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 was 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 only “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.

Manda re-emerged in the critically acclaimed outfits The Kitchen and Data Panik (also featuring her former Bis bandmates), plus a couple of Bis reunion shows. She also also guested on a couple of singles with Fife electro-popsters Juno!

Continuing to dabble in disco-punk, but with a strong guitar pop edge, Manda says 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.

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