Angel aka Amanda Parkinson, started RedDress in 2006, purely to gain an audience for her music. She began writing songs from the age of 12, starting out on a simple Amiga program, and based them for computer games. She then moved onto Octamed Pro in 1989, and began creating her own old skool dance songs, then giving them away to family, friends and friends of friends, which made her music popular locally. Eventually she was given her first keyboard in 1995, a Yamaha DJX which she still uses to this day. She went on to purchasing the Yamaha DJX2 keyboard, and combining the two, set up her own little studio in 2006 using ejay as her software of choice. She quickly found out there was much better software out there to produce music with, and after taking the plunge and purchasing Fruity loops 6, her music then flourished.
In 2008 Angel found out she had cancer and although going into remission in November 2008, she was told the cancer had returned within just 3 months of remission and she continued to fight. Angel’s video of Saltwater Sexual [A mashup of chicane's Saltwater and Amber's Sexual] featured on the NME website, and it received many fantastic reviews, including over 95,000 views, which is no mean feat and proves her talents. If Angel was given copyright permission for this track, she would have become an overnight sensation for sure, as the online support for this track is immense. 'To have 100 hits was an achievement to me, but to have 77,000 is scary lol' said Angel before the hits rode to over 95,000.
Angel had excellent talents in her graphic design, music production, web site work and video making. A rare female producer of good quality dance genres, she will be sorely missed by other females inspired by her. Her Discography:
RedDress - Gorgeous [Released 08: Planet Recordings]
Sunrise [Chilled and Dangerous Remix] EP [Released 07: Spiralizer A.W.A.L]
SoulFire [Hollow Mix]' EP [Released 07: Spiralizer A.W.A.L]
RedDress - Flight [Released 08: Planet Recordings]
Powercircle - A Lil Love [RedDress OneShot Remix]
RedDress Feat Essence - Sweet Angel [Anon Anon][AngelEss Remix]
Sonya Stewart - Where is the love in that [RedDress Remix 08]
Blake Reary - No where Near [RedDress SweetVanilla Remix]
LollieVox - Dance With Me [RedDress BackinTheHabit Remix]
Angels Official website and tracks can be heard here:
Official RedDress Music
Angels Youtube Pages can be found here:
YouTube - RedDressMusic's Channel
YouTube - OFFRedDressMusic's Channel
Angels Myspace is here:
* on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
Amanda Parkinson aka Angel aka RedDress sadly lost her battle with Cancer on 1st Jan 2010. Not only was Angel a gifted female producer she touched the hearts of everyone she met online. A warm, fun loving Lady and a Soldier, Angel never wanted sympathy as her post informing everyone on Mp3Unsigned proved her courage.
“I got told the worse news possible a couple of days ago that my cancer has spread to my lungs and there is nothing more the doctors can do, except for keeping me comfortable and maybe slow it down by giving me steroids and one drug from chemotherapy a week. The stem cell transplant unfortunately didn't work.
I am only writing this once and on THIS site only to let my friends know, i am not writing it anywhere else as i want to carry on as normal.
Please dont reply to this thread or PM me about this, that means you are trying to find words to say and i dont want sympathy, i want to carry on as normal and live each and every day to the fullest. Life is very unfair, not to me in that sence as i have watched younger people go through this and not make it, and i have always been a fighter and i still intend to fight this disease to my very last breath, and to do that i need to stop thinking about it and get on with a normal life. My family are absolutely heartbroken as you can imagine, but the more fuss made about this makes it only more painful, so i ask you all to please instead of replying to this, just take a moment to make sence of your own lives, and if you can improve it or make someone happy then do it because life IS short.
I wont be coming back to this thread. RedDress music will continue as normal, Angel will be as bouncy as ever [and annoying lol] and i thank EVERYONE here and this wonderful site for the years of happiness it has given me, and hopefully a few more to come.
PS O NOTgive me sympathy where my music is concerned!, if i upload something that is crap or needs work then say so, because my music means more to me than ever now, and if i get constant sympathy votes all the time, then i wont feel real anymore. TREAT ME AS NORMAL. I havent grown a second head or anything, i am still just me.”
Her latest track was a collaboration with M4rt3z and Essence and was signed for release by Eyereflex Records in November 2009. The track “Stay With Me” originally written by Angel and then mixed by M4rt3z is due for release early this year [2010]. Eyereflex Records are dedicating the track to Angel in memory of her talents.
Much Love goes to Angels Family, her partner Jason, her friends in life and her online friends and collaborators. She will be sorely missed and was an asset to the musical community and those around her. May her music and work live on, and may people take inspiration still from her even though she is not present in body anymore. Her spirit lives on.
R.I.P Angel.
Much Love from Essence XXX
10-01-2010, 17:20 PM
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I honestly can't think what to say. She was fantastic and talented. 
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