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Plutonic Lab is an award-winning Australian music producer, engineer, artist & performer. Pluto is also the international tour drummer for multi-platinum selling/award-winning group Hilltop Hoods.

Pluto’s versatile involvement in the industry has provided the backdrop for a vast number of artists over a mammoth production career, collaborating locally and internationally with the likes of Ladi6 (NZ), Black Milk (US), Olivier St Louis (US), G-Love (US), Guilty Simpson (US), Wiley (UK) Miles Bonny (US), Natalie Slade (AU), Notes To Self BBRC (Canada), Coma-Chi (Japan) Renee Geyer (AU), Drapht (AU), Hilltop Hoods (AU), Dialectrix (AU), Speech Debelle (UK), Task Force (UK), Fatlip (US), Eternia (Canada), The Grouch & Eligh (US), amongst many

His latest EP “The New Ruins” was a feature record on PBSFM and gained high praise from media and airplay across Australia, USA, and the UK on stations such as Worldwide FM, Rinse FM, BBC 6, Double J, RRR and KCRW to name a few.
His album Deep Above The Noise won best Hip-Hop Album at the VIC Music Awards 2016. Attaining feature album status on Double J & 3PBS and Won “Best Hip-Hop Album’ at the AGE Music Victoria Awards 2016. The singles “The Crib” ft. Guilty Simpson & “Sliced Bread” ft Notes To Self BBRC received rotation on Triple J and Double J nationally.
Most recently nominated for Engineer Of The Year at the 2019 ARIA awards.
And won 2020 APRA Music Award “Most Performed Urban Work” with the multi-platinum-selling “Leave Me Lonely” Hilltop Hoods.
He is a UK Mercury Prize Winner, (producing 2 singles for Speech Debelle's winning LP)
Notably he produced Dialectrix’s 2013 album, “The Cold Light of Day” which was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize, won the 2009 UK Mercury Prize for his work with Speech Debelle, and was nominated for ‘Best Urban Release’ at the 2008 ARIA Awards as half of the hip-hop duo Muph & Plutonic, who also placed 2 songs in the Triple J’s “Hottest 100” and landed the highly coveted ‘Triple J Feature Album’ placements multiple times.

ALBUMS


Plutonic Lab
The New Ruins
2021, LP, Low Key Source,
Plutonic Lab Ft. Natalie Slade
Good Thing
2021, 2xFile, MP3, Single, Low Key Source, ,
Downtempo/Soul
Plutonic Lab
Lunar Breaks
2019, 7", Wax Museum Records
Plutonic Lab, Natalie Slade, Raiza Biza, 8H
Blind Eyes / Give It Up
2018, 7", Single, Ltd, Low Key Source
Plutonic Lab
Fieldnotes - Japan
2017, 7", Ltd, Fieldnotes Project
Plutonic Lab
Fieldnotes Hong Kong
2016, 10", Ltd, Red, Fieldnotes Project, ,
Experimental/Instrumental/Sound Collage
Plutonic Lab Ft Guilty Simpson
The Crib b/w Flex The Complex
2016, 7", Single, Ltd, Wax Museum Records
Plutonic Lab
Deep Above The Noise
2016, 2xLP, Album, Wax Museum Records
Plutonic Lab Featuring Dialectrix
Look Alive
2013, 7", Single, Ltd, Gre, Shark Repellent
Plutonic Lab
Submariner
2013
Plutonic* & G. Love
Moonshine Lemonade
2011
Plutonic Lab
The Waiting / Midnight On Pluto
2005
Plutonic Lab
Codes Over Colours
2005
Plutonic Lab
Collision Of Days
2004
Plutonic Lab
Give Me Sabotage Shell
2001
Various
Hip Hop Tape Culture In Australia (1990-1999) Vol 2
2022, Vinyl,
Bias B
Behemoth
2022
Shwing
Shwing
2021, 10xFile, MP3, Album, Golden Era Records
House Shoes
Low Key Source Volume 2
2020, CD, Mixed, Low Key Source, ,
Jazzy Hip-Hop/Boom Bap
FRANCO
FRANCO
2019, 12", EP, Low Key Source
Hilltop Hoods
Leave Me Lonely
2019
Hilltop Hoods
The Great Expanse
2019,
Lanks
Twentyseven
2018
Speech Debelle
Tantil Before I Breathe.
2017, 10xFile, AIFF, Album, Society of Sound Music, ,
Conscious
DJ 2Buck
The Corner Stone
2013, CD, Ltd, Mixed, Promo, April77 Creative
Dialectrix
The Cold Light Of Day
2013, CD, Album, Obese Records
Deece
A Cornered Season
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label (Deece Self-released)
Miss Cheek
Bullet Proof
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label (Miss Cheek Self-released)
Various
The Best Of Australian Hip Hop Vol. 1
2012
Def Wish Cast
Evolution Machine
2012, CD, ,
Hardcore Hip-Hop
Jess Harlen
Park Yard Slang
2012
Pegz
Drama
2011, CD, Album, Obese Records
Dialectrix
Audio Projectile
2010, CD, Album, Obese Records
Jess Harlen
Neon Heartache
2010, CD, Album, Plethora Records
Gully Platoon
The Great Divide
2009, CD, Album, Obese Records,
Jess Harlen
I Go
2009, CD, Single, Promo, Plethora Records
Stahhr
Almost Neva Was
2008, CD, Album, Not On Label
Muph & Plutonic
Beautiful Ugly
2008, CD, Single, Enh, Promo, Obese Records
Tor Cesay
Beatz International Compilation (A Journey To the Album)
2008, CD, Comp, Pinch Of Salt Records, ,
Pop Rap/Funk/Interview/House
Muph & Plutonic
...And Then Tomorrow Came
2008,
Drapht
Brothers Grimm
2008, ,
Pop Rap
Muph & Plutonic
The Day Off (Remix)
2007, 7", Ltd, Promo, Obese Records
Ivens
Sounds To Expire To
2007, CD, Album, Eco.Tone Recordings
Lotek
Go
2007, CD, Album, 299 Records
Ivens
The Ninth Letter
2007, 12", Eco.Tone Recordings,
Bias B
Been There Done That
2007,
Pegz
Burn City
2007
Muph & Plutonic
Silence The Sirens
2006
Various
Preserving Efforts Vol. 01: A Classic Hip Hop Video Archive
2006, DVD,
Omni
Batterie
2006,
Muph + Plutonic*
Heaps Good
2005, 12", Maxi, Obese Records
Pegz
Back Then
2005, 12", Ltd, Obese Records
Eternia
Where I Been - The Collection
2005, CDr, Album, Comp, Mixed, Not On Label (Eternia Self-released)
Pegz
Axis
2005,
Pegz
Chechen Gorilla
2005
Atach Tatuq
Deluxxx
2005
Various
Culture Of Kings Volume 3
2004
Muph + Plutonic*
Hunger Pains
2004
Shawn Lov
The Blackout of 1977
2004
Various
Straight From The Art
2003, 12", Single, Promo, Empirical Records
Pegz
Capricorn Cat
2003
Andy Struksha
Andy Social
2003
Task Force (2) & Pegasus*
12" Apostles
2002, 12", Obese Records
Tumi
A Dream Led To This...
2002
Prowla
The Great Rescue
2002,
Karma
Art Of War
2002
Various
Culture Of Kings Volume 2
2002
Various
Obesecity
2002
Various
Nuffsaid Sampler
2001, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Nuffsaid Recordings
Prowla
Lone Wolf
2001
Various
Rock Da City
1999,
Macronauts
Mystery Shkool
1995, CD, Album, Not On Label (Macronauts Self-released)
Hilltop Hoods, Montaigne (2), Tom Thum
A Whole Day's Night
2022, 7", Single, Ltd, Island Records Australia,
Hilltop Hoods, Eamon
Show Business
2022, Vinyl,
Hilltop Hoods Ft. Illy (4) & Ecca Vandal
Exit Sign
2019
K21
Any Given D-Day
2018
Hilltop Hoods Feat. Adrian Eagle
Clark Griswold
2018
Deep Heat
Low Lights
2011
Spit Syndicate
Exile
2010, CD, Album, Obese Records
Illy
Long Story Short
2009, CD, Album, Obese Records
Raph Boogie
Le Bump
2009, CD, Album, Crookneck Records
A-Love
Ace Of Hearts
2007, CD, Album, Crookneck Records
Various
Empirical Records Present... 'Straight From The Art 2'
2004
Karma
Art Of War
2004
Terntable Jediz
All Out War
2004, Vinyl,
Various
Local People EP001
2002, ,
Breakbeat/House/Jazzdance

APPEARANCES +


The Shift
Boogie Down Under Volume 3
2018, Cass, Ltd, Mixed, Mixtape, Num, Boogie Down Under Records, ,
Cut-up/DJ
Ladi6*
Guru (Remixes)
2017, 4xFile, FLAC, Single, Low Key Source
Resin Dogs
More Or Less
2009, CD, Album, Hydrofunk Records,
TZU
Cover Up Motel
2009
Urthboy
We Get Around
2008
Bentley
Dust Tones 3.0
2007, CD, Mixed, Promo, Dust Tones, ,
Breaks
Urthboy
The Signal
2007
Various
Trampled: The Elefant Traks Remix Album
2006, CD, Album, Comp, Elefant Traks
Various
Trampled: The Elefant Traks Remix EP
2006, 12", EP, Elefant Traks, ,
Jazzy Hip-Hop/Dub/Downtempo/Hip Hop/Conscious
Hilltop Hoods
The Hard Road
2006
Black Samurai
Standing Tall
2004, ,
Ragga HipHop
Muphin
More Than Music
2003
Dave Graney, Clare Moore
(strangely)(emotional)
2024, CD, Album, Jew, Cockaigne
Luke Yeoward
Always In Your Heart
2021, 3xFile, MP3, 320, Nebari
Luke Yeoward Feat. Tippa Lee & Blacker C
Sunny Day
2021, 2xFile, MP3, Single, 320, Half Way Records,
Luke Yeoward
Marigold Avenue
2021
Starvin B, Discourse
Forever Queens
2019, CD,
7'6*
Organic Synthesis
2014, CD, Album, Stronghorn Records
Hilltop Hoods
Walking Under Stars
2014, CD,
Hilltop Hoods
The Good Life In The Sun : The Official Drinking From The Sun Remix EP
2012
M-Phazes
Good Gracious
2010, CD, Album, Obese Records
Speech Debelle
Speech Therapy
2009, 2x Vinyl, ,
Conscious
Bias B
Bstrumentals 2
2008, CD, Comp, Wordburner Entertainment, Obese Records, Ninety Calibre, ,
Instrumental
Bias B
Beemixes
2007, CD, Comp, Wordburner Entertainment
Jase
Jase Connection Beathedz Vol 01
2006,
Hilltop Hoods
The Hard Road
2006
Chasm
Cyanide Tip / Hard Blue
2005, 7", W/Lbl, Awakenings Crew
Bonez*
Bonez Presents The Mamma's Kitchen Mix
2005, 2xCD, Ltd, Mixed, Obese Records
DJ Ransom
15.Oz Vinyl - 15 Years Of Australian Hip-Hop On Vinyl
2004, CD, Comp, Mixed, Crookneck Records, ,
Cut-up/DJ
Shawn Lov
DeWitt
2004, 12", Nuffsaid Recordings
Osinaka And Hykoo
Rap Songs Meow
2004, CD, Album, Awakenings Records
Reason
One Step Ahead
2004
Awakenings
Pigeon Whole Hearted
2003, CD, Comp, Awakenings Records
Various
Culture Of Kings Volume 3
2003,
Pegz
Capricorn Cat
2003
Muphin
More Than Music
2003
Bias B
In Bed With Bias
2003
Disasterware
Audioweave
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label (Disasterware Self-released)
Solotaro
Bored Of Water
2002, CD, EP, Not On Label
dedlee
Overdue
2002
Pegasus*
Pegasus
2001, 12", EP, Obese Records
The Shift
Boogie Down Under Volume 5
2019, Cass, Ltd, Mixed, Mixtape, Num, Boogie Down Under Records
Shan Frenzie
Show & Prove - Australian Hip Hop From 2011
2012, CDr, Mixed, Not On Label (Shan Frenzie Self-released), ,
Cut-up/DJ
Hilltop Hoods
The Good Life In The Sun
2012
Ennio Styles
Stylin' 500 - Part 2: The Science
2011, File, MP3, Comp, Heard And Felt, ,
Leftfield/Trip Hop/Broken Beat/Future Jazz/Soul/Techno/Hip Hop/IDM/Electro/Downtempo/Jazz-Funk
DJ Bonez
Adidas Originals Block Party Mixtape
2008, CD, Comp, Mixed, Mixtape, Promo, Obese Records, Adidas Originals
Regal*
Dust Tones 2.0
2006, CD, Comp, Mixed, Promo, Dust Tones, ,
Abstract
Various
Nuffsaid : Continuous
2005, CDr, Ltd, Mixed, Nuffsaid Recordings
Various
Top Fashion Dolphin EP
2003, 12", C Side Trax
Various
Other-Worldly Fusions
2002, CD, Comp, Hardware, ,
Downtempo/Jazzdance/Bossa Nova/Broken Beat/Drum n Bass/Funk
Various
Stealth 03
2001, CD, Comp, Enh, Promo, www.stealthmag.com
Various
The Four Element Effect
1999, CD, Comp, One Eight Three
Various
Rock Da City
1999