another new signature on heavenly sweetness, the leftfield duet baron retif & concepcion perez. they already released 3 eps on musique large label and did remixes for laurent garnier or jacaranda muse, and produced some beats for french rapper roce or coeff.
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.
the first single taken from eric hilton’s forthcoming album corazon kintsugi is the pink vinyl 7” amor astral featuring the vocals of long-term thievery corporation collaborator natalia clavier. the b-side is previously unreleased track niemeyer.
he is back. twenty years after boulevard, fifteen years after the multi-platinum album tourist (over 3 million copies sold worldwide) and a world tour spanning several continents, ludovic navarre, alias st germain, finally found his way back into the studio. an uncontested and respected figure in the world of electronic music for the past two decades, a pioneer of the * french touch* and a creator of intelligent and sensual deep house, st germain has always stood out. his consummate art thrives on a subtle mixture of machines and instruments, of authentic roots and modern influences.