Jane Paknia has announced details of her new EP Millions of Years of Longing will follow 6th June on Eat Your Own Ears Recordings. And shared her inventive and pulsing new track called ‘Solace‘ a taut, crisp and melodic piece of electronica, that shifts time signatures, it’s riven with fascinating details, instrumental flourishes and bends vocal earworms it oscillates with elements that remind you of Jockstrap, Caroline Polachek, and Metronomy.. and devoted to SOPHIE and Alice Coltrane, yet sounding unique and utterly vibrant, listen below.
Jane Paknia on ‘Solace’: “I devote the song to SOPHIE and Alice Coltrane, two artists that were in my heart and on my mind during the composition and who are a big part of the “you” I was so effortfully stepping towards at that time. They were my “solace”, the combo of their names! I really intended for a crying in the club vibe in this one, and to make something so sensitive and pulsing felt like an accomplishment and an alchemizing of the discomfort I was experiencing. Lonely, unsure, but “The dream’s enough to have by my side.””
Paknia began her unique and alluring musical career learning classical piano at the age of four, taught to her by her Iranian grandmother, a rising star in the conservatory before leaving Iran. Jane’s musical talent expanded to brass, playing in jazz ensembles, orchestras, and creating original, modern, big band compositions. She’s based in New York City.
Drawing influences from the likes of Floating Points, Caroline Polachek, and Flying Lotus, Paknia delivers a driving and energetic offering, combining a deep, traditional foundation of sound and composition with a euphoric, futuristic pop edge.
Having spent the last few years touring across the US and Europe as synth-keys player for the likes of Sarah Kinsley, Jane is now ready to launch into her own musical world.
