Quadron

An offshoot of the Denmark-based <a href="spotify:artist:30A0dNl1aYj4oOaMJKQk6Q">Boom Clap Bachelors</a> massive collective, Quadron is an avant R&B (with an occasional nudge toward folk-soul) duo of multi-instrumentalist/producer <a href="spotify:artist:0qVb1coEo0OVOpP9kphf6U">Robin Braun</a> (aka <a href="spotify:artist:0qVb1coEo0OVOpP9kphf6U">Robin Hannibal</a>, also one-half of the duo <a href="spotify:artist:6gIAGlESE9Tv76VLf9irP1">Owusu & Hannibal</a>) and vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:4cc6PmIfhsUCGJUU9QsxEy">Coco O</a>. In 2009, Quadron began issuing their collaborations, led by the off-center mid-'60s soul throwback "Slippin," which was used in the film Se Min Kjole. A little later in the year, outside their homeland, BBC DJ <a href="spotify:artist:4fH73bVIwM24QrBqjTrhAA">Gilles Peterson</a> was floored enough by the sparse, abstract "Day" to slot the song into the year-end All Winners special of his Worldwide program. Los Angeles' <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Plug+Research%22">Plug Research</a> label picked up their self-titled album for wide circulation and issued it in March 2010. <a href="spotify:artist:0qVb1coEo0OVOpP9kphf6U">Braun</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4cc6PmIfhsUCGJUU9QsxEy">Coco</a> were subsequently sought out by numerous artists -- including <a href="spotify:artist:3DwcX6M6GF3KGWbVmfNp8G">Leon Ware</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7GN9PivdemQRKjDt4z5Zv8">the Internet</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4V8LLVI7PbaPR0K2TGSxFF">Tyler, The Creator</a> -- for collaborations. Their cover of <a href="spotify:artist:3fMbdgg4jU18AjLCKBhRSm">Michael Jackson</a>'s "Baby Be Mine" was included on the soundtrack to the 2012 film Think Like a Man. In 2013, <a href="spotify:artist:0qVb1coEo0OVOpP9kphf6U">Braun</a> made an album with Mike Milosh as <a href="spotify:artist:2AcUPzkVWo81vumdzeLLRN">Rhye</a>, while <a href="spotify:artist:4cc6PmIfhsUCGJUU9QsxEy">Coco</a> was featured on the soundtrack to <a href="spotify:artist:7HhTERkBV4Ot14KphgBfSh">Baz Luhrmann</a>'s The Great Gatsby. That June, they released their second album, Avalanche, on Sylvia Rhone's <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Epic%22">Epic</a>-associated <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Vested+in+Culture%22">Vested in Culture</a> label. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi