With her heady solo act, both verbally, musically and externally (assisted by two dancers clad in black rubber), the Maassluise electro-fury Elle Bandita alias Ryanne van Dorst was for a few years one of the nicer novelty acts in the Netherlands, which performed well at the same time. did in the dance as well as the rock circuit. In the meantime she has formed a band and on her first full-fledged
… album she convincingly opts for rock. Her new accompanists are not yet discussed, but she did receive assistance from producers Torre Florim (De Staat) and Reyn Ouwehand, keyboardist Daan Schinkel (zZz) and drummer Joppe Molenaar (Voicst). Melodic rock, metal and punk find a place on Queen Of Fools, where they never slow down. Bandita is a loud singer who doesn't do subtlety and that actually also applies to her guitar playing. But Van Dorst can certainly write songs; with head, tail and catchy choruses in which her extrovert alter ego comes into its own. (MR)more
