Los Amigos Invisibles reach new heights at the Loft on Sat. (Oct. 17)
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
For those of you that have been to a Los Amigos Invisibles concert, you will know that there is little room to chitchat. “It was sort of a running joke,” Jose Luis Pardo, the band’s lead guitarist tells me over the phone. “We play continuously, so that people wouldn’t talk in between songs. Now it became a trademark of the band.”
And as such, the six guys that make up this Venezuelan-born, New York-based Latin/dance band have mastered the ability to keep the crowd moving by varying the pace according to the energy and feedback in the room.
They can start by playing a set of up-tempo dance tracks, then transitioning to a more paced interlude of salsa songs, and end with a half-dozen of the signature funk numbers the band has come to be known for. Or they can do it the other way around.
The band’s style on stage certainly draws from the way their studio albums are produced and edited, and without necessarily characterizing either as the inspiration of the other this trademark aesthetic is something the band cherishes. “We like the fact that our records sound like a DJ set,” says Pardo. “Ever record tells a story from beginning to end.” (more…)








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