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"Electro-funk two-piece Dat'r led four or five dozen sandaled and bare feet into literally dancing up a dust cloud while a fog machine covered the band in the back yard. Occasional old-school instruments like live cymbals kept the performance raw, as did Paul Alcott's ability to vocally match an extremely high-pitched, electronically generated squeal, breaking away from his gadgets to shake a leg with a mic whenever possible." -- WILLAMETTE WEEK "See some of Portland's most marketable exports ... [including] openers Dat'r, whose music is appealingly infectious and air-headed, like a high-kick contest fueled by Sparks." -- PORTLAND MERCURY Dat'r has set the school on fire! Who needs school when you can have Dat'r! Who needs religion when you can have science! Who needs boredom when you can have fun! Dat'r takes all the ones and zeroes floating in the air from wireless phones and satellite transmissions and puts all that data into its machines, mixing it with dirty samples of copy machines! And funnnnnnnky snare beats! They'll teach you all you need to know about how the world works! Dat'r! Featuring Binary Dolls members Matt Dabrowiak and Paul Alcott, Dat'r operates like an assembly line for funk. Data goes in, the skronk gets turned up, the "fucking around" gets turned down, and a steady stream of dance music vibrates the air all the way to your eardrums. The band has rave-y, circular rhythms, as if Talking Heads, !!!, and Midnite Vultures-era Beck all met in a meth lab and threw a party. Dat'r is a two-person band with a laptop, keyboards, electric guitar, and live percussion. If you are the immovable object, they are the irresistible force ... and they will win.