“Amor” is a prime example - a bumping slice of SalSoul-era disco beefed up by Masters At Work-style production. When we do our club shows, I’ll spin before our set and we’ll add live instrumentation. So we try to get those sounds from our instruments, to go the other way. “It’s really easy to buy a groove box or an 808 to make us sound like techno.
“Electronic music tries to simulate human sounds,” says the guitarist. It wasn’t hard, but their hearts remain on the dance floor and in the clubs.ĪREPA 3000 is live instruments, start to finish. Then, insouciant single-entendre songs like “Sexy” and the doggy-style anthem “Ponerte En Cuatro” landed them on MTV and radio, and before long, the six young men found themselves pop idols.
In their hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, they’ve hosted underground club nights for years (the most recent called ‘Super Sancocho Variety’). Since their ground-breaking US debut the Amigos have lived a double life.
