Sango, Savon
Seattle-based DJ and producer Sango pulls from Brazilian funk, hip-hop, rap, and R&B to create sounds that get worked into your brain. His New Orleans bounce remix of Frank Ocean’s “Nights” keeps the melancholic mood of the original, but adds a beat you can throw your ass around to. It’s a masterwork. His “Thank You Weezy” track flips Lil Wayne’s “Cannon,” giving it a throbbing bassline and some soulful, pitched-up vocals. It has definitely saved my life at least a couple of times. Recently, Sango dropped a second album with R&B singer Xavier Omär, Moments Spent Loving You, and co-produced Grand Rapids rapper Waldo’s Grove. (Thurs Feb 13, 9 pm, 45 East, $17.50) JASMYNE KEIMIG
An American Quartet
Expand your idea of what the opera can be with this lineup of operatic one-acts, the plots of which sound like what you might encounter during an evening of flipping TV channels: A phone won’t stop ringing in The Telephone; intense feelings are shared over a game of cards in A Hand of Bridge; a spoof of a TV soap opera, complete with fake commercials, plays out in Gallantry; and a Julia Child recipe for the perfect chocolate cake is performed in Bon Appetit! (Thurs Feb 13, Thurs Feb 20, & Sat Feb 22, 7:30 pm, The Hampton Opera Center, sold out) BLAIR STENVICK