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For over a decade, Argentine duo Peces Raros has walked the line between rock concerts and raves. Their shows are hypnotically visceral, drums pounding with the precision of a club track, guitars cutting through strobe lights, voices echoing with almost prayerlike quality. On Sunday, November 2, the pair brings that controlled chaos to ZeyZey, joined by Colombian psych-funk trio BALTHVS, for a hallucinatory dancefloor takeover of the open-air stage.
“Rock for the dancefloor” is how they describe their sound, a quest that began, surprisingly, during someone else’s show. “It happened when we went to our first electronic party to see Richie Hawtin DJ,” the duo shared with Miami New Times. “As soon as we saw it, we knew we wanted to bring that energy into our music and mix it with our rock essence. That’s how this journey began, blending two genres and two worlds.”
That mix has become Peces Raros’ calling card. Formed in La Plata, the same Argentine university town that birthed experimental rock staples like Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Estelares, and Las Ligas Menores, the duo came up in a scene where playing weird was encouraged. Lucio Consolo and Marco Viera met while studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the National University of La Plata, and were part of a quartet before eventually honing in on the duo dynamic. “La Plata has a special quality. It’s a university town, and it has one of the biggest art universities in Argentina,” Consolo explains. “A lot of people from different provinces move there to study music, so there’s this strong mix of folklore and influences from all over the country that come together there. The city also has a big cultural circuit and an audience that really appreciates alternative and experimental sounds.”
That blend of structure and openness to experimentation defines everything Peces Raros does. Their albums, from Parte de un Mal Sueño (2014) through to Artificial (2023), map an evolution from post-rock dreamscapes to high-definition electronic precision. Live, they’re even sharper. “It might seem improvised at times,” Viera says, “but everything is extremely structured and practiced. To make live instruments sound like electronic music, you need to rehearse a lot. Every arrangement has to be tight and intentional.”
The result is an experience that feels spontaneous, but runs on mathematical discipline. When they take the stage, Peces Raros perform like human synthesizers: Consolo on vocals, guitar, and synths, Viera locked into a rhythm that fuses punk drive with techno repetition. They rehearse for hours every week, chasing the perfect balance of expert craftsmanship and creative flexibility.
Still, for all their technical precision, the duo’s music carries emotional weight. Songs like “No Van A Parar” and “Óxido” combine electronic pulse with introspective lyrics, anthems for late nights where euphoria and melancholy blur together. “Sometimes the songs start from a beat or a chord progression, other times from a phrase that just feels right,” Consolo says. “Each track has its own process. That’s why you can go from a guitar-based song to something that starts with a drum machine. We experiment and see where the sound takes us.”
Peces Raros’ trajectory mirrors a larger movement in Latin American music, where boundaries between genres (and countries) are dissolving. The duo is part of a wave that treats electronic production not as a borrowed European language but as a native dialect. “Latin culture is special in the emotion people bring to the dance floor,” Consolo adds. “The way we live with music, not just electronic, but all kinds, is very passionate and intense. It always surprises visiting artists from Europe. They leave with the impression that something magical happened because the crowd’s energy is so strong.”
That passion is universal with their audiences across borders. Touring through Mexico, Colombia, and now the U.S. has made the band rethink how they present their catalog. “When we play somewhere for the first time, like the U.S., we want to show the whole story, a bit of every album, to give people a full picture of the project,” the duo explains. Miami’s date will be their first local appearance, and they’re planning something stripped-down yet immersive.
“For this U.S. tour, we’re performing in our live duo format, not the full band,” Viera says. “It’s just the two of us with four synthesizers, two drum machines, guitar, and vocals. The sound is definitely more electronic, but since it’s happening during the earlier hours of the night, it’ll feel more like a concert than a rave. We try to find a balance; it’s a show, but with the energy and sound of electronic music. Some songs are even reimagined or remixed versions of our originals.”
It’s a setup that suits ZeyZey, Miami’s playground for innovative and on-the-rise Latin acts. The venue has quickly carved a niche for itself as a crossroads for artists exploring the edges of Latin alternative music. Peces Raros’ arrival feels like the next logical step: a live show that treats the dance floor as a laboratory more than a showcase.
The duo’s relationship, now more than a decade deep, plays an important role in their process and success. “Honestly, it hasn’t been hard at all,” Viera says of working as a two-person unit. “It’s actually the easiest way for us to work. We have a great workflow and a lot of mutual respect and love. When we started, we were four members, but about seven years ago it became just the two of us, and everything has flowed better since then.”
That flow is exactly what they chase onstage: the moment where tension dissolves into rhythm, and the crowd moves as one. As Miami’s thankfully now-cooling weather envelops ZeyZey’s courtyard and the lights start to pulse, Peces Raros will be building a feedback loop of sound, sweat, and release. A communion linking the energy of their native city, to the universality of the music they carry everywhere they go.
Peces Raros and BALTHVS. Doors 6 p.m. Sunday, November 2, at ZeyZey Miami, 353 NE 61st St., Miami; zeyzeymiami.com. Tickets via Shotgun.
