Rodriguez Jr. returns with new album, Baobab

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  • The French producer's second full-length, coming nearly six years after his first, is out on Mobilee next month.
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  • A new Rodriguez Jr. album, Baobab, is on the way via Mobilee. Baobab will be Olivier Mateu's second album as Rodriguez Jr.—Mobilee also issued his debut full-length, Bittersweet, back in 2011. The French producer, who ranked among RA readers' top live acts of 2016, named the upcoming triple-vinyl album after a tree, and like Bittersweet, he wrote most of it while traveling. But the places he's visited seem to be less of a source of inspiration this time around. "Baobab is about roots," Mateu says. "I needed to re-connect to my roots: the music I used to listen to as a teenager from south of France, my first parties, this fantastic sense of freshness, enthusiasm and innocence." Three of the album's ten tracks feature vocals from Liset Alea, a solo artist and lead singer of the band Nouvelle Vague. Listen to a teaser for Baobab.
    Tracklist 01. An Evidence Of Time 02. Heal Me 03. Baobab 04. Waste Tomorrow feat. Liset Alea 05. Take A Walk feat. Liset Alea 06. Radian 07. Monticello 08. The Heart Is A Woman feat. Liset Alea 09. Ellipsism 10. Tomorrow Never Comes Mobilee will release Baobab on June 2nd, 2017.
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