We love both of these incredible, soulful artists with all of our heart.

AUGUST 💻

Original version appears on his 2012 album "Maraqopa". 

Enjoy

Damien Jurado - Maraqopa (Ole Smokey's Extd Edit)

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Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin - Savanne

Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin - Tongo Barra

Released on white vinyl 7" for RSD14, full release on 9th June 2014.

Khruangbin is a three-piece band from Texas, formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Johnson on drums.

Mark and DJ's roots are in R&B, Hip Hop and Gospel having played within the same gospel band for years. Both professional musicians, Mark began teaching Laura how to play bass in the summer of 2009. As such, Laura quickly developed a huge passion for the instrument and the aesthetic it brought to music she loved. Having worked studiously on developing her skills, both Mark and Laura were invited to tour with Ninja Tune's YPPAH supporting Bonobo across his 2010 American tour. 

The tour galvanised the two of them to start making music together more seriously, sowing the first seeds of Khruangbin. Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - Khruangbin literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - the two took a trip to a barn deep in the Texas countryside and jammed for the entire weekend, developing a sound which was steeped the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration. Khruangbin was formed, with D.J. the natural go to for drums.

Having kept in touch, Bonobo included Khruangbin's 'A Calf Born In Winter' on his 2013 'Late Night Tales' compilation. In addition to increasing the Stateside following the band has built, the release has helped Khruangbin in topping both the US & UK 'Last FM' fastest growing artists whilst 'A Calf Born In Winter' continues to be one of the most popular single downloads from the compilation. The band recently signed to LNT offshoot Night Time Stories, with an album planned in 2015.

http://khruangbin.com | http://soundcloud.com/khruangbin‎ | http://twitter.com/khruangbin

Khruangbin - A Calf Born In Winter

Torn Sail - Birds

Humming Over Keys

This track is part of the Raj Chanda Music Band catalogue and was composed by Krishna Chanda. You can explore more of his work on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fJc01UIFwVTYYIpTUared
https://www.youtube.com/@KrishnaChandaMusic

Lullaby for the Moon_with_outro

Taken from Khruangbin's debut album 'The Universe Smiles Upon You'. Order now at:

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Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - Khruangbin’s debut album ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ is steeped in the bass-heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration, Tarantino soundtracks, and surf-rock cool. The Texan trio is formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums.

‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ was recorded at their spiritual home, a remote barn deep in the Texas countryside where their first rehearsals took place. The band listened to a lot of different types of music on the long drives out to the country but their favourites were the '60s and '70s Thai cassettes gleaned from the cult Monrakplengthai blog and compilations of southeast Asian pop, rock, and funk. This had a heavy impact on the direction of the band, the scales they used, and the inflection of the melodies; which coupled with the spaciousness of the Texan countryside culminated in Khruangbin forming their exotic, individual sound. 

“We feel like there is an ease that comes from being immersed in a space, away from the distractions of the city and everyday life. We make our music in a barn, in the Texas hill country, because it makes sense to us. Being there allows us to make music that comes naturally, and that’s what we wanted this album to be. We wanted to make a record that just let the music happen, and we hope that’s what you can hear.”

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Khruangbin - Two Fish and an Elephant

From the forthcoming Sinkane record "Mars"

Jeeper Creeper

From the album Gentle Spirit by Jonathan Wilson.  Released on Bella Union 2011.

Desert Raven

new one 

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6xWNsGVUOx8S3OeTmJ9lOo?si=PevQvpxISU64q_eBzWn9Zw

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Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin - Savanne

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