In light of Los Amigos Invisibles' obvious allegiance to shaking butts and getting audiences lathered up into a licentious Latin dance frenzy via adolescent-minded songs like "Disco Anal" and "Ponte en Quatro," the thought of highbrow David Byrne taking interest in them seems comical. But as anyone who has seen the group live can attest, Byrne wasn't off-base in recognizing Los Amigos as a genre-jumping musical powerhouse. Yeah, the bandmates are all about the fun (duh) — songwriter, guitarist, and mouthpiece José Luis Pardo says they don't even care whether people recognize their instrumental skills — but even back in 1998, when they were making their stateside debut while still in their teens, Los Amigos showed a chameleonic, improvisation-savvy ability to merge Latin, disco, and lounge with seamless results. Since then, they've tackled similar fusions of Latin with house, soul, and acid jazz — plus experimented with bridging the gap between spinning records and their original forte of all-live... More >>>