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Close Counters - SOULACOASTA II
Release Date: Wednesday 15th February 2023
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SOULACOASTA II

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Remixes

CC MIXES

SOMETHING IN MY DRINK

SOMETHING IN MY DRINK (Fouk Remix) [feat. JAYDEAN]

Coming in fresh from remixing Young Franco's hit 'Fallin' Apart' featuring Denzel Curry & Pell, Melbourne-based duo Close Counters return with two smooth edits in their Double-A Side release 'IN NEED OF LOVE / WHEREVER YOU GO' which will be available exclusively via Bandcamp, with all proceeds from the first month of sales going to Australian charity Support Act.

"'IN NEED OF LOVE / WHEREVER YOU GO' is a two-track care package of soulful dance songs for these tumultuous times.

These two songs are explorations of the human voice as an instrument, using the recordings by Stevie and Lalah as the main focal point of these productions. We have such deep respect for these artists and the healing their music brings, we wanted to give these recordings new life by shifting them into a danceable realm whilst still doing justice to the music in the process. We want to honour the legacy and impact that black music, and particularly gospel and soul has on dance music over the world.

Continuing the art of sampling, these two songs started out as edits but took on a new energy as we added layers of synths, samples and percussion. We hope that the music hits the right places and brings some positivity no matter what your circumstances are!

100% of the proceeds from this release will go towards SupportAct, who have generously helped us and many other performing arts workers throughout the pandemic with crisis relief and mental health and well-being services."

https://closecounters.bandcamp.com/album/in-need-of-love-wherever-you-go

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IN NEED OF LOVE

Coming in fresh from remixing Young Franco's hit 'Fallin' Apart' featuring Denzel Curry & Pell, Melbourne-based duo Close Counters return with two smooth edits in their Double-A Side release 'IN NEED OF LOVE / WHEREVER YOU GO' which will be available exclusively via Bandcamp, with all proceeds from the first month of sales going to Australian charity Support Act.

"'IN NEED OF LOVE / WHEREVER YOU GO' is a two-track care package of soulful dance songs for these tumultuous times.

These two songs are explorations of the human voice as an instrument, using the recordings by Stevie and Lalah as the main focal point of these productions. We have such deep respect for these artists and the healing their music brings, we wanted to give these recordings new life by shifting them into a danceable realm whilst still doing justice to the music in the process. We want to honour the legacy and impact that black music, and particularly gospel and soul has on dance music over the world.

Continuing the art of sampling, these two songs started out as edits but took on a new energy as we added layers of synths, samples and percussion. We hope that the music hits the right places and brings some positivity no matter what your circumstances are!

100% of the proceeds from this release will go towards SupportAct, who have generously helped us and many other performing arts workers throughout the pandemic with crisis relief and mental health and well-being services."

closecounters.bandcamp.com/album/in-ne…ever-you-go

WHEREVER YOU GO

Distractions One: Variants

Coliseum (Close Counters Remix) [feat. Genesis Owusu]

Purely Educational

Purely Educational (Close Counters Remix)

Relive a snippet of our 5 hour B2B dj set with Golden Vessel from VIVID Festival Sydney. 28th May 2022

Close Counters x Golden Vessel B2B - Club Ctrl, Club 77

Close Counters - SNAP TO IT!
Listen/Buy: https://closecounters.lnk.to/SNAPTOIT
Release Date: 26th August 2022 via The Remedy Project (Defected Records)
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SNAP TO IT!

Close Counters - SNAP TO IT!
Listen/Buy: closecounters.lnk.to/GETDOWN
Release Date: 7th October 2022 via The Remedy Project (Defected Records)
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GET DOWN!

Tracklist:

Close Counters - GET DOWN!
Simbad ft. Melo - After The Dance (Bugz In The Attic Remix)
Jazzanova - Soon (Domu Vocal Edit)
Reginald Omas Mamode IV - 400 Years (IG Culture Remix)
EVM128 - Tell Me Ft Natalie May
Robbing $ X Jackinson - Show me Dubs! Brukt
Allysha Joy - Light It Again (Alex Phountzi Remix)
NameBrandSound - Home Demo ft Aleisha Lee
Tell Him Again - Eighties Ladies (Bugz In The Attic Remix)
Mark De Clive-Lowe x Bembe Segue - State Of The Mental
Buigz in The Attic x Wunmi - Zombie
Cameo - The Sound Table
Andrew Ashong, Kaidi Tatham - Sankofa Song
Close Counters x Allysha Joy - SPEAK IN TRUTH

GET DOWN! 1 HOUR MIX

Close Counters - SNAP TO IT!
India Jordan - I’m Waiting (JUST 4 U)
Laurence Guy - Your Good Times Are Here (Extended Mix)
DJ Sneak - Bridgin’ the Gap
Metro Area - Machine Vibes
Manzel - It’s Over Now (MAW Remix)
Daniel Wang - Like Some Dream I Can’t Stop Dreaming (Break Mix)
Norma Jean Wright - Saturday (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
MAW Presents India - To Be In Love
Kenny Bobien - You Gave Me Love
D-Train - Walk On By
Art vs Science - Dance (Close Counters Remix)

SNAP TO IT! 1 HOUR MIX

Close Counters - THE DON
Listen/Buy: https://closecounters.lnk.to/THEDON
Release Date: 7th December 2022
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THE DON

TAKE A CHANCE

ONLY ONE feat. IZY

FLASHBACK

SECOND STEP

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LEWES - Blood (Close Counters Remix)

Close Counters Triple J Mix - Up 2023

Stars - Remixes

Stars (Close Counters Remix)

I WANT YOU / LONELY FEELING

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I WANT YOU

Close Counters edit of Roy Ayers 'Oh What A Lonely Feeling'

LONELY FEELING

Bruk Of Lucien

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BRUK OF LUCIEN

House Of Lucien

HOUSE OF LUCIEN

PROTOTYPE

Close Counters Naarm Day Party 2023

LOVE IS ALL I KNOW

Hermitude - Ukiyo (Close Counters Remix)

Cuts from DJ Grotesque
Vocals by BINI

Mastered by Wayne Sunderland for Suture Mastering

Premiered by Tone Deaf at http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/469200/premiere-close-counters-drop-banger-of-a-single-picture-me.htm 

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Picture Me

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Artwork by McLaineMedia 
Design by Jack O'Sullivan
Mastered by Wayne Sunderland for Suture Mastering

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Pump Up The Jam (Close Counters Remix)


Close Counters have joined forces with Melbourne 80s revival band Vaudeville Smash to do an official remix of their hit song Zinedine Zidane. The remix chops and loops elements of the original vocals but maintains the catchy chorus, whilst reimagining the instrumentation with punchy drums and retro synths.

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Zinedine Zidane (Close Counters Remix)

A cover of "Just Friends (Sunny)" by Musiq Soulchild we recorded live with James Berkeley in Brighton, UK.

Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUG9C3jC-Dk

You can check out more of James projects at:
https://soundcloud.com/yakulband
https://soundcloud.com/iamnewsome
Mastered by Wayne Sunderland

Just Friends

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Just Friends ft. James Berkeley

Tribute to the legendary Roy Ayers. Godfather of the neo soul and the boogie.

Lyric video available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN7eRAWrxgY

Artwork by Aaron "Champ" Ashwood.
Mastered by Wayne Sunderland.

Contains Samples: 
Roy Ayers - "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" (1979)
Wild Man Fischer - "Are You From Clovis?" (1968)

Take Me To The Ball Game (Close Counters Edit)

0:00 - EMBARK 
0:38 - SOULACOASTA
4:57 - HAPPY SONG
9:14 - TRAVEL TREATS
12:36 - REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS
16:13 - PARALLELS 
20:48 - FIRE DANCE 
25:57 - THIRD GEAR 
30:14 - VISIONS
34:53 - SKATE OR DIE 
39:21 - COMMON GROUND, PT 1
44:15 - DISEMBARK FT. JIM ALXNDR 


Artwork by Aaron "Champ" Ashwood
Insta: @champ_ashwood

Design by Jack O'Sullivan. 

Mastered by Wayne Sunderland for Suture Mastering

Soulacoasta 

SOULACOASTA (FULL ALBUM)

FILMCLIP AT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL1GZaPJkx8

Artwork by Aaron "Champ" Ashwood
Insta: @champ_ashwood

Mastered by Wayne Sunderland for Suture Mastering

SOULACOASTA

WATCH FILMCLIP

TRAVEL TREATS

MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2AmXKDbSPo

SOULACOASTA is the title track from our latest release: https://soundcloud.com/closecounters/sets/soulacoasta

Artwork by Aaron "Champ" Ashwood
Insta: @champ_ashwood

Mastered by Wayne Sunderland for Suture Mastering

MUSIC VIDEO

REFRACTIONS available via Exist. Recordings: https://fanlink.to/CloseCounters_RefractionsEP

Bass: Paul Bender

Artwork: Piewack x Jack O'Sullivan

FILMCLIP

TIP OF MY TONGUE FT. Laneous

Mastered by Wayne Sunderland

Stream at: https://motez.lnk.to/SMRemixesSo

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Motez - Steady Motion (Close Counters Remix)

Melbourne’s 30/70 join forces with London and Australia’s South East elite beat-makers to deliver ‘Fluid Motion: Remixed’ on Rhythm Section International.

After the fruits of 2018’s luminous and lifted ‘Elevations’ iteration, we were keen to see how the rich, soulful and instrumental layers of last Summer’s ‘Fluid Motion’ LP could be reimagined by some of the key players in our mutual musical scenes. So, we invited a selection of our nearest and dearest to create their take on the track from the record that spoke to them most.

The ‘Fluid Motion: Remixed’ EP expands the album’s effortless eclecticism but offers energies more suited to the dancefloor that we’re missing oh so much. The first single comes from fellow label affiliates SAUL who kick things off with a bouncy breaks flip of N.Y.P., transforming it’s tender tones into a bright and lively party starter. It’s followed up by Peckham’s hazy house producers, Athlete Whippet, who inject ’Tempted’ with foot-stomping percussion and a moody electronic groove. We then move to the Southern Hemisphere with Close Counters, who serve up an ‘Impermanence’ rework that journeys from sweaty bruk stylings to a sunny club chug. Setwun amps up the heat of Allysha’s pacey lyrical performance in title track ‘Fluid Motion' with squelchy low-swinging synths, showcasing his signature fusion of dance and funk. From Sydney’s self-proclaimed ‘Soulstranaut’ to “the Dilla of Deptford” (STW), Maxwell Owin chops up ‘Tempted’ with a vigorous chasing tempo, twinkling glitches, a plunging bassy breakdown and seductive whispers to propel his gritty-city sonic aesthetic into a far-flung atmospheric nebula.

The Fluid Motion remix project sees the musical worlds of SE16 and Melbourne meet once again, proving it to be an alliance that just keeps on giving.

Fluid Motion: Remixed

Impermanance (Close Counters Remix)

UP AND OUT

SPEAK IN TRUTH

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Young Franco – Fallin’ Apart ft. Denzel Curry & Pell (Close Counters Remix)
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Fallin’ Apart ft. Denzel Curry & Pell (Close Counters Remix)

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SOMETHING IN MY DRINK (feat. JAYDEAN)

Naarm/Melbourne-based duo Close Counters kicked off 2022 with a flurry of remixes and their collab 'Rollout' with Young Franco featured UK rappers Scrufizzer and Jay Prince and went on to clock multiple spins on BBC Radio 1, iHeart Radio, triple j, FBi Radio and landed a slew of playlist support from Spotify and Apple Music, winning over new fans across the globe. Most recently, the release was added to the official soundtrack for acclaimed video game FIFA 23.

Close Counters’ original releases of 2022 were premiered by Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 Music) and Jamz Supernova (BBC Radio 1Xtra) respectively, and garnered support from tastemakers Folamour, Jaguar (BBC Radio 1 Dance Introducing), Tarzsa (BBC 6 Music), Complexion (BBC Radio 1Xtra + Future Beats Show), Riz Rollins (KEXP Seattle), Alex Turner (KEXP Seattle), plus earned rotation adds from triple j Unearthed, Double J, SYN and Radio FG. Singles 'SNAP TO IT!' and 'GET DOWN!' were released by The Remedy Project (Defected Records).

The pair have seen widespread tastemaker support from Folamour, Laurence Guy, Dam Swindle, Harvey Sutherland, Bugz In The Attic, plus love from BBC Radio 1Xtra as their #1 'EP of the Week' and the station's 'After Dark Discovery’, spins from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Sirius XM, KEXP Seattle, FLUX FM, NTS Radio, Balamii Radio, Rinse FM and  local frequencies triple j, triple j Unearthed, FBi Radio. Key media outlets Indie Shuffle, Mixmag, NME, XLR8R, Clash Mag, EARMILK, This Song Is Sick, DUMMY, KALTBLUT Magazine have all shows their praise for the duo as well.

The band have continued to sell out shows in Eora/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne (including a massive 2,000 tickets at Sidney Myer Music Bowl with The Murlocs) and their expanded 7 piece tour-de-force live group have ticked off bucket-list festivals Splendour In The Grass, Falls Festival, Let Them Eat Cake, Strawberry Fields, Meredith Music Festival, MONA FOMA and Party in the Paddock / Party in the Apocalypse and supported Sofi Tukker (USA), Tall Black Guy (USA), Confidence Man, The Jungle Giants, Roland Tings, Motez, Mickey Kojak.

With a knack for flow and re-inventing Close Counters have also put their unique remix spin on tracks from Tim Shiel and multiple ARIA Award-Winning Genesis Owusu, Bristol-based Elder Island, Aussie-favs Art vs Science, Bag Raiders' single 'How Long' with Panama and 30/70’s 'Impermanance'.

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