Time To Go - Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86

Collection of tracks from the influential New Zealand label Flying Nun Records. Taking off from the blank slate of punk's year zero, adding-in a massive dose of disrespect for authority born out of the contemporary and very urgent struggle for social justice, and looking forward to a new New Zealand that was not going to be all about white bread and white men playing rugby, the new music dug deep into its own independent and international tradition, and got very widely, very weirdly, and very seriously psychedelic. This move towards the Psych sound was spearheaded by Hamish Kilgour and his band The Clean. Along the way, he was accompanied by members of several other key groups active in the Christchurch scene, such as The Gordons, The Builders, The Pin Group, Playthings and Victor Dimisich Band, as well as that transplanted southerner Chris Knox. All these people were of an age and disposition to make use of the best of the '60s in the brave new world of independent labels, social upheaval, stronger pot and general post-punk license.