Artist : Plastic Operator
Album : Different Places
Label : Fine Day Records
Genre : Electronic
Bitrate : 191 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:38:53 (56.5MB)
Rls date : 2007-04-12
Store date : 2007-05-14
[Track List]
1. The Pleasure Is Mine 2:48
2. Peppermint 3:06
3. Folder 4:13
4. Couch 2:52
5. Home 0207 4:03
6. Parasols 2:56
7. Special Case 3:32
8. Another Sound 4:27
9. Why Don't You? 3:39
10.Singing All The time 3:59
11.The Long Run 3:18
Plastic Operator are the perfect pop group for our times.
Internationally minded, technically savvy and most
importantly blessed with the ability to sculpt sublimely
soulful pop moments from raw digital clay, Plastic
Operator may exist in a parallel space to the tired pop
pap in the Top 10, but what a wonderful space it is.
Mathieu Gendreau (electronics) & Pieter Van Dessel (vocals
/ electronics) are Plastic Operator. Respectively hailing
from Montreal and Antwerp, the pair met at London's
Westminster University in 2001 where they were both
studying audio production. Bonding over a shared love of
two decades of fine electronic pop music (influences
include Jean-Michel Jarre, Akufen, The Pet Shop Boys,
Vangelis, Boards of Canada, Daft Punk...) the pair began
to make sweet music together. When the course finished
Pieter returned to Antwerp to work on sound design for
both theatre and websites, and Mathieu remained in London
to work as a sound engineer, working with a broad
cross-section of the UK's musical talent. The pair kept up
their collaborative efforts over the internet, meeting
face to face in either London or Antwerp once a month.
In 2004, their efforts came to fruition when then the pair
released their debut three track CD through a handful of
record shops, with Rough Trade making it their CD of the
week. Once the tracks were out there in the public domain,
things accelerated at a pace no-one could have predicted.
The lead track from the CD, 'Folder', had been posted on a
web blog, and within weeks Plastic Operator were receiving
emails from fans in New York, Mexico City and Bangkok
enquiring about the group. Radio stations as far apart as
California, New Zealand and Tijuana began championing the
song. In London Radio 1's Rob Da Bank began playing the
track on his Blue Room show, eventually signing the track
to his Sunday Best label.
Already picking up admirers from its inclusion on Rob's
latest Sunday Best compilation, 'Folder' was released as a
single in its own right last November. Featuring loving
remixes from a range of Sunday Best friends and family
(namely Subway, Styrofoam and Shepherds) this is sure to
see the pleasures of Plastic Operator become apparent to
an even broader audience.
Pieter & Mathieu have just finished working on their
forthcoming debut album that will be released in the
spring of 2007 on Fine Day Records. If reactions to
'Folder' are anything to go by, they should pack their
suitcases in preparation for an extensive global tour...