Urban Contact

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Urban Contact at the Electric Love Festival 2013 in Salzburg

Urban Contact is an Austrian producer duo in the field of electronic music . Urban Contact are under contract with the labels Tasty Records, Balloon Records, Sony Music Benelux and Warner Music Germany .

Career

The Viennese DJ duo merged in summer 2009. Already at the age of 17 they played in a large number of Austrian clubs with their unmistakable style of music. During this time, they tried to produce their own music, and in the summer of 2011 they signed their first record deal with the Austrian label Balloon Records . In December 2012, Tasty Records released Urban Contacts' single Sky Express , with which the duo had their first international chart successes. In the same month, Urban Contact released their free download single Aurora .

In addition to their own productions, the duo gained a lot of attention through remixes for other artists, including Black Tiger Sex Machine , Darren Bailie , Bon Iver , Coldplay , Above & Beyond , Nihils , Freedom Fry and many more. In spring 2013 Urban Contact signed a record deal with Warner Music Germany and Tasty Records for their single Starburst . In spring 2014 another deal followed with Sony Music Entertainment Benelux for Urban Contacts Remix of Dawas Roll The Dice . Her remixes were supported by Armin van Buuren and Watermät , among others . Urban Contacts' next Single Million Questions followed in the summer of 2014 . With their remix for the Tyrolean band NIHILS and after being part of the rotation of the Austrian radio station Ö3 , Urban Contact became known to a wide audience.

Private

In addition to their work as DJs and producers, both members of Urban Contact are studying in Vienna.

Discography

Singles
  • 2012: carbon
  • 2012: Just Not Right
  • 2012: Sky Express
  • 2013: Starburst
  • 2013: Aurora
  • 2014: Million Questions
Remixes
  • 2012: The Theme (House Donkeys feat. Fern-Quest)
  • 2012: Won't You Stay (Indivision & Liveqire feat. Tasha Baxter)
  • 2013: Destroy It (Urban Contact Remix) (Black Tiger Sex Machine)
  • 2013: Thing Called Love (Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford)
  • 2013: Babys (Urban Contacts Summer Soul Remix) (Bon Iver)
  • 2014: Midnight (Coldplay)
  • 2014: Gust Of Wind (Pharrell Williams)
  • 2014: Help Our Souls (Nihils)
  • 2014: Roll The Dice (Dawa)
  • 2014: The Wilder Mile (Freedom Fry)

Hit parade placements

  • 2013: No. 32 Beatport album charts with Starburst
  • 2013: No. 22 Beatport single charts with Starburst
  • 2014: No. 02 Hypemachine Charts with Coldplay - Midnight (Urban Contact Remix)
  • 2014: No. 01 Hypemachine Charts with Nihils - Help Our Souls (Urban Contact Remix)
  • 2014: No. 02 Hypemachine Charts with Freedom Fry - The Wilder Mile (Urban ContactRemix)
  • 2014: No. 02 Ö3 listener charts with Nihils - Help Our Souls (Urban Contact Remix)
  • 2014: No. 09 Energy Euro Hot-30 with Nihils - Help Our Souls (Urban Contact Remix)
  • 2014: No. 10 Shazam Austria Top 100 with Nihils - Help Our Souls (Urban Contact Remix)
  • 2014: No. 26 Ö3-Austria Top 40 Nihils - Help Our Soul (Urban Contact Remix)
  • 2014: No. 02 Energy Club Charts Nihils - Help Our Souls (Urban Contact Remix)

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