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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

The Soft Spot tour continues! 

4/7/23 - Jackson Hole, WY - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/8/23 - Ketcham, ID - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/9/23 - Eden, UT - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/14/23 - Chico, CA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/15/23 - Arcata, CA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/16:/23 -Ashland, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/18/23 - Bend, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/19/23 - Bellingham, WA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/21/23 - Seattle, WA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/22/23 - Portland, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/23/23 -Portland, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/25/23 - Boise, ID - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/26/23 - Missoula, MT - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/27/23- Bozeman, MT - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/29/23 - Paonia, CO - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/30/23 - Morrison, CO - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/

Lead Me Home

“This is the first song with lyrics we’ve ever written. We never really thought of ourselves as having a “singer” but we knew that we wanted a voice for Khruangbin. We decided to write about something close to us, tell a story as simply as possible, and sing it together.”
- Khruangbin

Khruangbin is a three-piece band from Texas, formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Johnson on drums. Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - Khruangbin is steeped in the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration, Tarantino soundtracks and surf-rock cool. Khruangbin's exotic, individual sound is captured at their spiritual home, a remote barn deep in the Texas countryside where their first rehearsals took place. Debut album ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ is scheduled for release at the end of this year.

http://khruangbin.com
http://khruangbin.bandcamp.com
http://soundcloud.com/khruangbin
http://twitter.com/khruangbin
http://facebook.com/khruangbin

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Khruangbin - White Gloves

The Olympians

Apollo's Mood

The Budos Band

T.I.B.W.F.

I'm The Moon

From the album We're the Ones, released April 13, 2019
On limited edition clear orange vinyl & CD
Available at https://fold.bandcamp.com/album/were-the-ones

Also available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/4Vybd9w9HxlrZyBn8DBeaW?si=VlHSF13CT0mmepw20SSL0g

Having been played 3 times by Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music and made an editor's pick at Indie Shuffle, Teacher seems to be many people's top track from the album. There is a strong Brazilian jazz & psychedelic influence along with a Stereolab-esque indie sensibility and even a bit of Isaac Hayes and David Axelrod in the orchestration. It is a thoroughly organic sound with full horn section, string section, drums, bass and guitar all done live.

The speech is edited from a rather tender talk given to students by James Baldwin at a predominantly Black high school in Oakland, California 1963. On the one hand he highlights the function, importance and value of an education and finding self-worth in a white society. On the other hand there is a universal message about education being a two way street – that as students we must ask questions and as teachers we ought to keep our minds open to learning from those we teach.

We're the Ones

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Teacher

"Rust" finds Manycolors exploring new sonic spaces. The initial groove is a lush and spacious lofi soundscape that surrounds the listener with layers of subtle textures and heavy backbeat. The song builds to culmination with a psychedelic bridge featuring heavy synth pads and swirling guitar interplay in both speakers. An analog rewind drops in to a classic lofi outro with piano improvisation over grooving bass and drums.

Producer - Mike Tallman

Credits:
Brant Williams - Electric Guitar
Braxton Kahn - Drums,  Tambourine,  Percussion instrument
Eric Luba - Keyboard, Synthesizer
Kirwan Brown - Bass Guitar

Tracking Engineer - Mike Tallman
Color Red Studios

Mixing Engineer - Mike Tallman
Add Noise Studios​

Mastering Engineer - Doug Krebs
Doug Krebs Mastering

Rust

Color Red Music

Manycolors - "Rust" - Color Red Music

It's Only Us

Tunnel Vision

From the album 'Shapes'. Available on 02/11 kingunderground.com/robohands-shapes-vinyl/

Robohands - Leaves

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