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Khu.éex’ translates to “potlatch” in the Tlingit language. Using Alaskan Tlingit music as inspiration, the band performs contemporary funk/jazz improvisations to lay a foundation for traditional vocals which are layered and interspersed with spoken word and storytelling.
Listen to Khu.éex’ on a variety of online platforms including Spotify, Bandcamp and more.
Khu.éex’ albums may also be found at these local Seattle record stores:
Light in the Attic Record Store
Silver Platters - SODO
Wall of Sound
Seattle Art Museum Store
Royal Records
Podcast
This five episode podcast is a deep listening journey into the story of Khu.éex’ as told by the band’s co-founder Preston Singletary and guitarist Captain Raab. Listen now.
Singles
"Bingo Palace" is Khu.éex's newest single from their upcoming album Red Cedar in the Hour of Chaos a genre-bending journey inspired by the legacy of co-founder Bernie Worrell and P-Funk. "Red Cedar in the Hour of Chaos" will be released September 5th, 2025. Visit our SHOP section for more information.
Listen to the second single, titled Love Birds, from the upcoming Red Cedar in the Hour of Chaos album. This is a tribute song to the Haida Raven & Eagle, the Lovebirds. Vocalists Sondra Segundo and Arias Hoyle sing in the Alaska Native Haida and Tlingit languages
Listen to the first single, titled We Pray, from the upcoming Red Cedar in the Hour of Chaos album.
Our second single from our album SIYÁADLAN!
Musically, Siyáadlan is a guitar-centered album highlighting new vocalists Sondra Segundo and Air Jazz alongside founding member Gene Tagaban. Music on this new album interweaves influences of Malian desert blues, Thom Bell arrangements, and cinematic imagery of David Lynch and Michael Mann with Haida and Tlingit hand drum songs.
Our new single BREATHE IN from our upcoming album SIYÁADLAN!
Musically, Siyáadlan is a guitar-centered album highlighting new vocalists Sondra Segundo and Air Jazz alongside founding member Gene Tagaban. Music on this new album interweaves influences of Malian desert blues, Thom Bell arrangements, and cinematic imagery of David Lynch and Michael Mann with Haida and Tlingit hand drum songs.
Translating from "together" in the Tlingit language, "wooch" also echoes the "WOO" philosophy of Khu.éex' co-founder Bernie Worrell in which he wished to use music to bring people together through sound. Focusing on the concept of the Alaska Native communities' shared experiences, the album explores the connection between historical and contemporary issues and intergenerational strength in the face of trauma.
The recording of Khu.éex’s third album, entitled Héen (water in the Tlingit language), coincided with critical events and issues affecting Indian Country (and the earth as a whole) including the construction of Dakota Access Pipeline and the endangerment of clean water in our communities. These events were on the group’s mind during these sessions, which resulted in water being a conceptual connecting thread throughout the material.
This song is a funk/jazz interpretation with Native American elements of a sunrise tribute. From the Khu.éex' album, They Forgot They Survived.
This song is based on spoken word Beat Poetry by Gene Tagaban. In the spirit of Parliament-Funkadelic. A Funk/Rock jam. Gene had been in a serious bike accident just days earlier. Yet he pulled it together for the band.