planningtorock versus ratatat ... June 28, 2006

**amSTARt präsentiert **ELECTRO,HAIL! PT.2 *
*planningtorock*
*Berlin. **larger-than-life one-women show. **chicks on speed records.
rostron records*
http://www.planningtorock.com
http://myspace.com/planningtorock

*ratatat
**N.Y. timbaland meets beethoven) **(XL recordings) (einziges
Deutschlandkonzert!
**h*ttp://ratatatmusic.com/
http://www.xlrecordings.com/ratatat/

***Theatre of Disco
** **london-tokyo. disco**
*http://www.theatreofdisco.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theatreofdisco

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**djs*
heidi mortenson (wired stuff)
frtz fröhlich (razzia!)
mr mrks (enduro)
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* **Ratatat
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*The new Ratatat record is finally finished!*

*Thank you all for being so patient. The new album "Classics" is
scheduled to hit stores on August 15th.**
In the meantime we will release a series of 3 limited edition 12" vinyl
singles featuring tracks from the new album as well as some exclusive
b-sides and remixes. The first is scheduled for release in late June. *

*In addition, Ratatat will be launching a full US tour following the
album's release, starting on 9/5 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York
City. Tickets for that show will be on sale as of next wednesday (5/10).
The rest of the dates will be announced shortly.*

*founders, Mike "Snake" Stroud and Evan ''E*Vax" Mast*,
have been making music out of a Crown Heights apartment in Brooklyn
since 2001;
their sound born of a combined love of *Jay-Z, The Rolling Stones,
Timbaland and Beethoven*.
*Mike is one of New York's best guitarists* and has spent his time
touring the world with Ben Kweller and Dashboard Confessional. Evan has
been producing music as E*vax for the past few years, releasing most of
his output on Audio Dregs Records the label run by him and his brother
E*Rock.
Now back in their bedroom studio, the Ratatat pair made a sing-along
record (their self-titled debut album) just without words - while dance
music is trying to re-invent itself and rock is returning to it's roots,
Ratatat seem to make a happy mess in both fields. As well as touring
with the likes of The Killers, they also made an incredible mixtape of
putting hip-hop a capellas to new and old Ratatat music.
The band are currently working on new music due for release next year.

*PLANNINGTOROCK
“HAVE IT ALL”*

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PLANNINGTOROCK IS JANINE ROSTRON, A MUSICIAN AND VIDEO MASTER WHOSE
POWERFUL VOICE AND GROUNDBREAKING SONGWRITING IS GENERATING MIGHTY WAVES!

British born Janine Rostron lets loose her outstanding debut album

“Have It All” from the German capital. She arrived in Berlin with big
plans, and now the results are being heard. And it’s only the beginning!

Listening to “Have it all” will drop you smack bang in the middle of a
musical territory you won’t recognize…and won’t want to leave!

A boundry shattering musical vision that’s bursting with character,
vocal backbone with its own undeniable signature sound….

PTR´s infamous pizzicato bass styles pulsate with irresistible
plucked-string production together with a vivid mix of “barrelhouse
boogie-woogie pianos with ridiculous xylophone trills, honkytonk horn
sleaze, bluesy growls, and creepy coos”* Proving to us that PTRs talents
are as strong as her vision.

Running parallel to completeing her album, Planningtorock has been
touring her

´larger-than-life` one-women show extensivly throughout Europe and the
US....

A live experience best described as a mind-blowing show of passionate
pop entertainment and thought provoking performance art......

filled with bizzare make-believe characters which parade on video
Screens whilst PTR unleaches her wild and highly charged vocals “its
the power of Rostrons brandy-and-cigarettes voice that clinches the
deal”* out from underneath homemade helmets and self-styled props.....

A magnetic and powerful perfomer who´s remarkable live show is downright
addictive!

*Drew Daniel/Pitchfork/march-2006

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Theatre Of Disco
is a live dance act that has emerged in Berlin comprising of two of
Australia's most exciting young exports. In June/July they are touring
Japan and Europe to coincide with the official launch of their recently
developed web-based project 'The Disconvention Centre'

http://www.belluard.ch/
http://www.ag-parka.de/amstart/

http://ratatatmusic.com/

http://www.rostronrecords.net/
*http://www.PLANNINGTOROCK.DE
http://myspace.com/planningtorock*

http://www.theatreofdisco.com
http://*myspace.com/theatreofdisco*