Manda Rin. Just me.
Live - my Rinettes are Dave on guitar, James on guitar and Stuart on bass.
Influences
CSS, Operator Please, Paramore, B-52's, New Young Pony Club, the Ting Tings, To My Boy, the Faint, the Slits, Kleenex, Klaxons, Clor, Sparks, Polysics, Fangs, Metric, Gossip, Futureheads, Le Tigre, the Automatic, the Pipettes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Friendly Fires, Be Your Own Pet, the Whip and Morrissey.
Manda Rin biography - by Jim Gellatly (XFM Scotland)
Step back to 1996 and a cheery wee girl shouts her way through a song called 'Kandy Pop' on Top of the Pops. Roll on to 2008, and Manda Rin in finally set to unleash her debut solo material.
Along with the Clark brothers (AKA Sci-fi Steven & John Disco), that first Top of The Pops appearance went down in history, with Bis becoming the first "unsigned" band to appear on the legendary TV show.
Going on to sell over 100,000 albums in Japan, signing to the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label in the States, and soundtracking the popular Powerpuff Girls cartoon series, Bis finally called it a day in 2003.
Later re-emerging in the critically acclaimed outfits The Kitchen and Data Panik (also featuring her former Bis bandmates), plus a couple of Bis reunion shows last year, Manda recently guested on a couple of singles with Fife electro-popsters Juno!
She may be older and wiser than the Glasgow teenager who first made that TV appearance, but with her solo material she retains all the energy of her early Bis performances.
Continuing to dabble in disco-punk, but with a strong guitar pop edge, she claims her new direction is influenced by acts like The Gossip, CSS, New Young Pony Club, To My Boy, Blood Red Shoes and her new favourite band Late Of The Pier.
If the truth be known though, she's been making this sort of music for over a decade now, so she's more likely to have been inspired rather than influenced by the above.
Manda Rin's debut single 'DNA' (through This Is Fake DIY Records) paves the way perfectly for an album set to put her at the forefront of new music.
Do the Static - live at the Mill, Oran Mor, Glasgow 4th March 2009
Guilty Pleasure promo video
DNA promo video
Typeface - Barfly, Glasgow - the 1st gig! 22 August 2008
Interview for Daily Record online
Mini rehearsal clips
DNA - Barfly, Glasgow 22 August 2008. The first gig!
he bought brittney tickets today off of a patient for £20! so he's off to manchester on sunday!
I wouldn't worry too much about the top up - i had to get one done after my treatment on my right eye and its totally a doddle (i'm not just saying i have btw!)
about 2-3 folk for every 100 just heal differently. I've told Sam to look after you since you are a VIP after all!!
Come along and see Ian Ryan perform this Saturday, June 6th at "Come Club's first birthday party" at Sneaky Pete's from 11pm..free entry..electro/disco/mayhem xxxx
I just want to say I love Spy In The Workplace, I hope it's a b-side in future as I'd love to download it. Just really, yet against emerging myself in Manda Rin solo career. The standard of your music is so high, the debut album was pretty solid as well! Hope that you're thinking about a 2nd one or maybe releasing more from My DNA.
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Episode 30 of Jim Gellatly's NEW MUSIC available for free from iTunes & Radio Magnetic.
In this edition, Jim get a flavour of the recent Hinterland festival in Glasgow including interviews with some of those performing. Featured acts this time include Pearl And The Puppets, Cassidy, Panama Kings, The Answering Machine, Team Waterpolo, Beerjacket, Tommy Reilly and Manda Rin.
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Just a quick reminder to all of my friends, that the wait is finally over….Yay? Finally completed my first full length album; “Mind Muzik 101,” which will also be available for download on CD Baby, and Digstation. Please feel free to visit my page for more details, and please spread the word. As always, thanks for all your support. We hope to hear from you soon.
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