Herewith, the question once again arises: what is music for? Is it the lofty high art concept propagated by such enlightened publications as The Wire? The hipster-ish dilettantism of art-as-fashion-statement via Vice? Or is it alternative music’s long …
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In the grace of your love
Ahhh the people @ DFA, always making it hard to deliver. Instead of simply uploading the album to souncloud or any other similar embeddable platform they go for a recorded vimeo session of their famous “White Out” sessions. The …
(W)hat (W)omen (W)ant
Janine Rostron (aka planningtorock) is somewhat of an anomaly. Originally from the small town of Bolton, Manchester, she bypassed the obvious choice of carving out a career in London, and headed to the creative freedom and relative obscurity …
↓ The Breaks
Ahhhhh Good old Janine Rostron is back with her amazing arty sounds. 5 years we’ve had to wait for her second LP (obviating last year’s “Tomorrow in a year” collaboration with The Knife & Mt. Sims). But here are a couple of singles from her upcoming “W” (now with DFA supporting her).
The album comes out next Tuesday and promises to be a “powerful soul odyssey that ravishes the listener” 12 tracks she’s been working on for the past three and half years in her Berlin studio. Singing and playing all the instruments on the album with the exception of contributions from Pat Mahony and Hjörleifur Jónsson.
Planningtorock – The Breaks by DFA Records
The record was then mixed in Sweden in 2010 during a session with Christoffer Berg. Next week Planningtorock is presenting her album across the UK & Germany, so if you have time (and there’s tickets left) then get a good electro dose from the Bolton genius. She’s in parallel working with NYC’s CREEP on some of their latest collaborative remixes… we’re anxious for the new PTR Show!