PlatEAU

{{Short description|Canadian electronic music group}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = PlatEAU

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| origin = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| genre = IDM

| years_active = 1996–2003, 2006-present

| label = Subconscious Communications
Metropolis
Cleopatra
Flesh Eating Ants Records

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| website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010417011425/http://www.subconsciousstudios.com/plateau/ SubconsciousStudios.com/Plateau]}}

| current_members = cEvin Key

| past_members = Anthony Valcic
Phil Western

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PlatEAU is an electronic music project featuring cEvin Key and Phil Western.{{cite journal |last1=Comer |first1=M. Tye |title=RPM |journal=CMJ New Music Report |date=20 September 1999 |volume=60 |issue=636 |page=26 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1999/CMJ-1999-09-20.pdf |access-date=11 January 2022 |publisher=College Media, Inc. |location=Great Neck, NY |issn=0890-0795}} The project resembles a very loose approach to the Download project featuring the same members. The song names and album titles refer to the coffeeshop culture of Amsterdam in The Netherlands implying a "trip" through their musical voyages. The album art also reflects this concept with imagery on their first release on Hypnotic Records in 1997, Music for Grass Bars. This release had a special CD jewel case in order to create a holographic-motion effect with the cover art insert. The genre is most closely related to IDM, experimental, techno and trip hop.