A personal collection of gems, kept in my musical treasurey.

Gems

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

Honeycomb

* All music and lyrics written, performed and produced by Yellow House.
* Mastered by Fin Mastering.

Lyrics:

Washed out with the rain
But I’d do it again
Trade in your blues
For a better view
I know it’s a dismal game we play
I know you’re testing me

Sleep off the pain
And try again
Blackout your eyes
With a better high
I know about the twisted rites you hide behind
I know you’re testing me

Rip off the veil
Of this hellish tale
Slip through the back streets
And cover up your trail
I know it’s the vague and dark you’re drawn too
I know you’re testing me

A Carnival of Fears

Better Views

* All music and lyrics written, performed and produced by Yellow House
* Mastered by Fin. Mastering

Lyrics:

I didn’t know where we would stand,
My head in my hands,
But I never wanna see your face again

Didn’t know where we would be,
We’re nothing to see,
But I know that I never wanna do it again

You just stand outside my window
And watch me bleed out
You’re running again,
Running scared
You’re at it again,
Running scared

In my head,
You’re always in my head
I should’ve kept my own part clean
In my head,
You’re always in my head
I couldn’t stay astray
Stray

I don’t know where we went wrong
Was it dead all along?
I just know that I never wanna feel that again

I don’t know what I could say
To take it away
But I know that I never wanna hurt you again

You just stand outside my window
And hear me scream out
You’re running again,
Running scared 
You’re at it again,
Running scared

In my head,
You’re always in my head
I should’ve kept my own part clean
In my head,
You’re always in my head
I couldn’t stay astray
Stray

Stray

* All music and lyrics written, performed and produced by Emile van Dango
* Mastered by Fin. Mastering

Lyrics:

I don’t understand it, 
Tell me, does it show?
Feel overwhelmed by
A lack of control
Kick back and leave me in the cold
It’s fine, I’ve never needed anything to hold onto
Now you say you want another lover at your door?
No, I don’t wanna play the same game anymore
You wanna leave tonight
Leave before the light
Can offer us a bit of life

I never found out that peace of mind
Was an illusion bound and tied
Behind thick walls of blues and greys,
The haze we’d dreamt up to disguise the pain
Hold on now, the feeling that it brings
Is just a temporary pain
And I’m never gonna bring it back ‘round here again
I’m gonna leave tonight,
Leave before the light
Can offer us a bit of life
Sever the chord that ties
These tiring eyes
To the dark in wait behind

Control

* All music and lyrics written, performed and produced by Emile van Dango
* Mastered by Fin. Mastering
* Artwork by Irma Stern

Lyrics:

(People have only two choices: to suffer, or to fight)

Oh, grueling undertow
Spit me out any place you know
I'm too tired to swim home
Another staggering knockabout
Hammering the thought home
Like a nail through the window
Who are you to tell me who to know
And what to know?
Can't you leave this poor fool alone?
You're far too scared of the unknown
It feels the same everyday

This flawless paradigm
Can't talk me into blinding my eyes
With the bright lights of these white lies
Souls forgot underneath
The weight of something we could reach
If it weren't easier just to leave ya
Who are you to turn your face away
From the darker days?
Taking cover from another
Maybe it's too late for you
It feels the same everyday

It Feels The Same Everyday

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEpwzvEq6ss

Brand new album, 'Floating In The Darkness', out now!

Album: http://smarturl.it/ThomasOliverFITD

'Tenderly' – written, recorded and produced by Thomas Oliver. 

Thomas Oliver – Weissenborn, lap steel.
Johnny Lawrence – bass.
Lance Philip – congas, djembe, cajon, Indian ankle bells, caxixi, shaker. Ariel Bamborough – backing vocals and ad-lib vocals.
Katie McCarthy-Burke – backing vocals.
Lisa Tomlins – backing vocals.

Mixed by Thomas Oliver.
Mix summed by Troy Kelly at The Armoury, Wellington, and by Jordan Stone at Roundhead Studios, Auckland.

Tenderly

Durand Jones & The Indications

Is it Any Wonder

A slow burning, brooding cut from L.A.B.'s debut album!

Umulash - http://www.loop.co.nz/releases/umulash/
L.A.B. album -http://www.loop.co.nz/releases/lab/

Umulash

Buy The Album

L.A.B. - Umulash

Buy album: https://LateNightTales.lnk.to/contodoelmundo

Globetrotting Texan trio Khruangbin present 'Maria También', the first single from their upcoming second album ‘Con Todo El Mundo'. Formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums; Khruangbin’s sounds are rooted in the deepest waters of world music infused with classic soul, dub and psychedelia. Their 2015 debut album ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ was heavily influenced by 60’s and 70’s Thai cassettes the band listened to on their long car journeys to rehearsal in the Texan countryside. ‘Con Todo El Mundo’ takes inspiration not just from South East Asia but similarly underdiscovered funk and soul of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, particularly Iran.

Khruangbin - Maria También

- All music and lyrics written, performed and produced by Emile van Dango.
- Mastered by Fin. Mastering

Lyrics:

Heaven knows I’ve been dreaming.
Cut the cord,
Leave me here 
Suspended on a whim

Or maybe I’ll get another drink in,
Lose all sense of rhyme
And reason
And slow down my thinking

Blacken out the sun
With a new point of view
Ideologies stumble out of 
This smoky room
How can I be so young
But feel so used?
Breaking out of the mould
I feel brand new
How about you?

Stepping out of mind,
Been in here for a minute
Tainted youth,
Devilish schemes,
Left me black and blue
Forge another identity
To live by
God, I’d do just about anything
To get through to you

Blacken out the sun
With a new point of view
Ideologies stumble out of 
This smoky room
How can I be so young
But feel so used?
Breaking out of the mould
I feel brand new
How about you?

Sermon on Desire

Heaven Knows

All music and lyrics written, performed and produced by Emile van Dango.

Dreaming about her
Dripping pendulum curls 
That pull at your world
As your minds swim together
The dark of your night cannot douse out the light
That shines on the Heather

I melt at the sight that bleeds crude,
And divine,
And spits life on the ashes
I’ll take what I can before I wake up,
Then I’ll leave forever.
It’s a routine delay that I always replay
And place on display.
It’s my calling card when I’m falling apart.

Moonlight trickles through the shutters.
Subtle, dim lit appeal
Flickers hints over contours
And leaves me in tatters
“I’ll bare all the scars”, the final remarks
Of a man at his limits.
The sugared scent of desire, leaks fuel in the fire
And fogs up perceptions,

Cue the hazy hum that grips at your lungs
Like it’s begging you for something
To cave, 
Or to remain the pristine young slave
To the draw of lightning
It gets harder to shake
With no moves left to make.

Ain't Gonna Call

Friday

Written and performed by Christopher Keller (Kadoka) and Lauren Haberman

Recorded and mixed by Adam Krinksy

Mastered by Huntley Miller

Same Eyes (featuring Kadoka)

Khruangbin - Dern Kala - At Pitchfork

Khruangbin - Cómo Me Quieres (Live On KCRW)

- All music and lyrics written, recorded and produced by Emile van Dango
- Mastered by Fin. Mastering

Lyrics:

Maybe I'd be better off in Berlin
Or as an artist’s muse in London
Drifting from hand to hand
Maybe I was born to be a sailor,
Drop my anchors in Antigua
As a travelling fisherman

But I am home wherever you are near
There's no life in anything
When you're not here

What could take my love away?

Maybe I was destined for philosophy
Leading leftist ideologies
At the Paris-Sorbonne
Dreaming up the splendid demise
Of the societies we despise
At Cafe de Flore

But these things lose all their meaning
And allure
If you're not there to
Witness the grandeur

What could take my love away?

Maybe we'll be missionaries in the Congo
Revolutionaries in Cuba
Perhaps we'll build a home
In the shadows of the forest
Along the east coast, or the west coast
I forget where we decided

As long as I'm with you when we do it
I could trade the views in
For any pallet

Nothing can take my love away
Nothing can take my love away

Love In The Time of Socialism

Love In The Time Of Socialism

You and Me b/w Put a Smile on Your Face

You and Me

American Love Call

Listen to Your Heart

Swimmers

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Gems

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