For a change of pace from the guitar-heavy punk at the Warped Tour Tuesday, duck into the Skull Candy electronic tent and catch an extended set from Barcelona’s Pinker Tones.

Funk and disco propel the duo’s grooves, which borrows from a multitude of geographies and eras. They drop many American pop culture references as well.

Their second album, “Wild Animals,” came out earlier this month on Nacional Records. It features a highly danceable blend of soul, hip-hop, ska, bossa nova and psychedelia. Only one song is sung in Spanish, with other tunes in English, German and French. One of my favorites is the fun “S-E-X-Y-R-O-B-O-T.”

I caught up DJ and multi-instrumentalist Mister Furia (Salvador Rey) at home in Spain as he prepared for the marathon 46-city tour.

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RC: Do you consider yourselves DJs or a band?

MF: We are a band, playing instruments, that happens to have a DJ. So we have the dynamics of a DJ set but the energy of a rock show. We play a lot of live guitar and bass. I think it’s very normal now that we use electronic music. It’s a very open scene now. A few years ago it seemed like you had to be one thing or the other … like you had to be modern or goth or indie or emo. But people are getting used to being exposed to different types of music now. We’re getting back to people just liking good music, not styles of music.

RC: Can you share any of your more obscure influences?

MF: “We are extreme music consumers of all kinds. I can recommend a local band in Barcelona, though; Muchachito Bombo. They kind of reinvented the genre of Rumba, but in a very disco, Philadelphia way. They’re like Gogal Bordello going Rumba and expanding the brass section to eight people. I really admire those guys.

RC: Did you listen to a lot of American music growing up?

MF: Of course! Happily enough, my parents had quite a record collection. A lot of Folk music, LA classic rock, the Birds and Dylan and all of that. This led me to get more interested in bands like the Weavers later on.

RC: How did you get your education in American pop culture?

MF: We both went to universities to study human studies. American movies, especially classic movies, were always a big influence. Both of us are very involved in photography and I am also a screenwriter.

RC: Do older generations in your family enjoy or understand your music?

MF: Yes. Actually, we had an acoustic show few weeks ago and invited Professor’s grandmother She came to the concert and was clapping her hands like mad! Sitting next to her was her great grandchild who was five-years-old and he was clapping as well. So we had four generations at the same show.

RC: What clubs should people go to first if they visit Barcelona?

MF: I would recommend for a first drink in the Center a very tiny bar with nice music and people called Fantastico. For clubs, probably Razzmatazz. It has four venues in one: different rooms for electronica, indie pop and goth. It’s safe – you won’t have any problems.

RC: What is the most amazing venue you’ve played?

MF: The most spectacular was the Fuse club in Beijing. Not necessarily because of its size but because the whole venue was saturated with laser beams. It made Daft Punk look like amateurs. There were liquid crystal walls with light coming down like the Matrix. It was just incredible. I think they have so much money in China that they don’t know what to do with it. No club in Europe or America could afford this equipment. We got a great reaction from the Chinese. You travel so far and don’t know how they’re going to react and suddenly everybody knew all of the lyrics and everything was cool.

The Pinker Tones

Warped Tour, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Tuesday, Noon, $25.20

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