KEXP DJ Diana Ratsamee on Thailand’s Makara

In Our Headphones

KEXP

Music, Music Commentary

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Host Evie Stokes talks with KEXP DJ Diana Ratsamee about her dad’s musical influence and a trip back home to Thailand. There she discovered Makara and their new song “Coco.”

Hosted by Evie Stokes. Produced by Lilly Ana Fowler.

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0:00.0	In Our Headphones is made possible in part by Thorntail Hard Agave.
0:04.3	Storefinder at drinkthorntail.com.
0:07.2	From Independent Music Station, K-E-X-P, you're listening to In Our Headphones,
0:11.3	a podcast about the songs that we just can't stop listening to.
0:14.5	This is Evie Stokes, and this week I'm talking with my friend Diana,
0:18.4	who's a DJ here on K-EXP.
0:20.3	Yes, I host Eastern Echoes.
0:22.9	And it's a show that highlights artists and musicians from Asia and the Asian diaspora.
0:28.8	Really excited to have you here with us today to share a song with us.
0:32.1	What you got?
0:32.7	Yes.
0:33.5	And this is a song that has been playing in my headphones.
0:37.4	I'm so stoked to share it with you all. This is a song called Coco by an artist named Makara. Makara is a
0:46.0	Bangkok-based artist. I actually had the pleasure of meeting them while I was on a trip through Thailand last year.
0:56.2	And they're kind of like a psychedelic folk funk pop outfit, the lead of that band, Makara.
1:07.1	He's just an incredible, not just musician, but community builder.
1:12.2	He's working on building an art house and music house in Chiang Mai.
1:17.0	And that really just drew me to his work.
1:21.0	He sent me some of his music.
1:22.2	And I was like, dude, you are rockin.
1:24.0	This is incredible.
1:26.3	This song that he just released called Koko is kind of like my
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