São dois dinamarqueses, branquinhos, mas fazem música negra no século XXI como poucos (de brancos a fazer música negra com este vigor, nos dias de hoje, só me lembro do cometa-fenómeno Mayer Hawthorne).
Diria que se aproximam sobremaneira da neo-soul de Erykah Badu (talvez o expoente máximo dessa corrente que tantos prosélitos, mais ou menos ortodoxos, acolhe), sem no entanto deixarem de pisar os (melhores) terrenos da pop e, o que pode ser curioso, da música electrónica - mais concretamente, a meu ver, da house music (oiça-se "Simili Life").
No seu Myspace vem uma interessante apresentação:
Quadron is a child that's been made by Coco and Robin. Both were part of the soul collective "Boom Clap Bachelors" who in early 2008 secured much respect and success with their debut "Kort Før Dine Læber". Here they began their collaboration, and Robin fell for Coco's beautiful voice and ability to improvise with playful ease.
Even though Coco is only 21 she is already a veteran performer, and was literally born to do it. She was a key figure as the front woman in the live band for Boom clap bachelors' band, and now she is thrilling audiences with Robin and hers own material. Robin Hannibal has a long CV, counting collaborations with Nobody Beats The Beats, Aloe Blacc, Omas Keith from SA-RA, Wally Badarou from talking heads / level 42, Erick Sermon, Plant Life, Yamwho, Buraka Som Sistema and has international super stars, like Pharrell Williams (Nerd) and James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), declaring themselves fans of some of his other projects like "Owusu & Hannibal" and "Parallel Dance Ensemble".
Quadrons stated goal with the debut is to give the soul scene a vitamin boost and provide an alternative to the american R'n'B that is dominating the charts. They call their music electronic soul, mixing the sound of hand-played instruments with the benefits of today's computer-related techniques.
Têm um álbum editado, Quadron (2009), do qual ficam aqui alguns belos excertos (acompanhados por clips também eles muito bons!):
"Slippin"
"Pression" (isto soa tanto a Mayer Hawthorne!)
"Buster Keaton"
"Jeans"
Jeans (Unofficial video) Quadron from jenna mangulad on Vimeo.
"Simili Life"
Ah, e gostaram tanto de Lisboa que até fizeram um road movie!:
QUADRON "Slippin" (Unofficial) video from jenna mangulad on Vimeo.
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