Chromeo plays Sweetlife tomorrow. Check out the band’s duet with Solange “Lost on the Way Home.”

On Saturday night, Chromeo took to the stage at the 9:30 Club with a heavy dose of humor. One of the best parts of the electrofunk duo’s live appearances is that they embrace the schtick that has brought them recognition: blinding strobe flashes, hyper-sexuality and the playful lyrical back-and-forth between David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel that makes them endearing. They never bantered or took a break — this would have ruined the flow of a seamless onslaught of synthesized sound. The keyboards and Auto-Tune, paired with classic electric guitar and female backing vocals, made for a throwback kind of sound that borrows from a spectrum that includes Detroit motown, Prince’s “Minneapolis sound,” and French electropop.

When the tag line attached to a group bills them as “the only successful Arab/Jew partnership since the dawn of human culture,” you can’t help but have a slight chuckle and your curiosity piqued. For the better half of a decade, Montreal duo Chromeo, comprised of David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel, have used their keen wit as the icing on a pretty sweet musical cake.

When a restless audience opens a sold out show with chants of, “Oh Ee Oh, Chromeo,” you know you’re probably in for a treat. And at their first ever show in D.C., Chromeo killed it. Chromeo is Patrick Gemayel and David Macklovitch, boyhood friends who describe themselves as, “the only successful Arab/Jewish collaboration since the beginning of time.” In addition to their ethnic differences, the pair is also visually… distinct. Macklovitch, the lead singer,…