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Sleeper at O2 ABC, Glasgow (12 Aug 2017)

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Juno!

Tour 2007 Sep 27 Nice n Sleazies - Glasgow Sep 28 Monty's Dunfermline - Dunfermline[2] Sep 28 Greenside Hotel - Leslie nr Glenrothes[2] Sep 29 TBC Sep 30 Doghouse Dundee - Dundee Nov 01 Dublin Castle - London Trivia Did you know that Juno was the name of the Roman Goddess? Her original name from the Greeks was Hera, but when the Roman took over, they changed all the names. Suddenly Zeus was called Jupiter, etc. In 2011, NASA is planning on launching a spacecraft called Juno that will be orbiting the planet Jupiter. Band Members ♥ James (guitars/vox) ♥ Jason (bass) ♥ Yoshi (vox/keys) ♥ Matt (trumpet/guitars) ♥ Jazi (drums) ♥ Fish Photo Footnotes [1] Which, by the way, I have seen live with Apollo 440. [2] Supporting Kid Carpet on "Our friend Electric tour"

Audio Juno! (featuring Manda Rin) - Smokes and Mirrors Juno! - Join Me Make the Music (live) Video Juno! - Sunshine In My Pocket

Juno! (not to be confused with the American band, Juno^[1]) are from Glasgow, Scotland. Although they're based out of Scotland, they do have members in Fife and Tokyo.

We briefly mentioned that they were working with Manda Rin^[W♥M]. The song they worked on was called "Smoke and Mirror", which is available through Shifty Disco.

Having listened to the "Smoke and Mirror" song a few times now, I have to admit it does sound a lot of fun and reminds me of Bis.

The song did make me want to check out more on their myspace. Which I have to say I quite enjoyed "Sunshine in my Pocket".... so I'm also including their video.

Also, if you're curious what they sound like live, you can watch them on Nexus Live Show (19 Jul 2006). The production level on Nexus Live is very professional and worth watching. Although I would have to admit, watching videos on a small screen is taxing on the eyes.

Anyway, they're currently finishing up recording their debut album called Harder Than It Should Be, to be released sometime this year.

 September 17, 2007 10:00 PM  vu my♥posts [email protected] www.junovision.co.uk

Bis

Tour 2007 Dec 06 London Islington Academy - London Dec 07 Manchester University - Manchester Dec 08 Glasgow Oran Mor - Glasgow Albums [1997] The New Transistor Heroes [1999] Social Dancing [2001] Play Some Real Songs: the Live Album [2001] Return To Central [2007] We Are Bis From Glasgow, Scotland Band Members ♥ Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin) ♥ Steven Clark (Sci-fi Steven) ♥ John Clark (John Disco) Trivia Did you know that the band members were only 16 and 17 when Bis was formed? Footnotes [1] To be released by Red Cherry Record [2] From Manda's Blog

Bis - Kill Yr Boyfriend Bis - Eurodisco Bis - Secret Vampires

You KNEW this was coming! ... This entry is for Maggie.

Last week, Manda Rin announced three tour dates with... BIS! This was a surprise considering that the cute band broke up in 2003. As it turns out, this was in celebration of Bis' 10 year anniversary of The New Transistor Heroes and a brand new greatest hits CD/DVD is coming out called We Are Bis From Glasgow, Scotland^[1].

Bis is techno disco / synth / DIY band, with girl-boy vocals from Glasgow, Scotland.

I was a little late into the game, discovering them in 1996, in Mark's car, listening to Radio 1 Sound City Leeds. Technically I wasn't late, but I should've caught them on the radar when they were on Top of the Pops in 1995, preceeding their Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP.

Of course, I loved what I heard, especially because Manda's child-like vocals (which I'll have to admit may sound annoying to certain people). They weren't signed to any U.S. distributors, so pretty much we had to import the EPs or had friends in the UK make you mix tapes.

My favorite album from them is Social Dancing, a really fun dance and disco album. My least favorite is Return to Central, which was more DJ-like (almost an experimental and departure from their original sound). It's still listenable, but I guess I was just expecting them to stay the same. This quote from Manda pretty much sums it up:

With the strong 'image' of the 90's, we found it hard to be taken seriously and for people to realise we no longer made music like Kandy Pop.

 

Bis - Tell It To The Kids

Then before you knew it, they broke up. They got back together with some new band members and formed Data Panik, but the last time I checked, the band aren't together. You can download some demos off their website to get an idea of what they sound like.

Manda Rin said she is working on solo material. You can hear one new song on her myspace page and she's also guest-starring in a band called Juno (which she may be appearing in London, Nov 1st)^[2].

 September 10, 2007 5:59 AM  vu my♥posts [email protected] www.bisnation.com