Janine Rostron, aka Planningtorock, might hide behind a fake block-like nose that almost appears as if she had a large lego piece implanted under the top layer of skin on her nose, but on her new album titled, W, trust me when I say that she does absolutely nothing to hide her experimental expertise.
In an attempt to channel the darker, grimier, and particularly unexplored territories of a seedier Berlin club scene, which seems that only Bowie (on his albums known as the Berlin Trilogy) and now Rostron have been able to capture on an album, she has created a mix of songs that not only show-off the vigor behind her slow and soulful crooning, but also demonstrate her outstanding ability to puzzle sounds and samples together, in ways that even seem foreign to the uber diverse group of musicians/producers/instrumentalists on her label DFA.
Although Rostron's electronically charged vocals play a major role in the spacey feel that each track expels, its the synthesized bass, collection of bells, thick strings and the chopped-up eighties style sax that linger in the background that make you feel like you are being pushed and pulled in disparate directions. From the bump and throb of the song, "The Breaks", to the hypnotic vibrato of the album's ninth track, "Jam", Rostron serves up a sundry blend of grooves.
check out this junoplayer for a preview of the new album, W
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