Out in the Green

11.7.1998, Switzerland

After the band of the belgian sisters from K's Choice Transister came onstage. Transister is fronted by a new female rockstar Keely Hawkes. With her companions she has a truly interesting sound. It is rock, but also pop. She roared in an interesting transparent dress over the awakening masses. The fact that the concert started with the tecno-oriented 'Head' was defining, because the band plays songs that vary between triphop and rock. And this is another example of a beautiful female singer combined with a commercially succesful mix of computer and rock music. A true festivalband, which still acted a little clumsily.

The band from LA only plays together for two years and had their first hit with a song for the film 'Nightwatch.' They have already toured with Smashing Pumpkins and have only recently released their first album. They are clearly from the cross-over section, but some songs, like 'What You Are' are truly pop and offer some liberties to Keely's fine voice. Others are clearly rocksongs like the album opener 'Look Who's Perfect Now' or even tecno-oriented, like 'Head,' where the sequencer guides the rythm. "Noteworthy Keely cries are famous," states the press info, "they were already used in the 1970 horror-movie 'The haunted house of horror.'"

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