The new remix of ‘Time’ by Prince Kaybee is out now, released 13 February on Sola Musa Music. The platinum-selling South African DJ and producer first gained national attention by taking the 2015 1’s and 2’s competition after years on club stages. He has since earned several South African Music Awards – Male Artist of the Year, Best Dance Album, Album of the Year, alongside Metro FM Best Dance Album and multiple DStv Song of the Year prizes. Global recognition followed, including a Soundcity MVP Best Collaboration win for ‘Gugulethu,’ and AFRIMMA mentions. Big singles including ‘Club Controller’, ‘Banomoya’, and ‘Uwrongo’ – named in TIME Magazine’s 10 Best Songs of 2020 – plus work with Lady Zamar, Busiswa, TNS, Shimza, Black Motion, and Ami Faku continue to mark his influence on South African dance floors.

The original track comes from Karmacoda, a seasoned San Francisco trio: Jessica Ford on vocals, Brett Crockett handling vocals and production, and Eric Matsuno weaving bass and multi-instrumental layers. For over two decades, they have drifted through electronica, trip-hop, R&B, and dream pop, always tinged with a jazz-lounge sophistication. Their genre-blurring sound has caught the attention of CLASH, Wonderland, Earmilk, and earned them spots on NPR Music and RTÉ 2XM. ‘Time’, lifted from their 2022 album Lessons In Time, is a meditation on regret and introspection, with gentle autotuned vocals floating over sparse piano, a steady shaker, and a haunting melody at its core.

Prince Kaybee sets a dependable Afro House pulse underneath, with crisp kick and rolling percussion, that keeps momentum without overpowering the original parts. The piano becomes brighter and arpeggiated, guiding the emotional shifts from inward verses to more open sections, always with a lingering trace of sadness. The remix fits comfortably next to deeper cuts from Sun-El Musician, Zakes Bantwini, and Black Coffee.

​Prince Kaybee told us: “When I make music, I see color, so the vocals on the original remind me of blue, and I usually associate blue with a mild cold or a subtle fresh breeze. So before I did the remix, I needed to find its color, that’s how it started.”

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