JODA feat. Robyn Sherwell - Closer (Official Visualiser)

· Release Date: 29th July 2022

JODA, aka Jono Grant (Above & Beyond) and Darren Tate (DT8 Project, Jurgen Vries), release the final single taken from their self-titled debut album ‘JODA’, ‘Closer’.

‘Closer’ leans into pop with dark, electro undercurrents and features vocals from singer-songwriter Robyn Sherwell, who has previously been championed by Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne and Huw Stevens across the BBC Radio network. Released on July 29, ‘Closer’ explores themes of loss, anguish and strength.

JODA is the new passion project from Jono Grant and Darren Tate. As dance music mainstays, the pair have always been in each other’s orbit. Jono Grant is one third of Above & Beyond, one of electronic music’s most influential acts, and Darren Tate is a producer and songwriter with 12 top 40 UK hits and three appearances on Top of the Pops.

The pair first unearthed their chemistry in 2003, when they produced “Let The Light Shine In” and “Nocturnal Creatures” together. They reconnected in 2019 when Tate returned to his trance roots and signed to Anjunabeats under his DT8 alias. Around the same time, Above & Beyond received an offer to score an environmental documentary The Last Glaciers, and teamed up with Tate to write it. The musical lightning struck immediately, and once the score was written the chemistry felt too good to lose. When lockdown hit, Tate and Grant entered a mutual creative bubble, and co-wrote a flurry of synth-wave dark-pop electronica. Enter JODA.

JODA's self-titled debut album is out now on 2x12" vinyl and digitally via the Anjuna Music Store.

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[rickythedrawer]

I absolutely LOVE this song. It’s my most recent favorite. How the hell does this not have millions of views? Incredibly fucking track. The drop hits so hard.

[wojciechstefaniak]

Here before this blows up and gets 1 mil views. Currently at 10K.

[SamS-snuu]

I cannot believe I am hearing this in 2022. EDM is dying because there is so much garbage but this track is keeping it alive.

AMAZING!

[catchinggates]

Such an exquisite melody! Hot damn?! Absolute raving over these sensual and upbeat vibes! Perfection!

[djfiles]

Amazing 👏 🙀 😯 😮 😲 👏 🙀 😯 Awesome! PERFECTO!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

‘Drive’ and ‘Stranger Things’ revolutionized music. Incredible.

[BusMaster]

Anyone else getting SM64 vibes from the intro?

[tishatska]

I'd love to see some choreography to this song.

[Andrew-tqb]

The graphics to this track look like they have just leaked from Peter Max's top drawer.