Persil (band)
Encyclopedia
Band members
David: guitar, keyboard, bass, drum programming.Martine: vocals, keyboards, sampler.
History
Persil made its BBCBBC
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Radio 1 debut in 1998, when John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
played a track from the band's very first demo in his show. Over the years John Peel played dozens of Persil tracks in his BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
shows, including eight tracks from Persil's first album Duotone. Persil recorded three Peel sessions.
Persil's debut album Duotone was released on Transformed Dreams in 2004. Since the album release Persil has played numerous gigs in the UK, Netherlands and USA, including showcases at the SXSW Festival in Texas, USA (2004), at the In The City Festival in Manchester, UK (2004), at the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Holland (2006) and at the Go North Festival in Aberdeen, UK (2006).
After meeting Debbie Harry in New York, Persil were invited to support Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
on their only Dutch show in June 2004.
In 2005 Persil supported The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms...
on nine sold out UK dates. They also released Tune-up, a new EP. Tracks from the Tune-up EP have been played by BBC DJ's Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens and Rob Da Bank.
Their second full length album Comfort Noise was released in 2006.