- Paul Kean
Paul Kean is a
New Zealand musician and music producer. He first played in the Basket Cases (aka "The Detroit Haemorrhoids").When The Enemy lost Mick Dawson, Paul Kean joined as bass player along with Jane Walker on keyboards to form
Toy Love in 1979. A compilation of Toy Love singles and their self titled album along with a second disc of demos was released on Flying Nun in 2005.Paul then went on to do live sound engineering for many of the Flying Nun acts, notably
The Clean ,The Chills ,The Verlaines , The Stones, andSneaky Feelings .Kean managed and produced two
Playthings singles and an album, finally joining them on bass in 1982.A brief collaboration with Robert Scott in
Thanks to Llamas followed with the formation ofThe Bats along with Kaye Woodward and Malcolm Grant. The Bats have gone on to produce six albums, two compilations and a host of EPs and singles. Most of these were produced or co-produced by Paul Kean, who also handled most of the mixing.Kean currently lives and works in Christchurch for the Council's Events team. He is also actively involved in the bands
Minisnap and The Bats.Quote
"Three singles, an album, was it five videos, numerous TV appearances, demos in five (?) different studios and about 500 gigs - all in 18 months. phew!!" (see [http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/viewartist.cfm?artistID=595] )
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