Blue Away (2017)

Published June 9, 2017 at × in

Blue Away Single

Blue Away was released on all digital outlets in June of 2017. Reviews: “Infectious” – Cool Cleveland | “Recalls the synth pop of the late ’80s and early ’90s (think Haddaway’s “What is Love)” – Scene

Also Available

The moody, but danceable STAY HOME EP was released in May of 2020. These instrumental songs were heavily inspired by the isolation, anxiety, and destruction caused by the Coronvirus pandemic. It’s available everywhere you stream or download music.

JLR returned to his hip-hop roots with the single FUNES, which was released in 2019. It’s available everywhere you stream or download music.

JLR’s 2018 debut LP GOLD CODES is available on all digital platforms, including Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, Soundcloud (above), Bandcamp & more! Press: Cleveland.com | Scene Magazine

Biography

Johnny La Rock is a producer, vocalist, programmer, and multi-instrumentalist from Cleveland, Ohio.

His music often draws from from a wide variety of influences, including hip-hop, pop, and various forms of electronic music.

His debut full-length, Gold Codes, was released in 2018. It was an homage to ’90s Eurodance – it also mixed in elements of rap, moody pop, and industrial music.

La Rock also performs instrumental hip-hop and downtempo electronic music with Furface as “Johnny La Rock & Furface” aka JLRFF.

From 2007 to 2013, he was the lead singer/producer for the synth-pop/post-rap group, Presque Vu. He founded La Rock Inc. Records in 2003.