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Balthazar Aguirre, guitarist and vocalist of the Colombian psych-funk trio Balthvs (pronounced ball-thus), doesn’t seem to mind your comparisons to Khruangbin. In fact, he welcomes them.
“We’re getting more globalized, and I see it as a positive thing. … I think we’re more interconnected as a species, on our little rock in the middle of space,” he says. “Khruangbin got interviewed … on PBS, and they were asking, ‘Why do you think this music is getting popular?’ And it’s like, ‘Well, our music has an international language. People from Turkey go see our shows, and we don’t speak their language, but the music speaks for itself.’ I think we also fit into that whole phenomenon that’s happening right now.”
Since Aguirre founded Balthvs with Johanna Mercuriana (bass/vocals) and Santiago Lizcano (drums) in 2020, the band has toured the world and recorded four electrifying studio albums in the most unconventional places.
“Harvest was in the tropics, so Harvest ended up being the most tropical of our albums,” Aguirre says. “We had Afrobeat there. We had reggaeton beats there, dembow beats. It really felt like you were literally soaking in sweat in the middle of the tropics by mango trees.”
Mostly instrumental, Balthvs colors its music in warm, languid riffs and textured basslines—the kind of playing that’s born out of the rhythmic corners of Colombia.
“It’s also very danceable because in Colombia, you are not allowed to make music that [doesn’t] get people dancing. That’s part of the culture,” Aguirre says.
Now, Balthvs will bring that global sound for the first time to Las Vegas, at Downtown’s Paradice Festival.
“We just love all of these bands,” he says. “Just like the Khruangbin genre is exploding, retro soul is also exploding. I’m very excited about that.”
PARADICE FESTIVAL September 27, 3 p.m., $63+. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, paradicefest.com.
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