Quadron is a

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-based

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duo consisting of singer Coco O. and musician/producer

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. The group considers their genre "

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music". The self-titled debut album ''Quadron'' was released in late July 2009. '' Paste Magazine'' named Quadron "Best of What's Next" in August 2010, and ''

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'' Magazine named Quadron's self-titled album number 7 in their top 10 best albums of the year. The duo released their second studio album ''Avalanche'' in 2013.

History

In 2009, Hannibal and

Coco O. Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshø, known professionally as Coco O., is a Danish musician best known as the singer in electronic soul duo Quadron. She released her debut album ''It's a Process'' in 2021. Early life Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshø was bor ...

of electronica collective Boom Clap Bachelors formed the group Quadron. The name of the band refers to the multi-racial heritage of the band members (from the term "

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"). Both Hannibal and Coco O. have one biracial parent. Quadron's first professional project, released 2009, was a collection of seven songs on the soundtrack for the

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movie, ''Hush Little Baby'' including the film's theme song "Slippin'". Their music gained wider prominence in the United States due to Hannibal's connections to US-based music industry professionals. They re-located to Los Angeles in 2010. The duo released their eponymous debut album under

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in 2010. Their second album, ''

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'', was released in June 2013. In 2011, Quadron contributed the track "Samba De Verão" to the

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s charitable album '' Red Hot+Rio 2''. The album is a follow-up to the 1996 ''

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''. Proceeds from the sales were donated to raise awareness and money to fight HIV/AIDS and related health and social issues. That year they also collaborated with American DJ and record producer

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for the song "Waste Love" off his album '' Fire & Ice''. In 2014 Quadron was booked as the opening act on

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's U.S. tour. *

Band members

is one-half of the duo

Rhye Rhye is an R&B musical project of Canadian singer Mike Milosh. It originally consisted of him and Danish instrumentalist Robin Hannibal. They released the singles "Open" and "The Fall" online without much detail, which led to speculation abou ...

, along with Canadian musician Michael

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. After releasing two tracks, they released their first album ''Woman'' on 4 March 2013. Coco_O

* Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshø (known professionally as "Coco O.") was a member of the Boom Clap Bachelors prior to joining Quadron. She has contributed vocals to films such as

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'', produced by

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. She has also been a featured vocalist for French DJ/producer

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's 2014 single "Through the Night", the track "Business Casual" on the album ''Mr. Finish Line'' by

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Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Quadron
on Facebook * {{Authority control Danish musical groups Danish electronic music groups Musical groups established in 2009