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From one song to the next few people let their eyes wander from the stage. Bobbing their heads softly, they watched Gonzalez spin from keyboard to pedal board. He played guitar solos and ducked down out of sight when the electronics took over; his laptop was out of sight but ever-present...
...looking around the green room, artifacts of Gonzalez’s multi-instrumental finesse suddenly uncovered themselves. A guitar sat on the bench next to the artist; an old Casio was propped up against the wall; the mixer case flashed an M83 sticker...
Within an hour, Gonzalez had taken to the stage. He had traded his old sweatshirt for a black button-up; a little more “rockstar.” He wore a guitar around his neck and let sweat pour into his eyes. When he played, he stared at the floor...
Three guys played beside and behind Gonzalez: one on the guitar, one on bass, and a drummer. They anticipated the music and kept up with the lead. They spoke French in between songs. I didn’t know their names and I didn’t care...
...songs on “Ben-Vinda” are all rooted in an acoustic, folksy mindset, with a heavy dose of Flamenco percussion and Spanish guitar thrown in the mix, topped off with touches of electronic bloops and bleeps, and washed over with waves of noise at appropriate times. This sounds like a promising formula, and for the most part, it is; “Bem-Vinda” is very effervescent, very fragile, constantly threatening to float off into the ether and not come back...