Paris Angels: s/d, c/d

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I adored them! Ever since I heard their track "Perfume" on an indie pirate station called Q102. I bought a Paris Angels "Scope" t-shirt. I still play their album, "Sundew". Yet the music press hated them.

― MarkH, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

still plagues baggy/madchester nites across the land, um, not that i'd know or anything.

video, on southport beach?

― gareth, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

When the drummer was a bairn he was at my parents wedding. Fact!

― matthew james, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yep Perfume is an excellent track, excellent groove - shame their debut album was a let down.

― DJ Martian, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Going with the flow here - Perfume was indeed splendid, but alas as the equally splendid DJ Martian says the album was pish. I seem to remember a wretched cover of "What Goes On" was on it? Am I "on the money" or am I imagining this?

― Dr. C, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

there is indeed a cover of "What Goes On"; it's one of the stand-out tracks of the album, together with "Fade". The version of "Perfume" on the album isn't nearly as good as the original single.

― MarkH, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Perfume: what a fucking great record.

― Mark Morris, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

Hi there I played bass and co-wrote the songs in Paris Angels, it seems mad that people still like "Perfume" but it was a great track, but even I agree that our album was shite, we had major rows with the "producer" its a pity because the second Virgin lp that got shelved was more like it. Well if you like "Perfume" I'm still doing music this time as an electronic three piece named Free Machine, free tracks will be on the web site www.freemachine.net there is email there let me know what you think. SC

― Scott Carey, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nice to hear from you Scott. Perfume WAS indeed ace (probably more likely to be describes as TOP at the time) as were all the singles which I still have and I even liked the cover of "What Goes On" so there.

I remember thinking there was a sample on Scope (was it) from the movie 2010 ("What's going to happen?" "Something wonderful") but I couldn't find a credit. any clue?

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 12 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

has anybody got perfume (single (was there a remix?)) on mp3 if so, i'd love it e-mailed to me

thanks p.s. I was in manchester a week ago, got down to boonie choonz (clint boon) + he didn't have any paris angels - still, good baggy night out

― Neill, Monday, 22 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two weeks pass...

Dear Alan,

The samples on that track are from 2001 I was a huge fan and used to do all the sampling, but it was in the days before you had to credit them, that is also my favorite Angels track (Too Easy) and I don't have a copy (I think) anymore, we did it all in one take the night the Gulf War kicked off, Me and Wags recorded the track extra stoned to get rid of the bad vibes, because war is bad! Try Bear Share or Napster( out again soon) to get Perfume.

― Scott, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

2001?? i'm pretty sure you mean 2010 right? (it's the returned Dave Bowman talking to Hal about the imminent ignition of Jupiter v near the end.) thanks for that though, i was sure it was a sample (from whichever film it was!)

Other choonz with 2001/2010 samples? erm, New Order's "Murder", Colorbox "Just Give 'em Whiskey" erm, ...

― Alan at home, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

I love Paris Angels music since the first time I heard them in early 1991 in Lima-Peru!!!, in a radio program(indie stuff).
Favorite tracks: Chaos and Purest Values...still rocks!!!

― Emilio Rojas, Thursday, 19 December 2002 00:12 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...

simon worrall, PA drummer, died a couple of weeks ago

― dogs in hot cardies (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 November 2011 01:26 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Their wiki page mentions a new album June 2013.

― Moka, Thursday, 27 June 2013 21:34 (twelve years ago)

http://parisangels.bandcamp.com/album/eclipse-album-sampler

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Saturday, 29 June 2013 13:00 (twelve years ago)

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