Carl Garsbo (born 12 October 1995), better known by his stage name Kasbo, is an electronic

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and DJ, originating from

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. Starting his music career in 2013, he released multiple songs independently and through labels such as

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, Foreign Family Collective and

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. He also released a couple songs on NoCopyrightSounds, those being "Steps", and "Horizon". In 2017, he released the singles "Lay It on Me", "Bleed It Out" and "Snow In Gothenburg". When the fourth single, "Aldrig Mer" was released, Kasbo announced his debut album, '' Places We Don't Know'', released on 23 March 2018 through Counter Records and Foreign Family Collective.

Career

2013 — 2016: Early career

Kasbo started in November 2013, with a collaboration with Just a Gent on "Sovereign". His debut song, "Reaching", dropped in May 2014 through Slimkat Records and UKF. The song, "Kaleidoscope", was released in September as his debut through

, along with "Again" in August. That same month, he collaborated with Father Dude for "Time". Yet, in October, "World Away" was released on

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's label, Foreign Family Collective. His debut

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(EP), ''Umbrella Club EP'', was self-released on October 7 as a free download. "Call" was the only song released by him in 2016, within November, featuring vocals from Cheney. In December, he was featured on the

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''SnowTape Vol. 5'', during the SnowGlobe Festival, releasing "ID" as part of the track listing.

2017 — present: Recognition and ''Places We Don't Know''

As an artist, Kasbo started to gain recognition in 2017. In April, featuring guest vocals from

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, "Found You" was released on

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and later premiered on ''

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''. In 28 June, the

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-featured song "Lay It on Me" premiered on ''Billboard'' as the

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from his then-unannounced debut album. The second single, "Bleed It Out", featured Nea and premiered on 24 October on ''EDM Sauce''. From October to November 2017, he was one of the openings act for several shows on ODESZA's "A Moment Apart Tour", promoting their third studio album of the same name, along with artists like

Sofi Tukker Sofi Tukker (stylized in all caps) is a musical duo based in Florida consisting of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern. They are best known for their songs "Drinkee", " Best Friend", and "Purple Hat". "Best Friend" was featured in a commerci ...

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, Chet Porter and Louis Futon. His remix of "Indian Summer" by

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was included in the ''Kindred Spirits Remixes''

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(EP), released simultaneously in November. "Snow In Gothenburg", the third single, released on 12 December. On January 18, Kasbo released the fourth single "Aldrig Mer", featuring the British musical duo Tender, and announced his debut album '' Places We Don't Know'', which released on 23 March. The fifth single, "Your Tempo", was released on 13 February and the sixth single, "Over You" was released on 13 March. In March, he collaborated with Shallou and Cody Lovaas for the song, "Find". From May 2019 to October 2019, Kasbo had paused music production due to severe hearing loss. The diagnosis for such hearing loss is unclear. On 29 October, Kasbo released a new single, "I Get You", which was in collaboration with artist Lizzy Land. Kasbo had released a teaser on his official YouTube channel 6 days prior.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Places We Don't Know'' (2018) * ''The Making of a Paracosm'' (2020)

Singles

Remixes

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— Ceilings (Kasbo Remix) *

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— Happier (Kasbo Remix) *

— Indian Summer (Kasbo Remix) * Vance Joy — Riptide (Kasbo Remix) *

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- The Little Things ft.

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(Kasbo Remix)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Counter Records artists Swedish electronic musicians Foreign Family Collective artists Future bass musicians Swedish male musicians Monstercat artists Ninja Tune artists Swedish record producers Swedish DJs Electronic dance music DJs Bitbird artists