Khruang Bin

The Sicilian Plan (E. Morricone)

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

Khruangbin are the Texas based three-piece that make psychedelic, acid jazz infused Thai funk music. Oh yes. Comprised of Laura Lee, Mark Speer and Donald Johnson, the trio have supported Bonobo across his USA tour and even had a track included in his Late Night Tales mix last year.LNT's artist label Night Time Stories subsequently signed them up, with single 'A Calf Born In Winter' released 19th May and an album in the works. Providing the soundtrack to your dreams and entering i-D's mid-week wind down session for their first ever mix, these are the psychedelic sounds of Khruangbin. Drift off.
https://soundcloud.com/khruangbin

"This is our very first mix tape. As such, we wanted to draw on original inspirations to each of us individually in the band, as well as together. In this we pull on Acid Jazz, Gospel, Brazilian Funk and Psych, Thai & Japanese Pop/Rock, "farm rock", Dub, Funk, and R&B to hopefully create a mix that is varied in style yet cohesive in feel. We hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it."

Tracklist:
1. "Pharoah's Tune (The Journey)" by Leon Thomas 
2. "Liquid Love", Roy Ayers
3. "Onda", Cassiano
4. "Soo Kwarm Rak Khorng Phom Doo", Jackatchan
5. "The Sicilian Plan", Khruangbin
6. "Dedicada A Ela", Arthur Verocai
7. "Lord Help Me" (Mono Single), Donny Hathaway
8. "Baby", Donnie & Joe Emerson
9. "Tell Me More", Tempters
10. "Candlelight Dub", The Skatalites meet King Tubby
11. "Funkentelechy", Parliament
12. "You Got the Stuff", Bill Withers

facebook.com/iDmagazineofficial
 twitter.com/iD_magazine 
http://i-d.co

Slumber Session: Khruangbin

Order digital on iTunes: http://goo.gl/Iu30YT
Order 7" vinyl on the Late Night Tales Web Shop: http://goo.gl/BnmSYC
Late Night Tales Web Shop: http://goo.gl/HyYIZ
Listen to Late Night Tales releases on Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d

Follow Late Night Tales:

Web: http://latenighttales.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LateNightTales
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/latenighttales
YouTube: http://youtube.com/latenighttalestv
Instagram: http://instagram.com/latenighttalesofficial
Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/late-night-tales/1233898093
Bandcamp: https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/

Khruangbin - The Recital That Never Happened

"Housed in a remote Texan barn, Khruangbin seem to bury deep within themselves.  Sounding like little else around - a colourful fusion of groove-based crate-digging and blistering psych - the band fused their sound from lengthy, exhausting rehearsals.

Lauded by Bonobo, debut single 'A Calf Born In Winter' has become a cult favourite. Utilising the flexibility of jazz but with something almost approaching the directness of hip hop, the group's instrumental prowess is matched to an astute song writing ability. 

New EP 'The Infamous Bill' drops on October 6th via Late Night Tales side label Night Time Stories, a wide ranging exposition of this Texan trio. Recalling the easy-going funk of The Meters but with a very modern attitude, Clash is able to premiere the title cut and it's a winner."

- Clash Track of the Day, 2nd September 2014
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/track-of-the-day-29-khruangbin

http://khruangbin.com | @khruangbin‎ | http://twitter.com/khruangbin

Follow Late Night Tales:

Web: http://latenighttales.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LateNightTales
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/latenighttales
YouTube: http://youtube.com/latenighttalestv
Instagram: http://instagram.com/latenighttalesofficial
Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/late-night-tales/1233898093
Bandcamp: https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/

Buy 10" Vinyl + DL

Khruangbin - The Infamous Bill

play it cool

“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

Follow Late Night Tales:

Web: http://latenighttales.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LateNightTales
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/latenighttales
YouTube: http://youtube.com/latenighttalestv
Instagram: http://instagram.com/latenighttalesofficial
Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/late-night-tales/1233898093
Bandcamp: https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/

Buy On Bandcamp

Khruangbin - White Gloves

A Number - (Khruangbin - The Number 4 BeatMiks)

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

LNT shop:  http://po.st/kbLNT 
Bandcamp: http://po.st/kbcamp 
iTunes: http://po.st/kbitunes 

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.”

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

Follow Late Night Tales:

Web: http://latenighttales.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LateNightTales
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/latenighttales
YouTube: http://youtube.com/latenighttalestv
Instagram: http://instagram.com/latenighttalesofficial
Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/late-night-tales/1233898093
Bandcamp: https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/

Khruangbin - Two Fish and an Elephant

Khruangbin - The Number 3 - Dupont Underground Sessions

I'm The Moon

I spend too much time in calculation
I'm living all the time inside my head
My body and my mind are in separation
How do I get them back together again?

Somehow I lost the connection
Am I just a floating brain?
Is my blood still in circulation?
Is my blood still moving through my veins?
I spend too much time in calculation
I'm living all the time with these voices in my head
My body and my mind are in separation
How do I get them back together again?

Then something strange begins to happen
The ground is moving, blood orange in the sky
The mouth of the earth begins to open
"You know what you must do to survive"

You must move, love, dance more.

amoamomusic.com
@amoamomusic

Antidote

Trans-Atlantic Psych Classics, Vol.2

Mama Lion (feat. Shawn Lee & Adrian Quesada)

Khruangbin - Mr White from the album 'The Universe Smiles Upon You'

Khruangbin - Mr White

Late Night Tales: artist-curated compilations. Night Time Stories: original artist releases.

Late Night Tales invites the world’s best artists to delve deep into their music collections to create the ultimate “late night” selection. The series includes expertly curated mixes by Bonobo, Jon Hopkins, Nightmares on Wax, Nils Frahm, David Holmes, Groove Armada, Belle & Sebastian, Friendly Fires, The Flaming Lips, Metronomy, The Cinematic Orchestra, Four Tet, and Jamiroquai.

The Night Time Stories imprint releases original artist recordings including Khruangbin, Chaouche, and Rae & Christian.

Khruangbin - The Recital That Never Happened

Late Night Tales

Recent comments

Julz ace

Educut

mc Jurets

William Barber

Related tracks