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The time has come...to release Paradise feat Marcella Detroit!
This track was originally released on the Subculture album and features vocals by Marcella Detroit, with backing vocals by Louise Love, Johanna Gervin and Lillia Mendoza.
This includes the Eric Kupper Remix of Paradise feat Marcella Detroit.
Eric Kupper has pretty much remixed everyone on the planet, having worked with Ayumi Hamasaki, Garbage, Usher, Alicia Keys, BT, Whitney Houston, Marianne Faithfull, Goldfrapp, Cher, Janet Jackson, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, Kylie Minogue, Korn, Moloko, Smash Mouth, New Order, Yoko Ono, Dido, Brandy, Depeche Mode, Curtis Mayfield, Brand New Heavies, Robert Palmer, Afrika Bambaata & Soulsonic Force, Kate Bush, 808 State, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia, Donna Summer, PM Dawn, Miley Cyrus and RuPaul, among numerous others.
Eric Kupper has also worked as a producer and/or mixer for many projects outside of the realm of dance music. Artists include John Wesley Harding, Julee Cruise, Roisin Murphy, Coolbone, Drill, PM Dawn, The Butterflies of Love, Saint Etienne, Gaz Brookfield, McQueen, Love Bites, Ofra Haza, Jaymes Bullet, Laura Pausini, and Gloria Estefan.
The Music video was Directed by John von Ahlen and filmed at Blue Tree Studios in Port Melbourne with Steven Monroe as Creative Director.
A Limited Edition 4 CD Bundle was released by conzoon Records that also included the following Limited Edition CDs:
Demos and Rarities - Volume One
Parralox Remixes - Volume 4
Remix Series - Talion Law
We hope you enjoy this release. I know it's taken us absolute ages to release it, but as the saying goes..All Good Things....
Much Love,
John, Marcella, Louise, Lillia and Johanna.
lyrics
Nemesis
Written by John von Ahlen
Verse 1
Samurai inside your mind
With visions of another life
If I should fly away tonight
Don't follow me to the morning light
Ancient life in satellite
Reflections of a modern life
With this in mind I cast aside
All notions of an alibi
Pre Chorus 1
Oh my, the Blood is mine, philistine
Oh my, the West is mine, justified
Oh my, the East is mine, satisfied
Oh my, the Beast inside, terrified
Chorus
Caught in a vision of love
Lost in the moment of how should it be
Verse 2
Build a life for me and you
Till Russia comes and the Yankees too
The flesh and blood that I provide
Should oscillate and satisfy
What could you do but sympathise
The eye that sees for miles and miles
When power comes it leaves you weak
Till you transform a power freak
credits
from Paradise feat Marcella Detroit,
released November 30, 2018
Catalogue - PLOX25
Producer - John von Ahlen
Engineer - Juan del Toro
Synthesizer - John von Ahlen
Guitar - Phil Ceberano
Vocals - Marcella Detroit
Backing Vocals - Lillia Mendoza, Louise Love, Johanna Gervin & John von Ahlen
Paradise -written by Lillia Mendoza & John von Ahlen
Nemesis - written by John von Ahlen
Sueno Latino - written by John von Ahlen & Louise Love
Remixed at Subterrane Recording Studio
Music Video Credits - Paradise feat Marcella Detroit
Starring:
Marcella Detroit as Elsa B
John von Ahlen as Valentine X
Director - John von Ahlen
Creative Director - Steve Monroe
Camera Assistant - Rodney Dekker
Makeup Artist - Stephanie Elkington
Wigs & Couture - Steve Monroe
Wig Assistant - Joffrey
Costumes - Faux Fur supplied by GunShy Designs / Kathryn Jamieson (from the Hollywood Collection 2017)
Props - Oil Paintings courtesy of Raffaella Torrenson
Props - Chaise Lounge courtesy of The Prop Store. Spotswood, Victoria, Australia
Location - Blue Tree Studios. Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Shot in HD with Canon 5DMKIII
Edited with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere and Magic Bullet Looks.
Additional Information:
Paradise was originally written in 1993 when John and Lillia were in a dance band called Nova (Sony Music Australia).
Nova recorded 3 albums worth of material, but sadly only 2 singles ever saw the light of day.
Marcella Detroit was a vocalist in the band Shakespeares Sister, appeared in the BBC TV Show Absolutely Fabulous and sang backing vocals on "I've Had The Time of my Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
Did we mention Marcella also co-wrote Lay Down Sally with Eric Clapton and wrote songs for Aretha Franklin, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Stanley Clarke, Chaka Khan, Belinda Carlisle, and Al Jarreau?
If ever there was a new electronic pop band to encapsulate and emulate the legendary stylings of Depeche Mode, The Human
League, Erasure, New Order, Pet Shop Boys and the spirit of Madonna in her 80s day-glo era, then Australia’s Parralox are that modern-day reincarnation....more
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A Secret Wish is still an album I play to this day. It has never waned. I actually think it has got better with age. I'm not a fan generally of live recordings but this is one I love listening to. And Disziplin is on here too. Just as I remember it on The Tube. Who could ask for anything more? Just wish I would have been there but this is the next best thing. ❤ bazgray
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