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█▒ Artist - Off The Meds ▒█
█▒ Title - Off The Meds ▒█
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█▒ Genre - Electronic Year - 2020 ▒█
█▒ Format - Album Time - 46:32 ▒█
█▒ Label - Studio Barnhus Source - Web Store ▒█
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▌░ 01. Bheka Mina 3:12 ░▐
▌░ 02. Fani Madida 2:54 ░▐
▌░ 03. Wena 2:52 ░▐
▌░ 04. Karlaplan 3:38 ░▐
▌░ 05. Factory Workers 3:48 ░▐
▌░ 06. Voice Of Meds 3:39 ░▐
▌░ 07. EKSE 2:19 ░▐
▌░ 08. Catch My Breath 2:26 ░▐
▌░ 09. Hiccups 2:50 ░▐
▌░ 10. Vice Versa 4:19 ░▐
▌░ 11. Dr. Silencer 3:43 ░▐
▌░ 12. Wanting 3:45 ░▐
▌░ 13. Currency Low (Bonus Track) 2:29 ░▐
▌░ 14. Belter (Bonus Track) 4:38 ░▐
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▌░ Not long after Kamohelo Khoaripe moved to Stockholm from his ░▐
▌░ nascent Johannesburg he met Adrian Lux, Carli L÷f and Mσns ░▐
▌░ 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 Mσns 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. ░▐
▌░ ░▐
▌░ wav -> mp3 scene standards ░▐
▌░ 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 û the bass-squelchin', blog-housin' ░▐
▌░ duo of Carli and Mσns û 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 Mσns 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 û working on everything ░▐
▌░ with everyone but never truly belonging anywhere û that is ░▐
▌░ until Kamo showed up in town. ░▐
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▌░ 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 Mσns 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, KornΘl ░▐
▌░ Kovßcs and Petter Nordkvist's 2018 label compilation Studio ░▐
▌░ Barnhus Volym 1. ░▐
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▌░ These things were clear from the start: Kamo had been quietly ░▐
▌░ nurturing an exceptional lyrical talent for who knows how ░▐
▌░ long û his focused, strangely melodic Zulu-Tsotsitaal-English ░▐
▌░ flow delivering the same kind of wry but warm-hearted ░▐
▌░ observations his photography had brought about û and also, ░▐
▌░ that in Kamo and his voice, our elusive trio of producers had ░▐
▌░ found the piΦce de rΘsistance 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 û 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 û the members' diverse musical talents ░▐
▌░ fully displayed on stage, Kamo half-naked and beaming with ░▐
▌░ energy û shouting, whispering and whistling from on top of a ░▐
▌░ bass speaker, perhaps his favourite of all those places he ░▐
▌░ calls home. ░▐
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https://studiobarnhus.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-meds