Pagan Place

Rip It Up, Issue 95, 1 June 1985, Page 10

Pagan Place

As both New Zealand film and music win increasing attention internationally, we now have a new indie record company that links the two. Pagan Records has been formed under the wing of Larry Parr’s Mirage Films. Although it’s primarily an avenue for film soundtracks (releases planned include soundtrack LPs from the locally-made films Constance, Shaker Run and Came A Hot Friday), Pagan will also release other NZ recordings. Trevor Reekie, formerly of Reaction Records, has been co-opted to look after that side of it. Pagan’s first release will be ’America’, the first single from Shona Laing's new album, Genre. The album was recorded at Mandrill Studios using lots of up-to-date technology. Bruce Lynch played, produced and arranged and others to work on the record included Frank Gibson Jnr, Martin Winch, Jackie Fitzgerald, Suzanne Lynch, Bunny Walters and Anne Crummer. Bruce Morrison (who is associated with Mirage) directed the video for America'. Next will be a 12” single by Scotty & Co (Scott Calhoun and friends including Mark Bell and Alan Jimson), called ‘I Like To Drive'. Pagan releases will be distributed through RCA Records. Trevor Reekie can be contacted cl- Mirage Films, PO Box 1113, Auckland, or ph 790-097.

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