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Khruangbin Mordechai    DEAD OCEANS  NIGHT TIME STORIES Third album by the American trio from Houston, Texas EVERY NOW and then along comes a band that is a bit different, that doesn't take the novel approach, perhaps even breaks new ground. Enter Khruangbin.  They are a trio, consisting of guitarist and songwriter Mark Speer, bassist Laura Lee, who met Speer through friends and drummer Donald "DJ" Johnson who was subsequently recruited from the ashes of Yppah. They named themselves Khruangbin after, in the rush to get a name before their first gig, Lee suggested 'Khruangbin' - which literally translates as flying engine or aeroplane -  her favourite word in Thai,  a language she was studying at the time. Though in hindsight they have admitted they perhaps would have chosen an easier name to say now they are quite famous, the name signifies the international array of influences, not just playing psychedelia, surf rock, funk and dub but also the sounds of Afghanist