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{{Short description|Portuguese band}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dead Combo
| image = Dead Combo @ Festival M.U.N.D.O.jpg
| name = Dead Combo
| image = Dead Combo @ Festival M.U.N.D.O.jpg
| caption = Dead Combo live at Festival M.U.N.D.O. in [[Viana do Castelo, Portugal|Viana do Castelo]]
| caption = Dead Combo live at Festival M.U.N.D.O. in [[Viana do Castelo, Portugal|Viana do Castelo]]
| image_size = 300px
| image_size = 300px
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| alias =
| origin = [[Portugal]]
| origin = {{PORb}} [[Portugal]]
| genre = [[Instrumental]], [[world music]], [[blues]], [[rock music|rock]]
| years_active = 2003–2021
| genre = [[ambient music|Ambient]], [[soundtrack]], [[folk-rock]]
| years_active = 2002–present
| label = {{Flatlist|
* Dead & Company
| label =
* Rastilho Records
⚫
| associated_acts =
* [[Universal Music]]
| website =
* [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]]}}
| current_members = Tó Trips<br />Pedro V. Gonçalves
⚫
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
⚫
| past_members =
* [[Mark Lanegan]]
}}
| current_members =
⚫
| past_members =
*Tó Trips
*Pedro Gonçalves
| website = {{URL|www.deadcombo.net}}{{deadlink|date=January 2024}}
}}
}}


'''Dead Combo''' were a Portuguese band, consisting of Tó Trips and Pedro Gonçalves. Dead Combo played mostly instrumental music with a wide range of influences, such as Latin American music, [[Spaghetti Western]] film soundtracks,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Crespo|first=Charlie|date=2013-04-10|title=Everything Old is New Again: The Music of Dead Combo|url=https://littleutopiamag.com/2013/04/10/everything-old-is-new-again-the-music-of-dead-combo/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Little Utopia|language=en}}</ref> [[fado]],<ref name=":0" /> African music, blues, rock, and others.
'''Dead Combo''' is a Portuguese Folk musical band formed in 2002–3 following their contribution in a tribute album to the late [[Portuguese guitar]] player [[Carlos Paredes]]. The album was called ''Movimentos Perpétuos'' and Dead Combo played a song called "Paredes Ambience". The band was officially created soon after.


== History ==
Their debut album ''Vol. I'' was released in 2004. Their music mixes fado with [[spaghetti western]]-inspired music (especially the compositions of [[Ennio Morricone]]), jazz, alternative and world music. Both their albums (the second being ''Vol. II - Quando a alma não é pequena'', were released in early 2006 through their own newly founded publishing company Dead & Company in partnership with [[Universal Records]] Portugal). These albums are very "visual", having strong musical allusions to the underground and inspiring Lisbon of past times, the aesthetic worlds of design, art, and most of all cinema.
Dead Combo were formed in 2003 after Tó Trips and Pedro Gonçalves got an invitation from Henrique Amaro, from the Portuguese radio station [[Antena 3 (Portugal)|Antena 3]], to record the track “Paredes Ambience” for an homage album to the late [[Portuguese guitar]] player [[Carlos Paredes]], called ''Movimentos Perpétuos: Música para Carlos Paredes''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Dead Combo|url=https://deadcombo.net/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Dead Combo|language=en-US}}</ref>


Their debut album, ''Vol. I'', was released in 2004. It was followed by ''Vol. II – Quando a Alma não é Pequena'' in 2006. Both albums were released through their own newly-founded publishing company Dead & Company, in partnership with [[Universal Records]] Portugal. These albums are very "visual", having strong musical allusions to the underground scene of Lisbon of past times, the aesthetic worlds of design, art, and most of all cinema.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Two of their videos highly illustrate this visual music style: ''Vol. I''<nowiki/>'s single "Cacto" and ''Vol. II''{{'s}} "Quando a alma não é pequena #1". ''Vol. I'' was included in [[Charlie Gillett]]'s list of best world albums in 2005.<ref name=":1" /> He also included a track from ''Vol. I'', "Rumbero", in his 2005 compilation album ''Sound of the World''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Various - Sound Of The World (33 Artists From 28 Countries)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Sound-Of-The-World-33-Artists-From-28-Countries/release/7111118|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref>
Two of their videos highly illustrate this visual music style: Vol. I's single "Cacto" and Vol. II's "Quando a alma não é pequena #1".


Afterwards, they released the album ''Guitars From Nothing'' in 2007 and ''Lusitânia Playboys'' in 2008. ''Lusitânia Playboys'' was considered "album of the decade" by the Portuguese newspaper ''[[Expresso (newspaper)|Expresso]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Antena1|first=RTP, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal-|title=Dead Combo em Loulé - Concertos|url=https://www.rtp.pt/antena1/os-dias-da-radio/dead-combo-em-loul_10262|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Antena1 - RTP|language=pt}}</ref> Their fifth album, ''Lisboa Mulata'', was released in 2011, and included the participation of American guitarist [[Marc Ribot]]. It was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Album's Group in the [[Golden Globes (Portugal)|Portuguese Golden Globes]].<ref name=":1" />
Their latest album was published in partnership with Universal Portugal due to Dead Combo's long-time ambition of making their music known abroad. At the time they'd already been interviewed by the website Indie Eye and [[Charlie Gillett]] chose ''Vol. I'' as one of the best albums in 2004 and as his Album of the Month in December 2005. He also included a track from ''Vol. I'', "Rumbero", in his compilation ''Sound of The World - 2005''.


In April 2012, Dead Combo were featured in the Lisbon episode of [[Anthony Bourdain]]'s [[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations|''No Reservations'']]. Their music was the soundtrack for the whole episode. Subsequently, three of their albums reached the top ten on the North-American [[iTunes]] charts.<ref name=":1" /> Afterwards, they played in the premiere party for [[David Cronenberg]]'s film [[Cosmopolis (film)|''Cosmopolis'']], at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cosmopolis|url=http://cosmopolisthefilm.com/en/news/portuguese-band-dead-combo-will-perform-in-cannes-on-cosmopolis-official-party|access-date=2020-12-22|website=cosmopolisthefilm.com}}</ref> In 2014, they released the album ''A Bunch of Meninos'', which reached number one in the Portuguese record chart.<ref>{{Cite web|title=portuguesecharts.com - Portuguese charts portal|url=https://portuguesecharts.com/search.asp?search=dead+combo&cat=a|access-date=2020-12-22|website=portuguesecharts.com}}</ref> In 2016, they released ''Dead Combo e as Cordas da Má Fama'', in which they re-recorded previous songs with a strings trio consisting of Pedro Tony Gomes, Bruno Silva and Denys Stetsenko.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BLITZ – A "má fama" dos Dead Combo deu um disco|url=https://blitz.pt/videos/2016-12-22-A-ma-fama-dos-Dead-Combo-deu-um-disco|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Jornal blitz|language=pt-PT}}</ref> In 2017, they embarked on a world tour, which included shows in Spain, [[Cape Verde]], the Cappadox Festival in Turkey, and a concert in [[New York City|New York]] at the Summer Stage Festival held at [[Central Park]], in which they invited Marc Ribot to play.<ref name=":1" /> In 2018, they released the album ''Odeon Hotel'', produced by [[Alain Johannes]] and featuring vocals by [[Mark Lanegan]]. Lanegan joined the band on stage, during their ''Odeon Hotel'' tour, in the concerts at the [[Paredes de Coura Festival|Paredes de Coura festival]], [[Coliseu dos Recreios|Coliseu do Recreios]] in [[Lisbon]] and Centro Cultural Vila Flor in [[Guimarães]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BLITZ – Dead Combo anunciam dois concertos com Mark Lanegan em Lisboa e Guimarães|url=https://blitz.pt/principal/update/2018-11-09-Dead-Combo-anunciam-dois-concertos-com-Mark-Lanegan-em-Lisboa-e-Guimaraes|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Jornal blitz|language=pt-PT}}</ref>
Pedro V. Gonçalves produced and played on [[Mazgani]]'s 2010 album, [[Song of Distance]]


On 1 October 2019, Dead Combo announced they would disband after their next tour. The tour, named "Fim" (''End''), was initially scheduled to run from December 2019 to March 2020, but some of the final shows were postponed because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal|COVID-19 pandemic]] and Pedro Gonçalves' health problems. The shows were rescheduled to the end of 2021<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-22|title=Visão {{!}} Despedida dos Dead Combo dos palcos adiada para o final de 2021|url=https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/cultura/2020-09-22-despedida-dos-dead-combo-dos-palcos-adiada-para-o-final-de-2021/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Visão|language=pt-PT}}</ref> but were cancelled on 2 November 2021 because of Gonçalves' health deterioration.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lusa|title=Dead Combo cancelam últimos concertos de despedida|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/11/02/culturaipsilon/noticia/dead-combo-cancelam-ultimos-concertos-despedida-1983359|access-date=2021-12-04|website=PÚBLICO|date=2 November 2021 |language=pt}}</ref> Gonçalves died of cancer on 4 December 2021, thus marking the end of Dead Combo.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PÚBLICO|title=Morreu Pedro Gonçalves, a metade discreta dos Dead Combo|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/12/04/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-pedro-goncalves-metade-discreta-dead-combo-1987472|access-date=2021-12-04|website=PÚBLICO|date=4 December 2021 |language=pt}}</ref>
== Discography ==


== Media appearances ==
⚫
===Studio albums===
#''[[Vol. I (Dead Combo album)|Vol. I]]'' (2004, Transformadores)
#''Vol. II'' - Quando a Alma não é Pequena (2006, Dead & Company/Distributed in Portugal by Universal Music Portugal)
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#''Guitars From Nothing'' (2007, Rastilho Records)
#''Lusitânia Playboys'' (2008, Dead & Company/Distributed in Portugal by Universal Music Portugal)
#''Lisboa Mulata'' (2011, Dead & Company / Distributed in Portugal by Universal Music Portugal)
⚫
#''A Bunch of Meninos'' (2014, Universal)


== DVD ==
=== Film ===
The songs "Rumbero" and "Lisboa Mulata" were included in the film, [[Focus (2015 film)|''Focus'']] (2015) by [[Glenn Ficarra]].
Dead Combo & Royal Orquestra das Caveiras ao vivo no São Luiz (Dead & Company)

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=== Television ===
⚫
The band was featured in the episode "Lisbon" of [[Anthony Bourdain]]'s television show ''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations|No Reservations]]'', which aired on 30 April 2012.

=== Video games ===
The song "Eléctrica Cadente" was included in the soundtrack of the video game ''[[Alan Wake]]''.


== Members ==
== Members ==
*Tó Trips - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*Tó Trips – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*Pedro V. Gonçalves - double bass, electric guitar, melodics, keyboards
*Pedro V. Gonçalves – double bass, electric guitar, melodicas, keyboards


==Finnish combo==
== Discography ==
⚫
===Studio albums===
There is another band known as Dead Combo (from Finland). The Portuguese Dead Combo invited them for a small gig in Lisbon, a one-off sort of "Dead Combo Clash". The concert was named "Dead Combo vs Dead Combo"


* ''Vol. I'' (2004)
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==US Television Appearances==
* ''Vol. II - Quando a Alma não é Pequena'' (2006)
⚫
The band appeared on the April 30, 2012 episode of the [[Anthony Bourdain]] television show [[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations|No Reservations]], entitled "Lisbon".
⚫
* ''Guitars from Nothing'' (2007)
* ''Lusitânia Playboys'' (2008)
* ''Lisboa Mulata'' (2011)
⚫
* ''A Bunch of Meninos'' (2014)
* ''Dead Combo e as Cordas da Má Fama'' (2016)
* ''Odeon Hotel'' (2018)


===Live albums===
==Video Game Appearances==

The song "Electrica Cadente" is part of [[Alan Wake]] Soundtrack.
* ''Live Hot Clube'' (2009)
* ''Live at Teatro São Luiz'' (2014)
* ''Live Vodafone Paredes de Coura'' (EP, 2019)

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Bandcamp|DeadCombo}}
*Official Website - [http://www.deadcombo.net Dead Combo Official Site]
*MySpace page - [http://www.myspace.com/deadcombo Dead Combo on MySpace]
*Official Blog - [http://deadcombo.blogspot.com Dead Combo Official Blog]


{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Portuguese musical groups]]
[[Category:Portuguese musical groups]]

Latest revision as of 22:35, 5 May 2024

Dead Combo
Dead Combo live at Festival M.U.N.D.O. in Viana do Castelo
Dead Combo live at Festival M.U.N.D.O. in Viana do Castelo
Background information
OriginPortugal
GenresInstrumental, world music, blues, rock
Years active2003–2021
Labels
Past members
  • Tó Trips
  • Pedro Gonçalves
Websitewww.deadcombo.net[dead link‍]

Dead Combo were a Portuguese band, consisting of Tó Trips and Pedro Gonçalves. Dead Combo played mostly instrumental music with a wide range of influences, such as Latin American music, Spaghetti Western film soundtracks,[1] fado,[1] African music, blues, rock, and others.

History

[edit]

Dead Combo were formed in 2003 after Tó Trips and Pedro Gonçalves got an invitation from Henrique Amaro, from the Portuguese radio station Antena 3, to record the track “Paredes Ambience” for an homage album to the late Portuguese guitar player Carlos Paredes, called Movimentos Perpétuos: Música para Carlos Paredes.[2]

Their debut album, Vol. I, was released in 2004. It was followed by Vol. II – Quando a Alma não é Pequena in 2006. Both albums were released through their own newly-founded publishing company Dead & Company, in partnership with Universal Records Portugal. These albums are very "visual", having strong musical allusions to the underground scene of Lisbon of past times, the aesthetic worlds of design, art, and most of all cinema.[citation needed] Two of their videos highly illustrate this visual music style: Vol. I's single "Cacto" and Vol. II's "Quando a alma não é pequena #1". Vol. I was included in Charlie Gillett's list of best world albums in 2005.[2] He also included a track from Vol. I, "Rumbero", in his 2005 compilation album Sound of the World.[3]

Afterwards, they released the album Guitars From Nothing in 2007 and Lusitânia Playboys in 2008. Lusitânia Playboys was considered "album of the decade" by the Portuguese newspaper Expresso.[4] Their fifth album, Lisboa Mulata, was released in 2011, and included the participation of American guitarist Marc Ribot. It was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Album's Group in the Portuguese Golden Globes.[2]

In April 2012, Dead Combo were featured in the Lisbon episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. Their music was the soundtrack for the whole episode. Subsequently, three of their albums reached the top ten on the North-American iTunes charts.[2] Afterwards, they played in the premiere party for David Cronenberg's film Cosmopolis, at the Cannes Film Festival, in 2012.[5] In 2014, they released the album A Bunch of Meninos, which reached number one in the Portuguese record chart.[6] In 2016, they released Dead Combo e as Cordas da Má Fama, in which they re-recorded previous songs with a strings trio consisting of Pedro Tony Gomes, Bruno Silva and Denys Stetsenko.[7] In 2017, they embarked on a world tour, which included shows in Spain, Cape Verde, the Cappadox Festival in Turkey, and a concert in New York at the Summer Stage Festival held at Central Park, in which they invited Marc Ribot to play.[2] In 2018, they released the album Odeon Hotel, produced by Alain Johannes and featuring vocals by Mark Lanegan. Lanegan joined the band on stage, during their Odeon Hotel tour, in the concerts at the Paredes de Coura festival, Coliseu do Recreios in Lisbon and Centro Cultural Vila Flor in Guimarães.[8]

On 1 October 2019, Dead Combo announced they would disband after their next tour. The tour, named "Fim" (End), was initially scheduled to run from December 2019 to March 2020, but some of the final shows were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and Pedro Gonçalves' health problems. The shows were rescheduled to the end of 2021[9] but were cancelled on 2 November 2021 because of Gonçalves' health deterioration.[10] Gonçalves died of cancer on 4 December 2021, thus marking the end of Dead Combo.[11]

Media appearances

[edit]

Film

[edit]

The songs "Rumbero" and "Lisboa Mulata" were included in the film, Focus (2015) by Glenn Ficarra.

Television

[edit]

The band was featured in the episode "Lisbon" of Anthony Bourdain's television show No Reservations, which aired on 30 April 2012.

Video games

[edit]

The song "Eléctrica Cadente" was included in the soundtrack of the video game Alan Wake.

Members

[edit]
  • Tó Trips – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Pedro V. Gonçalves – double bass, electric guitar, melodicas, keyboards

Discography

[edit]

Studio albums

[edit]
  • Vol. I (2004)
  • Vol. II - Quando a Alma não é Pequena (2006)
  • Guitars from Nothing (2007)
  • Lusitânia Playboys (2008)
  • Lisboa Mulata (2011)
  • A Bunch of Meninos (2014)
  • Dead Combo e as Cordas da Má Fama (2016)
  • Odeon Hotel (2018)

Live albums

[edit]
  • Live Hot Clube (2009)
  • Live at Teatro São Luiz (2014)
  • Live Vodafone Paredes de Coura (EP, 2019)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Crespo, Charlie (2013-04-10). "Everything Old is New Again: The Music of Dead Combo". Little Utopia. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dead Combo". Dead Combo. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. ^ "Various - Sound Of The World (33 Artists From 28 Countries)". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  4. ^ Antena1, RTP, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal-. "Dead Combo em Loulé - Concertos". Antena1 - RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Cosmopolis". cosmopolisthefilm.com. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  6. ^ "portuguesecharts.com - Portuguese charts portal". portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  7. ^ "BLITZ – A "má fama" dos Dead Combo deu um disco". Jornal blitz (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  8. ^ "BLITZ – Dead Combo anunciam dois concertos com Mark Lanegan em Lisboa e Guimarães". Jornal blitz (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  9. ^ "Visão | Despedida dos Dead Combo dos palcos adiada para o final de 2021". Visão (in European Portuguese). 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  10. ^ Lusa (2 November 2021). "Dead Combo cancelam últimos concertos de despedida". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  11. ^ PÚBLICO (4 December 2021). "Morreu Pedro Gonçalves, a metade discreta dos Dead Combo". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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