Builders

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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.

Sites:

audioculture.co.nz, Wikipedia, Bandcamp, Facebook, midheaven.com, YouTube, grapefruitrecordclub.com

Members:

Alan Meek, Bill Direen, Campbell Mclay, Dave Allen (24), ~~Greg Bates~~, Greig Bainbridge, John McDermott (3), Karl Holdorf, Malcolm Grant, Michael Tan, Stuart Page

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Bilders, Bill Direen & Bilders, Bill Direen & The Bilders, Bill Direen & The Builders, Die Bilder, The Bilderbergers, The Bilders, The Builders

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Albums
	JAN 8		Builders	Beatin Hearts (Album)	Flying Nun Records	JAN 8	New Zealand	1983	Sell This Version
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	FM 001		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		Builders	Let's Play (Album)	South Indies	SINZ 11	New Zealand	1985	Sell This Version
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	PRA 2301		Builders	C₀NCH₃ (Album)	Not On Label	PRA 2301	New Zealand	1985	Sell This Version
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	SOIN 5377		Builders	Cup ‎(12", MiniAlbum)	South Indies	SOIN 5377	New Zealand	1987	Sell This Version
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	none		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		Bilders*	Cut (Album)	IMD	IMDCD 10030	New Zealand	1994	Sell This Version
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	PT085		Bill Direen & The Builders*	Chrysanthemum Storm (Album)	Powertool Records	PT085	New Zealand	2008	Sell This Version
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	PT101		Bilders*	Parisian Friday ‎(CDr, Album)	Powertool Records	PT101	New Zealand	2010	Sell This Version
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	PT103		Bilders*	Meantime ‎(CD, Album)	Powertool Records	PT103	New Zealand	2010	Sell This Version
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	PT102		Bilders*	Mindful ‎(CDr, Album)	Powertool Records	PT102	New Zealand	2010	Sell This Version
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	none		Bilders*	Bilders Live CD ‎(CDr, Album, Ltd)	Not On Label	none	New Zealand	2012	Sell This Version
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	TT17		Bilders*	Move Along, Love Among ‎(Cass, Album)	Thokei Tapes	TT17	Germany	2021	Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
	PR 1070		Bilders*	Soloman's Ball	Not On Label (Builders Self-released)	PR 1070	New Zealand	1981	Sell This Version
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	FN006		Die Bilder*	Schwimmen In Der See	Flying Nun Records	FN006	New Zealand	1982	Sell This Version
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	PR 1084		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		Builders	Ginger Jar ‎(7")	South Indies	SNGL 001	New Zealand	1986	Sell This Version
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	HEX 03		Bill Direen & The Builders*	Alien	Hecuba Records	HEX 03	US	1991	Sell This Version
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	onec023		Bilders*	Untitled ‎(Lathe, 7", Single, Ltd)	OneC Records	onec023	UK	2012	Sell This Version
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	smart 035		Bilders*	The Utopians ‎(7", EP)	Smartguy Records	smart 035	US	2014	Sell This Version
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Compilations
	SOIN 477		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		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		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		Bill Direen & Bilders*	Bilders Tour Europe (Live Tapes) ‎(2xFile, MP3, 320)	Not On Label (Bill Direen & Bilders Self-released)	none		2017