Off The Meds - Karlaplan (Remix) (Studio Barnhus)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Karlaplan is the first single from Off The Meds' debut album, out Nov 20 on Studio Barnhus. Pre-order the album at studiobarnhus.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-meds for instant access to singles Karlaplan and Wena + bonus tracks Currency Low and Belter.
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Not long after Kamohelo Khoaripe moved to Stockholm from his nascent Johannesburg he met Adrian Lux, Carli Löf and Måns Glaeser, three local DJ-producers, all veterans of the small, tightly-knit, constantly evolving Swedish club scene.
At that point in 2013, Adrian, Carli and Måns were already longtime studio partners, shifting in and out of varying constellations, turning out everything from stone-cold Scandi-grime to straight-up Eurovision goodness in the process.
Adrian had followed his 2010 proto-EDM monster Teenage Crime with years of febrile activity, constantly developing his songwriting skills together with an ever-shifting cast of vocal talent and production partners, on a mission to prove that the melancholy heart of Swedish pop can be felt in any amount of beats per minute.
Meanwhile, Savage Skulls - the bass-squelchin', blog-housin' duo of Carli and Måns - were busy churning out a string of rapid-fire singles, one more gloriously bonkers than the other, providing festival-blitzing DJs like A-Trak and Diplo with their heaviest ammunition at the time.
Even with all this going on you'd still regularly find Adrian mixing a fresh batch of acid wax at some Stockholm warehouse rave, or Måns getting caught up in the inner workings of Sweden's rap scene, or Carli providing labels like Born Free with charming little rave-disco oddities every now and then.
What really brought these music makers together was their mutual state of constant searching - working on everything with everyone but never truly belonging anywhere - that is until Kamo showed up in town.
Although a life-long music aficionado, Kamo never thought about making music before arriving in Sweden, expressing himself instead through work in photography, taking pictures of the lively Johannesburg club scene he found himself embedded into.
In Stockholm he kept similar surroundings, and one late night student flat after party situation involving a microphone led to a recording of Kamo's voice (a freestyle he doesn't recollect performing) being played in a studio where Adrian, Carli and Måns happened to be. Kamo was soon invited to a joint session, resulting in the first proper Off The Meds recording: Low-slung, Ethio-jazz sampling hip-house gem Currency Low, one of the standouts on Axel Boman, Kornél Kovács and Petter Nordkvist's 2018 label compilation Studio Barnhus Volym 1.
These things were clear from the start: Kamo had been quietly nurturing an exceptional lyrical talent for who knows how long - his focused, strangely melodic Zulu-Tsotsitaal-English flow delivering the same kind of wry but warm-hearted observations his photography had brought about - and also, that in Kamo and his voice, our elusive trio of producers had found the pièce de résistance that enabled them to start a Real Band and finally belong somewhere.
The band's Studio Barnhus Volym 1 appearance was followed by a 2019 solo release on the label - the ravey smash single Belter, which came paired with a much-lauded remix by London top selector Joy Orbison.
Their self-titled debut album arrives on Studio Barnhus in late 2020. First album single Karlaplan was recently played by Four Tet on Benji B's show on BBC Radio 1, while second single Wena got included in hotly tipped UK garage reformist Conducta's Resident Advisor podcast.
Off The Meds have also proven to be an exceptionally entertaining live act - the members' diverse musical talents fully displayed on stage, Kamo half-naked and beaming with energy - shouting, whispering and whistling from on top of a bass speaker, perhaps his favourite of all those places he calls home.
Off The Meds - Karlaplan / Karlaplan (Remix) release date September 4.
Off The Meds - Wena / Wena (Ciel Remix) release date October 2.
Off The Meds - Off The Meds release date November 20.
Pulling me though a heavy time this tune, feel everything will be ok after I listen to it
How are you now? Hope everyone is well
A remarkable change for the better of late, in no small part to music - thanks for asking dude
Instand classic!
The strings...
The beat
The lyrics
Masterpiece
When your well into a Mandy night past the initial up high and all you wanna do is Bob your head with your eyes closed In front the misty light flashy jd set.
Okay Sasha, this was a good fucking call.
It's morbin time
The lyrics are actually kind of hilarious. As far as I can tell, the vocalist is apologising for speaking over such a great track and that the beat is so good it doesn't warrant any vocals 😄
Sending love from South Africa!
Big tune yeh
sounds a lot like Lux's Life on Mars. Still diggin'
Lux is part of Off The Meds so I assume he fully pulled over / sampled his beat here.
Heard this on Byte.fm accidentally and put it on my favorite playlist. IT'll be my company Song for quite a while 😁 Thats for sure
top banger this
Big tune yahh
Yesssssssss
I first heard this song before I did my very first covid test and the results came back as positive vibes 🙌
dead
Soul touching
Blinder😎
Addicted 🌌
what a track!
brilliant
Proper Banger 💪🏻🍀❤️
Tune
beautiful
Well that was very nice.
said the choir boy to the priest!
genau
LRT OPUS
quality
deepness, big up!!
lovely track
Magic sounds 🔊🥰
nice first name
NOT!
say big tune yah
Sweeeeeeeet
_Sjuk_ låt :D
so hot
Truly a great track so I had to have it in my next Deep House Mix. It's up now! hearthis.at/jf6n3ntq/deep-house-mix-253-from-dj-sredna/
What is he saying ? “ because” WHAT?
He's saying "e ke tsêpe e kholo" which according to "genius" is Sesotho for "it's a big gas". But google translate tells me "it's a big iron" 🤷