:( & data Panik do the BiSness
Split 7" picture disc and tour dates mean that we Must Destroy... Scotland.
Once upon a time, there was a band. The band were called BiS. They made bleeps and beats and squeaks and were pretty much great. Then, BiS split and things weren't great.
Formed from the ashes of BiS, data Panik feature Manda (pictured), Steven and John, not to mention - a rhythm section! They're a little more 'mature', sound ace and have chosen to release a split 7" picture disc with Aberdeen's :(. Through Must Destroy... on April 10th.
:( or colonopenbracket, describe themselves as 'str8-bit' (although we prefer 'emoticore') and have just remixed a Funeral for a Friend track by stripping it down and covering it in synths. The easiest way to describe the guys is a keyboard-based, guitar-eschewing Million Dead, sitting neatly between The Postal Service and Minor Threat. Seriously, myspace this shizzle.
:( play the following dates:
February
27 Aberdeen Tunnels
March
18 Perth Angry Mics
24 London Brixton Windmill
25 London RoTa at Notting Hill Arts Club
Whist data Panik do these:
February
20 Glasgow Barfly (w/ Chicks on Speed)
April
6 London Luminaire
8 London Buffalo Bar
- Taking the Bis: Manda Rin announces solo album
- Label Profile #16: Chemikal Underground
- We're not taking the Bis! Band reforms for shows...
- :( & data Panik do the BiSness
- Data Panik: BiS by any other name...
- Bis, Motormark at ICA, London, Sat 26 Apr
- Bis, Motormark at ICA, London, Sat 26 Apr
- Ladyfest Manchester needs YOU!
Bis
:(
From the archive
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Leeds 2009: The DiS review Pt. 1
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Spotifriday #25: This Week on DiS as a Playlist
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Metric week: Jimmy's guide to Toronto
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of naming a band ":("
I saw DP...
...at Nambucca on Halloween. They were ace.
yay!
:( are ace. and they're playing PERTH? what? there's like three people who live in perth.
how do you pronounce :( ? !!!
colonopenbracket?
oh
and :('s website is probably the best band site i have ever seen:
yeah :D
they're completely ace - they sound like some emo guy singing over super mario music.
spiffing
RoTa = free, right?
I'm THERE.
boo
to not being to listen to myspace at work.
:( indeed.
:(
i can do yousendit ?
Hmmm
Dweeb > Bis
genius rubbish innit?
unless my computer doesn't 'support' some sort of super website?
Am glad bis in some form or other still exist but Candy Pop annoyed me as much as I liked it - contradictions in music eh?
:(
thanks but I have no speakers or soundcard.
I think my computer was made by matalan.
:)
i bet it was. does it smell of wotsits? that's how you can tell if it was made by matalan or not.
a little bit
dell = matalan?
mataLOL
Did BiS
do some kind of theme tune for the Powerpuff Girls?
Oh yes.
and for that alone they're heroes.
:D :D :D :D
Kandy pop
not candy pop...
and why do these people not get that northeners like music too... no just scotland and london... ta
also are chicks on speed touring?
this is fucking GREAT.
to be fair on indie bands...
... and these ones in particular.
it costs a fair old bit of ££ to be pottering around the country.
:)
i nearly released a split single with :('s old band The Kenedas back in the 'day' in aberdeen. true fact! but then, er, it didn't happen. SHAME.
the new stuff is good.
i am happy by this news.
hoorah!
totes
its rly gd
do you want to sit on my knee?
do you?
no.
i hate you.
Say whaaaattt?
You can't have :( down when I'm busy, then put them in an 18+ venue the next night.
You DiS lot are wank. WANK, I SAY.
yes
yes.
7th April
It looks likely that Data Panik & :( will be playing the vine, leeds on 7th April
ROBYN
WE ARE GOING TO PERTH
when is march 18th? is that soon? what where hello?
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