The Bilders

Known variously from pre-internet times as Die Bilder (German, for "The Pictures"), Bilderbergers, bilderine, Soluble Fish, Feast of Frogs, and High Thirties Piano, their alternative band names reflected a playfulness that challenged priority branding.

Early to mid-career Bilders' material was known for 'rough' music making (often live in the studio), and a lo-fi recording style that has produced "many genuine classic compositions".

In the 1980s co-workers included Bill Direen (consistent member), Campbell McLay, mastermind of the Onset Offset label (bass, 1980–82), members of The Terminals, Scorched Earth Policy and Victor Dimisich Band, along with other prime movers such as entrepreneur/composer Alastair Galbraith 1994, artist and guitarist Alec Bathgate (recording project, 1984), Chris Knox (recording and production, 1982) of Toy Love and Tall Dwarfs, and poet/performer Alan Brunton (opera project Comrade Savage on the life of Australian-born NZ politician Michael Joseph Savage)[11] (Red Mole) and journalist Steve Braunias.

Key members were Stuart Porter (saxophone, improvisation guide), William Henry Meung (synthesiser), Alex Wolken (piano), Brendon Ryniker (drums, South Island), Steve Cournane (drums, Auckland), Susan Ellis (trumpet-cello, South Island), Pania Simmonds (bass, Dunedin), Greig Bainbridge (electric bass), with guests appearing "à l'improviste" in many centres.

[12] Latest co-musicians for a short tour of the state of Tennessee with an appearance at Cropped Out Festival in Kentucky[13] were Nashville residents Matthew Swanson (bass) and Chris Davis (percussion).

Steve Cournane (percussion and drums) and Greig Bainbridge (bass), working with Stuart Porter of Primitive Art Group (saxophone) were among musicians essential to a Builders tour of New Zealand in 2016.

With Nick Bollinger, Stephen Cogle, Marie Direen, David Eggleton, Ferocious, Hamish Kilgour, Lisa Samuels, Peter Stapleton.

Numerous music videos notably The Alligator Song, directed by Peter Bannon (1985), and Russian Rug, cinematography by Ronnie van Hout (1982).