“The Airplane” introduces the band known as Khruangbin.

It was a sunny and lazy afternoon in London, and my ex-neighbour Nadia was playing loud some incredible funk-infused stuff. My attention was immediately caught by these deep and hypnotic basslines thumping gently against my wall. Long story short, at some point I went next door, rang the bell to ask what was she was playing and I was then introduced to Nadia’s flatmate Laura Lee, alongside fellow Mark Speer, e D.J., PKA Khruangbin, from Houston, Texas, via LDN.

Their name (literally “engine fly“, in Thailandese), paying homage to their Thai psych-rock inspiration, is now recognized worldwide as synonymous with funk-infused rock’n’roll, world music and their flavour of the month, as magnific and dreamy as deep and loud. We have an incredible copy of the very first auto-produced 7” vinyl, which comes straight from the band’s own stash. Awesome conditions, for an incredibly rare 45rpm. A light hair-mark on side A doesn’t affect play in any way.

For the connoisseur and the deep-funk digger.