Introducing episode #3 of our new podcast series! Shining a light on the amazing artists we are surrounded by and collaborate with. We are joined by Max Byrne (Golden Vessell) to talk about his latest project 1tbsp and new label Sumoclic and chat about many things including setting creative limitations, handling multiple projects, channeling your energy into the immediate community, and much more! Hope you enjoy!

MAX’S GUEST SELECTION:
Golden Vessel - getforward
Four Tet - Insect Near Piha Beach
Axel Boman - Eyes Of My Mind
Mk.gee - Overtime
Loving - Lately In Another Time
CLOSE COUNTERS MIX:
Lucky Idiot - Mud
Dj Streaks - The Best Rapper Alive
DJ Counselling - Every Day the Sun Comes Up
The Avalanches - Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (Dragged By Leon Vynehall)
1tbsp - Calico
Laurence Guy feat. Steve Spacek - Drum Is a Woman

Close Counters Collective Radio Ep. 3  with Golden Vessel / 1tbsp

Returning this NYD
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Let Them Eat Cake acknowledges the traditional owners of the land where we live, learn and work — the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung, Boon Wurrung, Wathaurong, Taungurong and the Dja Dja Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We honour and pay respects to Elders past and present. Australia was, and always will be Aboriginal Land.

SUBMISSIONS: https://acidstag.gumroad.com

We also have a label, management & publicity agency called https://soundcloud.com/mammal-sounds

Say hello: goldenvesselmusic@gmail.com

Management: jez@mammalsounds.com

Bookings: 
AUS: mary@undrctrl.com
USA: blake@overrunbooking.com

Naarm/Melbourne-based Close Counters’ diverse soundscape sits at the crossroads of house, neo-soul, broken beat and disco. Their 2023 Music Victoria Award-winning album, ‘SOULACOASTA II’ secured their spot as one of the top talents in their class, with the duo tirelessly sourcing niche samples from films and records on trips across the globe. The LP was touted by tastemakers Gilles Peterson, Folamour, Jamz Supernova and landed Album Features with Australian stations Double J, 3RRR, PBS and 2SER. Breakout singles from the pack were originally released by Melvo Baptiste’s The Remedy Project, an imprint of Defected Records.

Their collab 'Rollout' with Young Franco, Scrufizzer and Jay Prince, won over fans across the globe and was added to the Official Soundtrack for acclaimed video game FIFA 23, and have been synced for Apple’s recent iPhone campaign. In the past year the band have also performed for triple j, 3RRR, Defected Radio, FBi Radio, Soho Radio NYC, Baked, and interviewed on BBC Radio 1Xtra on tour recently, and when hotly tipped as their ‘After Dark Discovery’ and ‘EP of the Week’ (‘FLUX’, 2022).

The duo expands up to a 7-piece tour-de-force with live-mapped visuals, dancers and featured musicians and vocalists from their wider collective and they’ve continuously sold out their hometown Naarm/Melbourne dates, notching impressive shows at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, sold out dates at 170 Russell, Corner Hotel, The Night Cat, and packed-out rooms across Australia’s east coast. Support duties have flowed from Madlib, Sofi Tukker, Crazy P Soundsystem, Tall Black Guy, to local mates Confidence Man and The Jungle Giants, betwixt bucket-list festivals Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Let Them Eat Cake, Strawberry Fields, Meredith Music Festival, MONA FOMA, Party in the Paddock and showcasing at BIGSOUND, Electronic Music Conference and three sold-out Melbourne Music Week events.

The band recently finished their UK & EU summer ticking off Lost Village Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Defected Malta and Cabaret Sauvage. In London, they sold Ronnie Scott's, did 180 tickets at Ninety One Living Room, packed out Hootananny Brixton and landed a sold out Jazz Café support for Somewhere Soul's showcase with Cotonete. The band have also played packed sets in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Monaco, Brighton and featured behind the decks at ADE, Defected Croatia, Reflektor in Belgium with A-Trak, and are returning for Brick Lane Jazz Festival in April 2025.