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."
Freshly tipped as the After Dark Discovery on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Melbourne pair Close Counters have been clocking support across the globe on their 'FLUX' EP from radio heads at BBC 6 Music, Rinse FM, Worldwide FM, FLUX FM, Reform Radio, NTS, Radio triple j, plus tastemakers Mixmag, XLR8R, Clash Mag, NME, Bradley Zero (Rhythm Section) to name a very felect few.
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released September 17, 2021
Produced by Allan McConnell and Finn Rees
Mixed by Allan McConnell
Mastered by Wayne Sunderland
Artwork by Piewack
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Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell