Monitor - MonitorAn errant project of suburban Los Angeles art collective World Imitation Productions, Monitor was the sonic outlet of four young artists grappling with their terror and amazement in the convergence of the late 1970s punk scene and consumerist decadence. Few groups so deftly encapsulate the existential dread and delight particular to Southern California's antiquated culture of artifice.

Sometime in 2000 or 2001

A cesspit of high costsåÊand low value

and housed in an annotated gatefold sleeve

but one that nobody could see outside the shack of a house in which they recorded or at their occasional sparsely populated live performances

and because my reality is implied

dingy Avenue B studios

the sparks really fly

Chris said: ‰ÛÏWriting ‰Û÷Man of the World‰۪ was my way of processing 2016

we haven't ever heard this side of Laraaji before

The seeds of Khruangbin were sown when Mark and Laura were invited to tour with Ninja Tune's YPPAH supporting Bonobo across his 2010 American tour

Doom is undoubtedly one of the most versatile and distinctive mc's in hip hop today

On the album itself