Galimatias

Galimatias (born Matias Saabye Køedt) is a 26-year-old electronic artist from the small town of Fredericia in rural Denmark. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Galimatias is most known for his 2015 EP release Urban Flora with American singer/songwriter Alina Baraz. His discography also includes Young Chimera (2013), Luna Soul (2012) and Sunlight Reigns Supreme (2012). On June 15, 2017, Galimatias released his first single since Urban Flora, “Let Me Know.”

Galimatias began making music as a teenager, and produced tracks for Danish hip-hop acts such as Fokus Clique, Klaes, and M.I.L.O around the turn of the 2010s.

In 2012, he released two EPs of mellow, downtempo instrumentals: Luna Soul and Sunlight Reigns Supreme.

He began working with Alina Baraz after they were introduced to each other through Soundcloud in 2013, and their songs immediately received blog attention. Their collaborations were collected on an eight-song EP titled Urban Flora, which was released digitally by Ultra Records in 2015, with a vinyl release by Mom + Pop following in 2016. Felix Jaehn's remix of their song "Fantasy" appeared on many dance compilations.

This first “iteration” of his music integrated Baraz’s soulful vocals with heavy drumbeats dipped in synth-kissed sounds, creating a seamless exploration of a smoldering relationship between electronic music and R&B. . Following its release, the praise for the EP began to pour in from publications such as FADER, NPR, Earmilk, Dancing Astronaut, and Huffington Post. With the combined millions of streams on major platforms, songs such as “Fantasy” and “Make You Feel” have become classics in their own right within the electronic realm. To date, Urban Flora has recorded over 143MM plays on Spotify, with over 2MM monthly listeners.

With the vigorous lifespan of the Urban Flora EP, Galimatias intends on further redefining electronic music in 2017, with a design-first approach. He also begun experimenting with his own voice as an instrument. Galimatias’ first single in two years, “Let Me Know,” was released on June 15, 2017. The single is made with different layers of his beatboxing through vocoders, mixed into a harmony that also serves as rhythm throughout the track.

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