Jamie Stewart's project blends personal lyrics with social commentary in a distinctive electronic sound.
If you're new to Planningtorock, start with 'All Love's Legal' and 'Human Drama'. They give you both the direct social commentary and the more personal electronic side of what Jamie Stewart does.
Planningtorock matters because the music tackles identity and gender head-on, not as abstract themes but as lived experience. Songs like 'Misogyny Drop Dead' make the social commentary explicit, while 'Human Drama' wraps it in more personal electronic arrangements. It's electronic music that feels like it has something to say.
Jamie Stewart started releasing music in London in the early 2000s, originally as 'Jamie in the City of Angels' before switching to Planningtorock. The project's first album 'Have We Lost It Yet?' came out in 2006, followed by 'W' in 2009 and 'All Love's Legal' in 2011. Live shows have included collaborations with harpist Rhodri Davies and noise artist Merzbow, adding different textures without changing the core direction.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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