Halogen (band)

Halogen released a five-track debut extended play, Into the Crash Barrier (1999).{{cite web | url=http://home.it.net.au/~lavida/b144/RECREV.HTM | title = Record review Never Never Halogen | author = Michael | website = Bubblehead Perth | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030916112610/http://home.it.net.au/~lavida/b144/RECREV.HTM | archive-date = 16 September 2003 | access-date = 28 October 2020 | url-status = dead }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web | author1=Halogen | title=Into the Crash Barrier | publication-date=1999 | publisher=Halogen | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159334700 | access-date=29 October 2020 |via = State Library of Western Australia}}

They gained national exposure with the track, "Hole Around My Heart", from their second EP, Somewhere You're Alone (2001), via Phantom Records/MGM Distribution.{{Citation | author1 = Halogen | title=Somewhere You're Alone | year = 2001 | publisher = Phantom Music, MGM Distribution [distributor] | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/157666071 | access-date = 28 October 2020 |via = State Library of Western Australia}}

The group won WAM Song of the Year in 2001 in the Love category.{{cite web | url = http://wam.asn.au/contest2001win.htm | title=2001 WA Song Contest Nominees | website = wam.asn.au | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20010405022108/http://wam.asn.au/contest2001win.htm | archive-date = 5 April 2001 | access-date = 28 October 2020 | url-status = dead }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~wam/news.htm|title=WAM Song of the Year 2004 – Winners|publisher=Western Australian Music Industry|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040923194328/http://members.iinet.net.au/~wam/news.htm |date=24 September 2004 |archivedate=23 September 2004|accessdate=28 October 2020 | via = National Library of Australia}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} They released a second single, "Walkaway", in February 2002 and undertook a tour of Australia's east coast including performing at the Australian Music Week. The single received airplay on national broadcaster Triple J. A follow-up single, "On a Bridge", also gained airplay on Triple J. Both singles appeared on their debut album, Save the Ones You Love (March 2003), via Karmic Hit, a Sydney-based independent record label formed by Steve Kilbey of the Church. They released a third single, "Caught Me", in 2003 which was supported by another tour of the eastern coast of Australia.

Undercover{{'}}s Tim Cashmere reviewed Save the Ones You Love, and provided a track-by-track analysis, of the singles he felt that "On a Bridge", was "Leaning towards the rock 'n' roll influences in the group, [it] is a welcome second. Once again, [Yee's] vocal is nothing short of flawless and lyrics that leave the listener intrigued as to what said person was thinking."{{cite web | url = http://www.undercover.com.au/reviews/urhalogensavetheonesyoulove.html | title = Hologen, Save the Ones You Love | author = Cashmere, Tim | website = Undercover | date = 29 September 2003 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040915124944/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/11299/20030929-0000/www.undercover.com.au/reviews/urhalogensavetheonesyoulove.html | archive-date = 15 September 2004 | access-date= 28 October 2020 | url-status = dead }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} "Caught Me", he observed, "shows the group working with dynamic, another quality so many bands, both local and international are lacking."

Their second album, Building on the Edge of the Sky (July 2004), had Bisschops and Yee providing their compositions to 15 different emerging producers: one each to work on.{{cite web | url = http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/p/np/view.php?id=866 | title = Music Reviews: Halogen – Building on the Edge of the Sky | author = Norman, Stormin' | website = FasterLouder | date = 4 August 2004 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040905074246/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/p/np/view.php?id=866 | archive-date = 5 September 2004 | access-date = 28 October 2020 | url-status = dead }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web |url=http://www.amo.org.au/qa_interview.asp?id=509 |title=Halogen speak out (July '04) |publisher=Australian Music Online |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050622201814/http://www.amo.org.au/qa_interview.asp?id=509 |date=1 August 2004 |archivedate=22 June 2005 |accessdate=28 October 2020 | via = National Library of Australia}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} When it appeared via Karmic Hit, Chris Havercroft of X-Press Online observed, "long time purveyors of the dark, brooding, gothic guitar driven pop songs has served them moderately well in the past, however their new found interest in electronic music appears to be a masterstroke."{{cite web | url = http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/000762.php | title = Halogen / Building on the Edge of the Sky | author = Havercroft, Chris | website = X-Press Online | date = 6 August 2004 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050621165119/http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/000762.php | archive-date = 21 June 2005 | access-date = 28 October 2020 | url-status = dead }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} FasterLouder{{'}}s Stormin' Norman compared it to their first album, "[which] is definitely emo-rock, this collection could be described by mutating comparisons to Enya and Propellerheads rather than their usual melancholy selves... [with] dreamy, emotional mood and the subtle use of electronic music effects."

In February 2006 another EP, Baby Eyes,{{Citation | author1=Halogen | title=Baby's Eyes | publication-date=2006 | publisher=Karmic Hit | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/157667312 | access-date=29 October 2020 | via=State Library of Western Australia}} preceded the release of the band's third album, Sirens, which appeared in July of that year. Halogen disbanded in the following year. In addition to her work in Halogen, Yee provided vocals on the Pendulum song, "Sounds of Life" for that group's album, Hold Your Colour (2005), backing vocals for Fourth Floor Collapse and vocals for "Can't let You be Lonely" by the Transients. Bisschops and Yee formed, She Selexx, an electronica project with local producer, Trilby Temperley, who is the older brother of Kavyen Temperley (Eskimo Joe).

• Frans Bisschops – guitar, keyboards (1997–2007)
• Jasmine Yee – vocals (1997–2007)
• Jeff Bullen – drums (1998–2000)
• Jason Clemo – guitar (1998–2000)
• Chris Ashton – guitar (2000–2003)
• Ben Crooke – drums (2000–2007)
• Neil Scothern – bass guitar (2000–2002)
• Rob Maszkowski – bass guitar (2002–2007)
• Trent Dhue – guitar, keyboard, trumpet (2003–2007)

The WAM Song of the Year was formed by the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. (WARMIA) in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.wam.asn.au/archive-wsoty03.htm |title=WAM Song of the Year Archive| website=West Australian Music Industry Song of the Year|date=2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722183142/http://www.wam.asn.au/archive-wsoty03.htm|access-date=17 April 2021|archive-date=22 July 2008}}

{{Awards table}} (wins only)

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| 2001

| Hole Around My Heart

| Song of the Year - Grand Prize

| {{Won}}

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| 2001

| Hole Around My Heart

| Song of the Year - Love

| {{Won}}

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| 2004

| Blame Me

| Song of the Year - Love

| {{Won}}

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