Over and Under

One big show, one smaller

Slow Magic is about as apropos of a name as any for the calmative, borderless beats this electronic producer pushes out. Who he is, or where he came from, is just as nebulous: Clad in a laptop- sized neon mask, the producer refuses to reveal his name, age or home town ( planet?). Close your eyes and his latest album, “Float,” achieves its titular sensation: You are a mote of dust, bopping along hair- raising bass waves and tingling synth lines. Occasionally, the album hardens into straight pop, as on “Mind ( feat. Kate Boy),” just one of a few tracks that should be holding down a spot on the radio in Slow Magic’s neck of the woods— wherever that is. Catch him at the Gothic Theatre on Nov. 17. Tickets are $ 18-$ 20 and available via axs. com.

As far back as Apples in Stereo in the early 1990s, Denver has been turning out crates upon crates of expansive psychedelic rock bands’ albums. Where some bands let that infinite overhead crush them, Flaural’s songs squirm to a neat logic, turning on a note like the nimblest prog rock song. “Mind Field,” for example, packs a week’s worth of mood swings into three minutes, sliding from a syncopated Frank Zappa- esque flourish to a cooly rhythmic final third. Flaural’s reputation as a studio wonk has built buzz for the band’s next release, which it will celebrate at its Nov. 22 show at the Larimer Lounge. Denver’s Bad Licks and Bluebook will open the show. Tickets are $ 10-$ 12 and available via ticketfly. com.