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Close Counters’ performance at Colour was an unforgettably inventive audiovisual experience 1 / 4 Photos by Dylan Jardine They just keep getting better and better. Close Counters’ ascension to the height of Australian dance music seemed a sure and destined thing after their heaving, unforgettable set blew everyone away at Meredith 2019. Following the release of their Refractions record, no one in that 20,000-strong crowd could doubt that this band were the real deal. One global pandemic and a couple of lockdowns later, Allan McConnell and Finn Rees – the duo that make up the heart of this act – have been anything but idle. Never miss a story. ....
Menahan Street Band with the beat-forward cinematic sounds of The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band. Their unique brand of instrumental soul has not only been the foundation for some of modern hip-hop s most successful beats, it has also become the perennial soundtrack and vibe-generator for countless parties, art shows and restaurants throughout NYC and abroad. While this album carries the aesthetic torch that MSB has skillfully woven into the tapestry of their DNA, it also delves deeper into the experimental, exotic sounds that fill many of the coveted Sound Library and Soundtrack LPs of the late sixties and early seventies - an amalgamation of moog synths, electric pianos, drum machines, and a bevy of analog instrumentation that ebb and flow in lush swells of Morriconian grandeur. ....
News / / 17 · 02 · 2021 Melbourne is the hub for some of the best music on the planet right now, with the Australian city home to a flurry of free-thinking innovators. Clash has gone deep on our love affair with Melbourne music before, and it s a treat to return Down Under on this next release. Production duo Close Counters are lauded for their fusion of club textures, jazz, and hip-hop, with recent single Up And Out being leathered by Bradley Zero. First Word Records and Gondwana cohort Allysha Joy reps the UK on this new single, a scintillating outer-soul excursion that ripples with energy. ....