On Thursday night, The Twelves, Grum and Fixed residents JDH & Dave P played to a sold-out crowd at Santos Party House for their weekly party, Canal Rubber. JDH & Dave P had the crowd in a fervor early on, ready for Grum’s synth-pop set. As The Twelves prepared to take over, Grum played one of his best-known remixes, “To Kingdom Come” by Passion Pit, The Twelves ad-libbed a few chords on one of two keyboards, which they ran through Abelton.
The Twelves (João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira) set the energy level on high and held it there throughout their set. The Brazilian duo dropped hit after hit, mashing and remixing on the fly. Highlights included “Eleanor Rigby” (The Beatles), “Hearts on Fire” (Cut Copy), “Thriller” (Michael Jackson), “Sexy Boy” (Air) and “House of Jealous Lovers” (The Rapture). They used the keyboards mainly as mixers/controllers throughout the set, but incorporated the keys during their own remixes of “Reckoner” (Radiohead), “Boyz” (M.I.A.), “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You” (The Black Kids), and “In for the Kill” (La Roux).
