Rosie Lowe - Something (Single)

Picture Credit: Jacob Hopewell

With a headline UK and EU tour in support of her critically lauded latest album ‘Lover, Other’ on the near horizon, Rosie Lowe, the innovative singer-songwriter and producer, today shares a remix of “Something” by Pearson Sound. A dynamic reimagining by one of the visionary founders of the boundary defying UK label Hessle Audio, Pearson Sound lowers the tempo for the club, and reinforces the beats with tough 909s and rhyhmic chopped vocals that jump out of the speakers. Rosie’s synthesisers fizz and flutter alongside, building to a climax where pianos burst through the mix, taking the track into a euphoric closing half. Road-tested in Pearson Sound’s own DJ sets over the last few months, his remix reinvents ‘Something’ into a club-ready version that balances the subtlety and soul of the original with his signature groove and momentum.

“Lover, Other”, finds Lowe at the helm, taking on the recording, writing and production elements to produce something singular. Whilst her music has always evaded categorisation, slipping fluidly between genres, the variety and depth here is more evident than ever before. Over the fifteen tracks, complexity and conflict is reflected - self-doubt pitted against self-assurance, age against youth, life against death - Lowe’s inner dialogue laid bare. It’s a tightrope trapeze-act, a frankenstein vehicle for her art, expertly tied together by Lowe’s flawless vocal layers and effortless delivery. The resulting record is a celebration of all sides of Lowe’s character and musicality, a patchwork tapestry of her experience.  She used a Zoom mic to capture her surroundings, meaning that many of the sounds on Lover, Otherare from walks in Spain or other trips she took to Sri Lanka and Devon. The resulting record is a bricolage of her varied musical interests – a tapestry equally influenced by the choral arrangements on Mary Lou Williams’ Black Christ of the Andes, gospel musician Pastor T.L. Barrett, and the vocal and string compositions on old Disney music such as Beauty and the Beast - all underpinned by Lowe’s characteristic sultry, electronic-tinged, R&B.