Dialogue, by Magic City Counterpoint

Dialogue

by Magic City Counterpoint

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quasiotter magical! fell in love with mcc because of queer.jpg. i coincidentally discovered madeleine cocolas from an ambient comp at the same time, so i feel music-blessed. the experience that goes with this is superb and makes me miss the queer man & darl... Favorite track: Dialogue.

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1.	Dialogue 04:08		buy track
2.	Fern Bells 04:20		buy track
3.	Dream State 04:12	lyrics	buy track
I was sifting through the proofs Mapping the divide With a century behind I couldn't select a side I am in this dream state looking for the early signs people split like oil in water But the bones all look the same. In the certainty of mind Noises from beneath the sea Signaling the world around Shows until we close the shadows We will be alone in thoughts Seeking for the answers where In the solitude of silence The words will cut like glass
4.	Sun 05:35		buy track
5.	Main Beach 04:49		buy track
6.	Dream State (Lucid Dream Remix) 03:18		buy track

about

We are thrilled to share our debut EP Dialogue with you. With the help of game designers Fuzzy Ghost, the music has manifested a weird world that you can inhabit and play in for a little while as the sounds wash over you:

PLAY GAME:
fuzzyghost.itch.io/dialogue

When we started making this music, it was pre-covid, and both of us had children at baby/toddler stage. Its creation has tracked a wild few years in our lives, and it's been such a fulfilling collaboration. Mostly executed through files sent back and forth over email, we've had a rule that basically you don't send anything that you're not happy to have deleted or unrecognisably mangled. This has given the whole thing a directness, a lack of hesitation, and maybe a sense of trust that I hope you hear in the final product.

We never felt quite right about popping it up on Spotify and leaving it at that. This isn't - and was never conceived to be - playlist music. We wanted to find a way to encourage people to slow down and take it in. Enter Fuzzy Ghost - our incredible friends with already two extremely well-received indie games under the belt. Their games have a sense of stillness and contemplation delivered in playful surrealism which felt exactly right for the world we wanted our music to live in. We managed to convince Arts QLD to give us some money to make a world for our EP.

Fuzzy Ghost - aka Pete Foley and Scott Ford - worked with us to create this audiovisual landscape that morphs with the music and kind of conjures itself via the songs. Pete and Scott just have the most tremendously vast imaginations, and every conversation that we had with them had us totally inspired by their unexpected but always so brilliant ideas. They also took the time to deeply absorb the music and allow it to guide them. The work they put in far outstripped the remunerations our meagre grant money provided and we are so eternally grateful for what they've made.

We're both thankful to our families who've helped make the time for this work to come about and supported us along this long journey.

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released August 4, 2023

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by Chris Perren & Madeleine Cocolas. Mastered by Marly Lüske

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Magic City Counterpoint Brisbane, Australia

Magic City Counterpoint is Madeleine Cocolas and Chris Perren. Together, they make evocative and textural electronic music.

Each an accomplished composer/producer in their own right, their story begins as strangers, admiring each others’ music from across the pacific. ... more

discography

Dialogue

Aug 2023
Dialogue [single]

May 2023
Dream State

Mar 2023
Fern Bells

Nov 2022

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