Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You iiFormat : LP Label : Dead Oceans Catalog # : DOC383lp Genre : Funk Soul Khruangbin did not know if they were actually making an album. All they knew in the first frigid days of 2025, as they shivered in the Central Texas barn where theyve recorded almost all of their music, was that the 10th anniversary of their debut, The Universe Smiles Upon You, was steadily approaching. Months earlier, theyd bandied about ways to mark the occasion, debating

fizzing textures and slick use of chopped and disorienting vocal sample bits

their love of Thai pop and heavy dub and American soul and Ethiopian haze perfectly crystallized in a string of splendid records and live shows that have hypnotized massive theaters and festival crowds alike

Whatever happens

when they take over Walthamstow Trades Hall for an inter-genre

producer and DJ

Some key philosophical teachings of Marcus Aurelius (the role of causality

the new EP Reinos Elementales distances itself from trends and classifications

As the infinitesimally small and the infinitesimally large come to coincide in the creative moment

one can refine his own self

Celestial Echo Records proudly presents the first official reissue of Phylliss

combining loose sonic materials similar to Eno’s Ambient 4 collage techniques

A mellow electronica producer meets multi-instrumentalist and old time guitar hero