Artist description Planet Paris is the distinctive sound of two West Coast(New Zealand) singer/songwriters - Nikki Donovan and Don McKenzie - combining their diverse talents into a blend of pop/rock/trance songs, with hints of folk, jazz, electronic and ambient. Their debut CD album 'Cross The Line' (1997) was arranged, recorded and produced in their own project studio and released on their own record label 'Inland Sea'. Now they are working on 2nd Album 'Out Of The Blue' to be released soon, 2002.

Music Style singer/songwiter meets electronic/garage

Musical Influences Art of Noise, Yello, Moody Blues, Vengalis, Bacharach,

Similar Artists Everything But The Girl

Artist History Nikki Donovan (b. 1960) started writing songs aged 8 - learned to play guitar at 12 - performed at high school, folk clubs and university concerts before forming Nichola and the Digits - recorded trax for a female compilation album before self producing her own EP Nikkola and Ford Street(1986). Nikki sings most of the vocals, writes most of the lyrics and half of the music and play acoustic guitar. Don McKenzie (b. 1947) started his first band Grim Ltd. at high school, singing and playing bass - a later Christchurch band Blues Army Salvation reborn as Salvation released a D.McK original Id Rather Be Asleep 1969 Viking Ventura Records - many bands later he released 2 solo albums Life in a Closed System(1987) and Flying Dreams(1989). Don plays guitars, bass, keyboards and drums, writes half of the music and some of the lyrics and sings backing vocals. Nikki and Don met in 1992 - Nikki tutoring vocals, and Don tutoring audio engineering - at Tai Poutini Polytechnic, in Greymouth on New Zealands West Coast.

Group Members Nikki Donovan, vocals & guitar Don McKenzie, guitars, bass, programing & vocals

Instruments acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, drums, acoustic instruments

Albums Cross the Line (1997) Out Of The Blue (2002)

Press Reviews Planet Paris, the duo of Nikki Donovan and Don McKenzie, are actually from Planet Greymouth. On 'Cross the Line' they show off a repertoire of sophisticated originals with a folky heart but a poppy edge. With Donovan's lilting lead vocals, they come close to the moods of Fairground Attraction and the Sundays - Nick Bollinger, New Zealand Listener, Jan 31 1998.

Location Greymouth, Westland - New Zealand

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