Song:Perfume
Album:Manchester North of England
Paris Angels would have been successful if they had been around longer because they mixed the Madchester sound of the 80s with electronic dance beats. But they only released one album and Perfume was their big hit in England. The band members hung around Manchester clubs and decided to start a band influenced by Echo & The Bunnymen. It started with lead singer Rikki Turner, guitarist Paul Wagstaff and bassist Scott Carey. Singer Jayne Gill and keyboard player Steven Tatji were added. And I guess Tatji was a key because he was into synthesizers and dance music. So Paris Angels started out copying other Manchester bands and added their own spin with the dance beats. They signed with the small label Sheer Joy and New Order's recording engineer Michael Johnson. The single Perfume reached #55 on the British Singles chart. That was good enough to get them a deal with Virgin Records. The 1991 album Sundew did well and Paris Angels recorded a second album. But when Virgin was sold to EMI, Paris Angels fell through the cracks. The album was never released and their contract was cancelled. They called it quits. The only place you can get Perfume is on this 10CD box set from Cherry Red. It looks like most of Paris Angels left the music business. Wagstaff was a member of Black Grape led by Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays. The second album was eventually released and Paris Angels reformed and released a 2015 album on Bandcamp. Here's the video for Perfume by Paris Angels.
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