Chromeo NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Oct. 19, 2018, Josh Rogosin Selfproclaimed Funklordz Chromeo played with a live band for the first time at the Tiny Desk. The duo usually performs their live shows over backing tracks with shimmering chrome guitars and keyboards mounted on mannequin lady legs. David Macklovitch (Dave 1) and Patrick Gemayel (PThugg) met when they were 15 while growing up in Montreal and have been cranking out the electrofunk jams ever since. On being Canadian, PThugg announced in his robot voice it s very, very cold to which Dave 1 quipped, it s free At first glance, their Jewish and Arab partnership might seem unlikely. But their signature sounds are undeniably infectious, epitomized by PThugg s Talk Box an instrument that transforms his vocals into robotic sounds. With a nod to DC s own funky gogo music scene of the 70s, their band was outfitted in gogostyle matching uniforms custom embroidered with the words Funk Lordz. The breakdown at the end of the song Don t Sleep was a fitt