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Born and raised in France with a deep-rooted history in Art & Electronic Music, Klement recalls sounds "From the Mind of Lil Louis" and his legendary « French Kiss », which influenced him at the early age of 11 and turned him into Dance music.
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In 2002 he caught Dj Karizma's attention and signed his first Track "Don't Hurt me" on Us House music legendary label, Basement Boys. In 2003 came "Nocturne", composed with Rochdee and released on Basement Boys' sub label Elephunk, he reached the South African and UK's deep house scene..
Out of that he started to play nationally and internationally under the "etiquette" of a US house style DJ, in Clubs and festivals like Queen Paris, L'Ambassade Lyon, Ministry Of Sound London, D!Club Lausanne, Nuits Sonores festival in Lyon and even for the WMC.
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​In 2005 Klement moved into Deep Tech Electronic Soul sounds and released his Best Seller Track "Ethna" reaching N°1 in MixMag UK Summer Chart. Played by the likes of M.A.N.D.Y, Luciano, Pete Tong, Nic Fanciulli, Sasha, Ricardo Villalobos, Ame This " SONIC REVOLUTION TRACK" ("MixMag") track has been licensed worlwild from Sweden to South Africa,Russia, Japan, Australia and reached American audiences on the Hit TV show “ SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE ? on FOX TV” being selected by top Choregraphers Mia Michaels from le Cirque du Soleil.
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Fanatically seeking for innovation and new trends, both in studio and in live performance, his discography includes releases and remixes on revered labels such as Strictly Rhythm, Defected, Analog, Ssoh, Basement Boys, Deeplay Soultec, Elephunk, Toolroom and his own imprint Krome Records.
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Between 2008 and 2010, he joined the Back To Fundamentals' Crew alongside Claude Monnet, Franck Roger, Gregory, Dimitri From Paris, Torre Bros, Julien Jabre, with a deep tech track called "Les Celestins", composed with Rocco from Rodamaal. Those were also the years of his "Revival Ep" on Dj Spen's label, Code Red, licensed later on Strictly Rhythm, and of his smashing remix of Laurent Garnier's cover, by Mark Knight, "Man with the red Face".

With the relaunch of his own imprint Krome Records, 2011has been a transition and strategic year to Klement. With strong releases from Torre Bros,  Rocco, Rochdee, Angel Karel (All Lyon based talents), or even House music legend Robert Owens;  and with signifiant positive support from the likes of Luciano, Agoria, Laurent Garnier, Seth Troxler, Nina Kraviz, Michel Cleis, Guti, Dj W!ld, Argy, the best is yet to come for Klement and the Krome Posse.

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.

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