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Perfume Tree were originally a group of disc jockeys from Vancouver (Canada) who used to perform live shows at the border between Throbbing Gristle’s industrial music, dub and hip hop. The core of Pete Lutwyche (samples, guitar, beats), Jane Tilley (vocals, guitar) and Bruce Turpin (mix, samples) got together in 1991 and coined the moniker Perfume Tree.
Bell Jar, on the cassette album Dust (Zulu, 1992), and the EP Remote (Zulu, 1993) established their credentials, expanding gradually from a “rockier” song format to a “freer” trance-oriented format that also borrows from hip hop, dub and electronica. The album delivers an ultra-atmospheric pop (sort of Cocteau Twins’ dream-pop stretched into ambient territory like Dead Can Dance could do and adorned with psychedelic overtones a` la Sky Cries Mary).
The Sun’s Running Out (Zulu, 1994) and the EP Fathom The Sky (1995) enhanced the ethereal quality of their music, with cryptic vocals floating over shoegazing wails of guitars, floating dub bass lines, clouds of keyboard effects and hypnotic funky beats.
That style achieved an almost baroque intensity on A Lifetime Away (Zulu, 1995), derivative of Bjork’s quirky pop with a touch of Enya’s atmospheric world-music.
Bell Jar, on the cassette album Dust (Zulu, 1992), and the EP Remote (Zulu, 1993) established their credentials, expanding gradually from a “rockier” song format to a “freer” trance-oriented format that also borrows from hip hop, dub and electronica. The album delivers an ultra-atmospheric pop (sort of Cocteau Twins’ dream-pop stretched into ambient territory like Dead Can Dance could do and adorned with psychedelic overtones a` la Sky Cries Mary).
The Sun’s Running Out (Zulu, 1994) and the EP Fathom The Sky (1995) enhanced the ethereal quality of their music, with cryptic vocals floating over shoegazing wails of guitars, floating dub bass lines, clouds of keyboard effects and hypnotic funky beats.
That style achieved an almost baroque intensity on A Lifetime Away (Zulu, 1995), derivative of Bjork’s quirky pop with a touch of Enya’s atmospheric world-music.
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DiffusionOfTime wrote:
I will forever have an undying love for them. Perfume Tree has taken me through some of the roughest stuff I have been through so far in life, and the memory attached to each song will never be lost. Ever beautiful, and ever haunting...
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CovinS wrote:
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DeeViant1 wrote:
I am loving this from the first track. They have a lovely sound. ^^
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Verticis_Puer wrote:
it's hard to get into their sound, but an extra-quality band.
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SeveralPeople wrote:
dont forget to get their side project Veloce
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spider3131 wrote:
just found this and luving it!!!! takes me back to massive attack / tricky back in my younger days.
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antiqwar wrote:
wow... Excellent find ! space trip ...
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murderror wrote:
a subtle and beautiful awe turned into sound. perfume tree is that. yeah.
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CovinS wrote:
somehow, i didn't realize how amazing Felt is until this weekend
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annillusion wrote:
maybe I judged too hurry. Amazing band, very unique
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annillusion wrote:
I'm hearing "Dust", and unless the other albums were compleatly different, this is for sure NOT trip hop
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DiffusionOfTime wrote:
Dust is the only album I have own where I am in passionate love with everyone song. It is a pure and utter masterpiece in every sense of the word.
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DiffusionOfTime wrote:
And now they're an obsession.
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CovinS wrote:
As much as I really enjoy their last couple releases, the absence of the awesome bass lines that made their first few so great really inhibit me from thoroughly enjoying them... It's all amazing though.
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DiffusionOfTime wrote:
It has taken me a very long time, but they are growing on me.
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CovinS wrote:
Is it just me or did they take in a few IDM influences for Tide's Out and Feeler?
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MokraNiunia wrote:
anyone have uneasy in mp3? full? mail me please then.
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miss_tremond wrote:
great..just great :)
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Selenaru_Negrea wrote:
Bell Jar!
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CovinS wrote:
If you dig Perfume Tree, there's a good chance you'll like Cybo. Look her up, it's good stuff.
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Seederman tagged Perfume Tree with female vocalists, downtempo, electronica and one other tag. 3 hours ago
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wave_patterns tagged Perfume Tree with ethereal and trip-hop. yesterday evening
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nenumizmat tagged Perfume Tree with ‘return’. 15 days ago
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nenumizmat, TheAntiqueRiced, vladbg and 5 other people added Perfume Tree to their libraries. 15 days ago
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Saturnis tagged Perfume Tree with dream pop and trip-hop. December 2011
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Lallonen tagged Perfume Tree with ethereal and trip-hop. November 2011
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asciiecho and LAWR3NCE tagged Perfume Tree with asciiecho. November 2011
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Gooner67, lovespying, richard40142 and 4 other people added Perfume Tree to their libraries. November 2011
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AnUnholyVoid wrote about Perfume Tree in Trip-Hop Essentials.. September 2011
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jeremydoomed, ChristineChe, misart_untitled and 5 other people added Perfume Tree to their libraries. August 2011
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