Bill Direen – Split Seconds [LP] Drone / Minimalism Champagne wraps its arms around

Champagne wraps its arms around its listeners with the faltering sway of rhythmic ambient music

finding new subtle twists and turns as things moved

mulched until only partially recognisable

self-engendering like the baddie in Terminator — all harnessed to cruelly grooving earthquake bass and b-boy drum science

Vocals that are fragile yet often laced with a feeling of determination and emotive persuasion

Bill Direen – Split Seconds [LP] Drone / Minimalism Champagne wraps its arms around"Bill Direen is a legend of the New Zealand underground. He has given us poetry, novels and a catalog of important and challenging underground music. Weaned on a garage band youth in the late 60's, Direen started producing 7" records in the early 80's, all of them total stunners. These releases Six Impossible Things, Die Bilder, Soloman's Ball and High Thirties Piano were self financed and distributed through Flying Nun. His debut album, Beatin