LESS STREAMING, MORE DREAMING

Naarm/Melbourne Jazz House, Broken Beat/Bruk & Deep House (100+ local jazzy house producers!)

ARE U STILL WATCHIN?

SUBTITLES IN MY SLEEP

FIVE STAR DAYDREAM

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Boogie 2 Shoes

Produced by Allan McConnell and Finn Rees 
Mixed by Allan McConnell
Mastered by Dustin Alexander
Artwork and design: Piewack

Close Counters would like to thank everyone who helped facilitate the creation of this record, from the many studios or make-shift recording spaces where these songs were written, produced and mixed, to the supportive friends, family and community. We’re ever grateful.

Management by Rick Bridgman for Good Intent

This record was made predominantly on stolen land belonging to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We wish to pay our respects to the elders past present and emerging and note that sovereignty was never ceded.

FREEDOM WE'RE NEEDING feat. Shiv

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Australian duo Close Counters return to The Remedy Project for their soulful slice ‘BUTTER BREAD’, featuring Irish singer-songwriter shiv. Fusing broken beat, jazz and neo-soul with electronic production, Close Counters’ eclectic sound first appeared on Melvo Baptiste’s revered imprint in 2022, with singles ‘SNAP TO IT!’ and ‘GET DOWN!’ earning them support from key tastemakers Gilles Peterson, Jamz Supernova and artists like Folamour, Barry Can’t Swim, Jaguar. A live act at heart, the band have made a name for themselves in the UK and Europe, recently touring across venues like Ninety One Living Room and Ronnie Scott’s as well as tastemaker festivals like Lost Village and Defected Malta; the band’s return to the UK will see them perform live at Brick Lane Jazz Festival, Love Supreme, Glastonbury and a slew of live dates across summer 2025, with their latest LP LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY climbing tastemaker charts in their home country and receiving major radio play across the UK and US. Now they unveil ‘BUTTER BREAD’ featuring house DJ turned singer-songwriter and producer, shiv. Previously impressing on Luke Solomon’s imprint with house collective Girls of the Internet for ‘Never Ever Ever’, shiv’s smooth vocals and effortless tone is the perfect match for Melvo Baptiste’s cool, tasteful imprint. ‘BUTTER BREAD’ is a faultless amalgamation of the two artists’ style; Close Counters’ laid-back composition is brought to life through complex production subtleties and live elements as shiv’s vocals stack in harmony, supporting her rhythmically decadent lyrics.

Close Counters feat. shiv - BUTTER BREAD

A Deeper Life

Ōtaki

Melbourne producer Harvey Sutherland returns with “Cigarette”, the third in his series of stripped-back dancefloor tracks from the prolific synthesizer enthusiast and club DJ. 

Cigarette is smokey, lo-fi machine funk, drawing a lineage between Sutherland’s earlier hardware jams like “Superego” and his enduring obsession with 00s-era minimal techno and microhouse from artists like Akufen, Luomo and Ricardo Villalobos. It bubbles and fizzes along, giving way to some moody synth melodies before falling back into its chopped-up rhythms. 


Cigarette

Interface Palm is Melbourne (via Brisbane) producer Jordan Hankins. Taking influence from his collection of cosmic jazz fusion, left field boogie and dusty house, his productions skirt the line between jazz, house and broken beat.

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INTERFACE PALM