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Persil

For a duo they sure make a lot of noise

About Me

Persil session in Peter Nelson's show on Dandelion Radio.
Click here for the February schedule.


"Light up my Life" - Recorded live in
Dunfermline, Aberdeen, Lancaster & Birmingham, UK, May 2006

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ABOUT PERSIL
Persil are David and Martine, two noiseheads from Amsterdam.
On stage David plays guitar, keyboard & some bass. Martine sings and plays the keyboard and sampler. In the studio they play whatever they like.
Persil recorded three John Peel Sessions.
Persil's debut album Duotone was released on the Transformed Dreams label in 2004.
Since the album release Persil has played numerous gigs in the UK, Netherlands and USA.
In 2005 Persil supported The Wedding Present on a bunch of sold out UK dates. They also released the Tune-up EP.
Persil's second album Comfort Noise was released in May 2006.
A live session for Huw Stephens' BBC radio 1 programme was broadcast in January 2007.
Recording Session for "Living is Easy" (alternative version), March 2007

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/17/2005
Band Website: persilmusic.com
Influences:

Click a pic to order Persil cd's from the Transformed Dreams webshop


Comfort Noise CD (2006)


Tune-up EP (2005)


Duotone CD (2004)


Das Wanderlust / Look Look (Dancing Boys) / Two Dogs / Malorix / The Lovely Eggs / Zea / Chips for the Poor / The Suicidal Birds / Le Tetsuo / Persil: Ammehoelahop LP (2006)

Our label:
Transformed Dreams

Other bands on Transformed Dreams:
Zea
The Bent Moustache


Sounds Like: Reviews say Persil sounds like Altered Images, Captain Beefheart, Berlin, Bauer, Belle and Sebastian, Belly, Bettie Serveert, Bis, Blondie, The Breeders, Broadcast, The Clears, Cocteau Twins, Deerhoof, Earwig, Electrelane, Goldfrapp, Grandaddy, Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division, Ladytron, Land of the Loops, Lush, Melys, Mogul, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Nico, Pet Shop Boys, Primitives, Pulp, Saint Etienne, Saloon, Seedling, Shampoo, Sleater-Kinney, Slowdive, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Stereo Total, Strawberry Switchblade, Solex, Vive la Fête, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Young Marble Giants, The Wedding Present and/or Robert Wyatt.
Record Label: Transformed Dreams
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Live session for Peter Nelson's show ** including Fall cover **

We recorded a very special session for the January edition of Peter Nelson's show.Four tracks played live in the studio, including a Fall cover!The rest of the show is rather good too, we danced aroun...
Posted by Persil on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:55:00 PST

List of previous gigs

If you'd like to see where we've played before, and who we shared the stage with, click here. ...
Posted by Persil on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:10:00 PST