Planningtorock returns with All Love's Legal

Why did you choose to use gender equality and identity as central themes for this record? Gender politics is where I am right now, and it is something that interests me. Last summer after touring W, I had a bit of a creative meltdown and wasn't sure about making music anymore—then I wrote "Patriarchy Over And Out," and suddenly the goal of the next album became clear. Musically, how does this differ from W? The biggest difference on this album is it has more dance tracks on it. I really wanna dance and especially while singing about these issues—i'd like to think there's a more punk attitude in this record. Has life in your adopted hometown of Berlin influenced the album? Where exactly did you record it? Berlin has afforded me so much over the years. Some of my most important friendships were formed here. I recorded the album in Berlin and worked entirely alone—I didn't want any filters because there was something very specific I needed to achieve with this LP. But parallel to working in a kind of self-inflicted solitude, I was surrounded by inspiring friendships which really supported me. Last spring me and my friend Olof set up a studio space here in Berlin—the space has a few rooms and we wanted to bring in other artistic friends. We currently share the space with fellow producers Hermione Frank, AKA Roxymore, and Paula Temple. It's a special place, very open and supportive, with lots of sharing of gear and knowledge and fruitful discussions. Why did you change your name to Jam? I just wanted to have a name that wasn't gender defined. I think the genderization of everything as we know it in society is one of the biggest causes of gender discrimination. What else have you got in the pipeline for the rest of this year/early 2014? Making some videos in November and December for the next singles, which I'm pretty psyched about. Then after Christmas we begin rehearsing the new show for the tour starting in February—Sarah Jones will be joining us as the drummer, which is mighty exciting stuff.