Khruangbin – A LA SALA (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 39:36 minutes | 431 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans
Khruangbin’s fourth studio album, A La Sala (“To the Room” in Spanish), is an exercise in returning in order to go further, and doing so on your own terms. It continues the mystery and sanctity that is the key to how bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson, Jr. and guitarist Mark “Marko” Speer approach music. If 2020’s Mordechai, the last studio LP Khruangbin made without collaborators, was a party record that enhanced the band’s musical reputation far and wide, then A La Sala is the measured morning after. It’s a gorgeously airy record completed only in the company of the group’s longtime engineer Steve Christensen, with minimal overdubs. It’s a window onto the bounties powering Khruangbin’s vision, a reimagining and refueling for the long haul ahead. A La Sala scales Khruangbin down to scale up, a creative strategy with the future in mind.
Read moreKhruangbin – Live at Stubb’s (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:12 minutes | 736 MB | Genre: Dub, Funk, Psychedelic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans – Night Time Stories
It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s first-ever official live releases would be albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love and admire, friends who’ve become family along the way. Khruangbin’s series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Most of all, this series ignites both sides of the band’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances.
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Khruangbin – Live at Sydney Opera House (Live at Sydney Opera House) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:50 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans
Khruangbin’s series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Across five releases, this series ignites both sides of Khruangbin’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances. Closing out this collection, Live at Sydney Opera House is a double LP of front-to-back Khruangbin. Here, career-spanning songs like “A Calf Born in Winter”, “Maria También”, “So We Won’t Forget”, “Shida” and “Friday Morning” arrive in their full interplanetary glory, recorded at one of the most celebrated venues on earth, the Sydney Opera House.
Read moreKhruangbin – Live at The Fillmore Miami (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:14 minutes | 766 MB | Genre: Indie Pop, Psychedelic Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans – Night Time Stories
It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s first-ever official live releases would be albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love and admire, friends who’ve become family along the way. Khruangbin’s series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Most of all, this series ignites both sides of the band’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances.
Read moreKhruangbin & Men I Trust – Live at RBC Echo Beach (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:15 minutes | 691 MB | Genre: Indie Pop, Female Vocal, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans
It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s first-ever official live releases would be albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love and admire, friends who’ve become family along the way. Khruangbin’s ‘Live At’ series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Most of all, Khruangbin’s ‘Live at’ series ignites both sides of the band’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances.
Live at RCB Echo Beach features performances by Men I Trust and Khruangbin.
Read moreKhruangbin & Nubya Garcia – Live at Radio City Music Hall (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:51 minutes | 621 MB | Genre: Psychedelic, Dub, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans
It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s first-ever official live releases would be albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love and admire, friends who’ve become family along the way. Khruangbin’s series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf’s a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Most of all, this series ignites both sides of the band’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances. ‘Live at Radio City Music Hall’ features performances by Nubya Garcia and Khruangbin.
Read moreKhruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Sun (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 20:57 minutes | 419 MB | Genre: Psychedelic, Soul, Country Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans
Defying easy definitions, Houston’s Khruangbin (Thai for “airplane,” or more literally, “engine fly”) soar through influences as diverse as Thai pop, Morricone westerns, dub reggae and surf guitar with a constant undercurrent of 70s American soul. The result is an original hybrid awash in cutting edge psychedelia and atmospheric in the extreme—otherworldly instrumental “world” music expertly alloyed by the considerable talents of Laura Lee (bass), Mark Speer (guitar) and Donald “DJ” Johnson (drums). Their artistry lies in being an incredibly tight band making music that sounds loose and jammy.
Read moreKhruangbin – Mordechai Remixes (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:25 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Funk, Psychedelic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans
Khruangbin are no slouches when it comes to the remix. They’ve been reworked before, in 2016, with the highly collectible EP on Boogiefuturo. But this time, they’re taking it a step further with an album dedicated to the art. Entering the tight-knit world of a Khruangbin song can be a little daunting. They have created this entire universe in which the trio seem to function telepathically in the way the music is composed, arranged and played. To mess with their delicate eco-system can invoke feelings similar to that of an unwanted guest crashing a good-time party. “We write our music to be interpreted; this is another wonderful interpretation of the music,” reassure Khruangbin. “There is something very vulnerable about letting others work on your music. But through the correspondence with the different artists, we gained a bigger connection to the songs themselves.”
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