Ana Lola Roman  - 15 Minute God: Jigsaw/ Klutch

Ana Lola Roman has released her video for ’15 Minute God’ to coincide with the release of Jigsaw/ Klutch on Monday 27^th June. Here is the video: http://vimeo.com/24475879

ANA LOLA ROMAN

Jigsaw/ Klutch

Released 27^th June 2011

"Much like Laurie Anderson, Danielle Dax, Gang Gang Dance and Rainbow Arabiawith an eerie piano/synth and quivering vocal melodies, this performance artist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, whatever you want to call her, always delivers the unexpected....."

IN MADRIDMAGAZINE, Madrid, Spain

“Ana Lola Roman is a Brooklynsynth-pop gem by way of Oklahomawho frequently pops up in Baltimoreand Berlin, leaving a trail of lavishly strange dance performances and videos wherever she travels.”

Mishka Bloglin - NYC

Ana Lola Roman is a true renaissance woman; she is at once a songstress, a video artist and an incredibly charismatic performer. Her new single Jigsaw is no less eclectic, combining a dark meditate soundscape with intelligent social commentary that never veers away from being utterly danceable; she sings ‘Men with guns, storming in.

I never really asked for this’. Jigsaw/ Klutch is set for release on the 27^th June 2011.

The single was recorded and co-produced in NYC with visionary producer and computer game composer Jean Luc Sinclair (Nine Inch Nails, Scissor Sisters). Jigsaw sounds almost tribal as Roman contrasts a hypnotic early nineties riff with a torch song-esque chorus, dissolving into a final emotive cry that prompts reaction or change in the listener, ‘They taped my mouth red’, she sings. She borrows from contemporary classical music and New Yorkminimalism combining a fragile, world-weary almost performance poet tone with the howlings of a later day prophet as she asks us to ‘Go ahead and name your price. And think twice’.

Klutch continues in a similarly intense vein blending Fleetwood Mac-esque guitars with a cinematic piano riff, as her voice churns and chants like a mature Siobhan Fahey.

This is innovative, intelligent pop; and Ana Lola Roman appears as enigmatic as an early Madonna with her slicked down hair and attention grabbing moves.

Ana Lola Roman's first full length album is scheduled for release in 2011.  Expect new live performances once Ana's intensive recording sessions give way for touring and public appearances. Jigsaw/ Klutch is set for release on 27^th June 2011.

I really like this record and video. It’s weird, it’s different, and it’s enticing. I lost count of all the effects and instruments going on during the length of the track, but they all seemed to have a purpose and they added something extra to the finished product. I can almost imagine this in some kind of technology advert, but it also has an eighties/nineties feel as well. Her voice is different and the pop edge to ’15 Minute God’ can easily make it to mainstream listening. Definitely one to watch. Check her out and wait anxiously for the release of Jigsaw/ Klutch. Expect the unexpected.

For Music and Live Dates check:

www.analolaroman.com

Amy Baker