Plastic Operator

Plastic Operator is a Canadian/Belgian electronic band founded by Mathieu Gendreau and Pieter Van Dessel in London, UK. Mathieu Gendreau and Pieter Van Dessel met at University of Westminster in London in 2000 and formed Plastic Operator in 2001. The same year they finished their MA in Audio Production. Van Dessel moved back to Belgium and Gendreau stayed in London to work as a sound engineer and record producer. It was the beginning of their long distance music collaboration. They originally self-released a three songs EP which contained the song “Folder” in August 2004. Rough Trade Shop made the EP a recommendation of the week and the song also went viral after Fluxblog posted it on the internet in September 2004. Radio DJs around the world began championing the song including BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank who played the song on his Blue Room show. “Folder” was eventually signed to Rob Da Bank’s label Sunday Best Recordings in the UK for a single release in 2005. Plastic Operator released their debut album “Different Places” on Mathieu’s label Fine Day Records in 2007. 2007 and 2008 saw Plastic Operator take their music to the stage in many major clubs and festivals across Europe: from the Bestival Festival on Isle of Wight, to Paris Fashion Week, Culture Club in Ghent, La Fleche D'Or in Paris, Petrol Club in Antwerp, Ancienne Belgique and Razzmatazz Club in Barcelona.