRA 2301 New Zealand 1985 Sell This Version
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SOIN 5377 Cup — Builders Builders Cup(12", MiniAlbum) South Indies SOIN 5377 New Zealand 1987 Sell This Version
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none We Are The Coolest Cats In The World — Builders Builders We Are The Coolest Cats In The World (Album) South Indies none New Zealand 1989 Sell This Version
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IMDCD 10030 Cut — Builders Bilders* Cut (Album) IMD IMDCD 10030 New Zealand 1994 Sell This Version
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PT085 Chrysanthemum Storm — Builders Bill Direen & The Builders* Chrysanthemum Storm (Album) Powertool Records PT085 New Zealand 2008 Sell This Version
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PT101 Parisian Friday — Builders Bilders* Parisian Friday(CDr, Album) Powertool Records PT101 New Zealand 2010 Sell This Version
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PT103 Meantime — Builders Bilders* Meantime(CD, Album) Powertool Records PT103 New Zealand 2010 Sell This Version
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PT102 Mindful — Builders Bilders* Mindful(CDr, Album) Powertool Records PT102 New Zealand 2010 Sell This Version
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none Bilders Live CD — Builders Bilders* Bilders Live CD(CDr, Album, Ltd) Not On Label none New Zealand 2012 Sell This Version
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TT17 Move Along, Love Among — Builders Bilders* Move Along, Love Among(Cass, Album) Thokei Tapes TT17 Germany 2021 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

PR 1070 Soloman's Ball — Builders Bilders* Soloman's Ball Not On Label (Builders Self-released) PR 1070 New Zealand 1981 Sell This Version
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FN006 Schwimmen In Der See — Builders Die Bilder* Schwimmen In Der See Flying Nun Records FN006 New Zealand 1982 Sell This Version
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PR 1084 High Thirties Piano — Builders Builders High Thirties Piano (EP) Not On Label (Builders Self-released) PR 1084 New Zealand 1982 Sell This Version
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SNGL 001 Ginger Jar — Builders Builders Ginger Jar(7") South Indies SNGL 001 New Zealand 1986 Sell This Version
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HEX 03 Alien — Builders Bill Direen & The Builders* Alien Hecuba Records HEX 03 US 1991 Sell This Version
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onec023 Untitled — Builders Bilders* Untitled(Lathe, 7", Single, Ltd) OneC Records onec023 UK 2012 Sell This Version
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smart 035 The Utopians — Builders Bilders* The Utopians(7", EP) Smartguy Records smart 035 US 2014 Sell This Version
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Compilations

SOIN 477 Divina Comedia — Builders Bill Direen & The Builders* Divina Comedia(LP, Comp) South Indies SOIN 477 New Zealand 1988 Sell This Version
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FNCD274, D 31088 Max Quitz — Builders Bilders* Max Quitz(CD, Comp) Flying Nun Records, Festival Records FNCD274, D 31088 Australia & New Zealand 1993 Sell This Version
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FNCD277, D 31091 Pyx (1985-1988) — Builders Builders Pyx (1985-1988)(CD, Comp) Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun Records FNCD277, D 31091 New Zealand 1994 Sell This Version
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Miscellaneous

none Bilders Tour Europe (Live Tapes) — Builders Bill Direen & Bilders* Bilders Tour Europe (Live Tapes)(2xFile, MP3, 320) Not On Label (Bill Direen & Bilders Self-released) none 2017