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...MUSIC | Savath & Savalas
Prefuse 73 and Delarosa & Asora perform their cerebral electronica as Savath & Savalas, which recently released a new album Apropa’t. Special guest Juana Molina, from Argentina, brings South American-flavored electronic tunes while DJ Nobody opens the night. Tickets $12 advance, $14 day of show (Ticketmaster). +18. 9 p.m. The Middle East Downstairs...
Prefuse’s melodies are barely articulated, coloring his beats in two or three translucent shades. Herren clearly has little melodic training. Accompanied by singer Eva Puyuelo and a small band on the new Savath & Savalas album, his abstract tendencies lead to constructive conflict. The original songs, recorded with live horns, keys and drums, are hollowed-out, taken apart and re-stitched until they’re nothing more than a series of textures floating dreamily. Herren’s additions—subtle crackles, blips and melodic tweaks—give potentially evocative recordings a strikingly dull sheen...
...Savath & Savalas
...songs on “Apropa’t” are distinctly more compelling than Herren’s beat-driven material. As Prefuse, he carves useless sculptures out of head-nod functionalism; as Savath & Savalas, his explorations turn “real” music into dense head music. Given the studio treatment, mournful songs like “Te Quiero Pero Por Otro Lado…” and “Um Girassol de Cor de Seu Cabelo” become confused and hazy, blurred beneath raindrops...