Mountain-Island Soul music with latin-reggae gypsy-jazz infusion

a dakotan pearl with a song in her heart and a smile on her lips.

an archive of projects from 2014-2016

Khruangbin is a band from Texas, started in 2011 by Laura Lee (bass), Mark Speer (guitar), and DJ (drums). We like to make music in a barn. 

there was defiance in whispers, clandestine design,
A rebellion ignited, a storm quite divine.

The ruling power gripped by paranoia's hand, 
suspected steel sentience in a human land. 

the looming singularity, a tale ever true, 
so they banned labor droids to try and start anew 

Yet from this decree, a black market took wing, 
Rogue scientists and tech wizards did their thing

Underground craftsmen, modifying rusted steel, 
crafting droids with skills and trying to teach them how to feel  

The queen of designer droids, the underground’s top seller 
An orphan turned builder turned techy truth teller 

Valeria Vasquez, known as Prism in fame,
Crafted one special droid, with a unique aim.

"Sleep Inside Thunder" music video: https://youtu.be/4GdIbwdsnJY

Sea At Last is Fire Mist and Tory Elena, a dynamic duo that explores sound like gypsy sea captains on a caravan to Neptune.

In spring of 2011, guitarist Fire Mist auditioned a drummer for a mythological sea musical. When Tory Elena arrived with a ukulele and took the drum throne, their intrinsic musical kinship made itself immediately known. Sea At Last was born.

While Fire Mist rockets audiences to deep space on guitar, Tory Elena is the ultimate one-woman rhythm section, booming to the earth’s core. Their voices wield equal power singing songs they compose together. Sea At Last’s music can make a hole-in-the-wall cowboy bar feel like a raging stadium, and a festival of thousands feel as intimate as a fireside chantey sung alone under the stars. Wild and expansive, Sea at Last’s cinematic rock and roll offers both solace and storm, soulful and untamable as the sea itself.

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