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For the 13th installment of the Plug Research Podcast, we present to you a mix from Astrobal.

Below is the full tracklisting:

01. Ouverture 00:00
02. Astrobal – Will (2006) 00:59
03. Astrobal – Julie (2004) 02:23
04. Toymaker – Your Treasure (Astrobal remix 2010) 04:30
05. Astrobal – De midi à midi une (2008) 08:40
06. e_t and my c – Dashing (2005) 09:23
07. Paul Stuart and the sweet powerpack – Haïku n°10 (Top5 records 2005) 14:04
08. ROMY – Bahia (2011) 16:40
09. Laetitia Sadier – Fluid Sand (Drag City 2010) 20:05
10. e_t and my c – Ring! Ring! (2005) 24:34
11. Paul Stuart and the sweet powerpack – 33 thoughts per minute (Top5 records 2006) 30:55
12. ROMY – Il faisait beau (2010) 34:01
13. Alexander Blake – The déjà-vu Experience ( Astrobal&Jayce remix/Olivier Cussac production 2007) 35:06
14. Charlie Cole – Depletion (2006) 41:15
15. Astrobal – Maud (2004) 46:08

Astrobal – Plug Research Podcast #13

This song is an alternate take on Simili Life that Robin and Coco have been holding up their sleeve.

Upon it’s release – it was soon sighted on Jay-Z’s blog, Life and Times.

Earlier this year, the offices of Plug Research received a mysterious package from Lee Bannon. Inside was a CD-R with a note written on it, “this is my Fantastic Plastic LP. you wanna put it out?” The music was a grimy journey through beats that brought to mind Madlib and early Flying Lotus. The indie label agreed to release the record. “This Fantastic Plastic project that I’m doing with Plug, it’s a producer album for the heads,” says Lee in a rare public statement via phone call. “I don’t see the radio masses getting it. It’s really, really dirty and I like that. It’s almost my ambient record.” When asked about the title of the record, Lee explained, “think about everything in your life that is plastic. Even my deodorant has plastic, the headphones I’m using to engineer music has plastic, all my keyboards are plastic, I open a plastic bag to get my chips. Fantastic Plastic represents a world ruled by plastic. That’s it.”

Please take a minute to check out Robin Hannibal’s Bobby EP booklet. It provides lyrics and supplementary album artwork.

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Copenhagen raised Robin Hannibal, the driving force behind Quadron, Owusu & Hannibal, and the famed Boom Clap Bachelors is finally dropping his highly anticipated Bobby EP. Having a hand in all the music production, the instrumentals, providing all the vocals, and writing all the lyrics – Bobby fuses modern, abstract production with classic songwriting. Be sure to check out the free download of his track “Transit” on Soundcloud. We hope you enjoy!

Free Download: Transit