

∙ The underground buzz for their indie-funk single “Maria También” helped 2018’s Con Todo El Mundo earn Album of the Year at BBC Radio 1’s Worldwide Awards. ∙ In 2017, they reworked the Iranian pop song “Ma Be Ham Nemiresim” into a trippy instrumental for the multiartist charity album Philia: Artists Rise Against Islamophobia. ∙ Their hypnotic single “White Gloves” was a public-radio favorite in 2015, bringing national attention to their debut album, The Universe Smiles Upon You.

∙ After touring with UK DJ Bonobo, the band made their recorded debut with the instrumental soul track “A Calf Born in Winter” on his 2013 mix album, Late Night Tales.

Psychedelic-soul/rock trio Khruangbin initially bonded over Afghan music, Middle Eastern art history, and Thai funk-which led to their Thai-inspired name (translation: “airplane”).
