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Khruangbin and Alok Featured in "The Art of Sound" Series Exploring Sound's Impact on the Body

The documentary series "The Art of Sound" returns with its second episode, featuring Khruangbin and Alok. The series investigates sound as a fundamental force shaping human biology, emotion, and and culture.

Variety Music·Jun 18, 2026·via Variety Music

Khruangbin and Alok Featured in "The Art of Sound" Series Exploring Sound's Impact on the Body

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Jun 18, 2026 7:00am PT

Khruangbin and Alok Star in ‘The Art of Sound,’ a Video Series on the Body’s Reactions to Sound

By Jem Aswad

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“The Art of Sound,” the documentary series co-produced by L-Acoustics and Black Meteor, returns with its second episode — arriving in two parts and built on the series’ premise: that sound is not decoration, but a fundamental force shaping human biology, emotion, and culture.

Part I, featuring Houston trio Khruangbin , explores the physiological response to sound through live heart-rate monitoring research. Part II shifts to Brazilian DJ, producer, and philanthropist Alok, examining how sound functions as a vehicle for collective experience and cultural identity at scale. Together, the two installments trace sound’s reach from a single body to an entire crowd, starting with what happens, physiologically, when Khruangbin steps into a room.