Janine and the Mixtape

As Janine as well as the Mixtape, Auckland, New Zealand’s Janine Foster crafts moody R&B motivated by legends like Aaliyah and Mariah Carey as well as the atmospheric noises of Sigur Rós and Bon Iver. As a kid, she was motivated by her dad to write tunes and play acoustic guitar; by age group 14, she was playing open-mike evenings. This year 2010, Foster graduated from your University or college of Auckland having a Bachelor of Music and in addition received the university’s award for vocalist/songwriter of the entire year. After liberating her debut solitary, “Bullets,” in 2012, she relocated to NY to focus on the Dark Brain EP. Drawing motivation from a number of the toughest occasions in her lifestyle (including sexual mistreatment), the EP premiered in 2013 and gained Foster a Critics Choice Prize nomination at that year’s New Zealand Music Honours. Janine as well as the Mixtape obtained a lot more acclaim when two of Dark Mind’s music were highlighted on two of VH1’s tv series: Black Printer ink Staff included the EP’s name track with an bout of its second period past due in 2013, while “Keep Me” made an appearance on the 3rd period of Like & HIPHOP: Atlanta the next year. Immediately after, “Keep Me” made solid showings in Billboard and on digital R&B graphs. Meanwhile, Foster continuing focusing on Janine as well as the Mixtape’s debut record and buying home on her behalf imprint, Small Mixtape Records.