Planningtorock

Planningtorock – aka Jam Rostron – is a Bolton-born Berlin-based singer, songwriter, composer, producer and director with three critically acclaimed studio albums of left-field dance to their name, as well as various collaborations, operas, film scores and remixes. A self-taught, non-binary, genderqueer musician, they have spent more than a decade queering sound and vision as Planningtorock.

Planningtorock debuted in the Noughties with the 2006 album “Have It All” (released on Chicks on Speed), finding artistic community among fellow DIY outliers and gender outlaws such as Peaches and The Knife. Planningotorock’s sound – tense, spellbinding dance music with classical flourishes, unexpected brass and pitched-down vocals that have become their signature – have earned them a dedicated following. “W”, Planningtorock’s critically acclaimed 2011 debut on DFA, revealed a visionary and politicized producer and offered up deeply queered art-pop. 2014’s “All Love’s Legal” (“a masterclass in left-of-center dance music”, Mixmag), released on Rostron’s own imprint Human Level and containing banner-ready slogans such as “Patriarchy Over and Out” and “Let’s Talk About Gender Baby”, revealed their ability to combine pop-oriented music with a political message.

Plannintorock’s new album “Powerhouse” is their most personal record to date, containing emotionally-charged, biographical anthems drawn from Rostron’s lived experiences as a non-binary genderqueer artist – experiences around family, identity and music itself. Recorded across Berlin, London, New York and Los Angeles, “Powerhouse” is a celebration of liberation, a groove-filled record that sees Rostron consolidating both personal and artistic power into queer pop.