Josh Dion and Geoff Kraly, the two-man psych-funk orchestra known as Paris Monster.

The technical explanation of NYC’s Paris Monster is thus: They are the darkly funky, elaborately weird, triumphantly transportive brainchild of Dion and Kraly. The pair are also the entirety of the band’s on-stage personnel, which has to be seen to be believed. Josh simultaneously sings unstoppably pure, mammoth-powered soul, while playing super phat drums and deftly precise keyboard bass grooves. Meanwhile, Geoff plugs a Fender bass guitar into a modular synth, creating limitless soundscapes, angular counter melodies and sonic imagery.