Quadron

An offshoot of the Denmark-based Boom Clap Bachelors massive, Quadron were an avant R&B (with an occasional nudge toward folk-soul) duo formed by multi-instrumentalist/producer Robin Braun (aka Robin Hannibal, also one-half of the duo Owusu & Hannibal) and vocalist Coco O. In 2009, Quadron began issuing their collaborations, led by the off-center, mid-'60s soul throwback "Slippin." A little later in the year, outside their homeland, BBC DJ Gilles Peterson 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' Plug Research label picked up their self-titled album for wide circulation and issued it in 2010. ~ Andy Kellman