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Dead Combo is a Portuguese band formed in 2002/2003, mostly due to their featuring in a tribute album to the late Carlos Paredes, often considered one of the most brilliant Portuguese Guitar players ever. The album was called "Movimentos Perpétuos" and Dead Combo participated by playing a song called "Paredes Ambience" in it. The band would oficially form soon after. |
Dead Combo is a Portuguese band formed in 2002/2003, mostly due to their featuring in a tribute album to the late Carlos Paredes, often considered one of the most brilliant Portuguese Guitar players ever. The album was called "Movimentos Perpétuos" and Dead Combo participated by playing a song called "Paredes Ambience" in it. The band would oficially form soon after. |
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Their debut album was out on 2004, entitled "Vol.I", and their music soon began to be the latest trademark of Portuguese indie/alternative sound, music, even culture. Their music mixes Portugal's very own Fado with "Western Spaghetti" Music, Jazz, General Alternative and World Music in a brilliant fusion of sounds solidly built together. Both their albums (the second being "Vol.II - Quando a alma não é pequena", released early 2006 through their own newly-founded publisher company "Dead & Company" in partnership with Universal Portugal) are very "visual", having strong musical references to the memoire of this kind of dark, cold and dirty, inspiring Lisbon that ceased to be, to the worlds of design, art, and, most of all, cinema. When listening, for instance, to Vol.I's "Um Homem Atravessa Lisboa Na Sua Querida Bicicleta" (A Man Rides His Dear Bicycle Through Lisbon) it's not hard to picture the man crossing the streets of this old Lisbon riding a bicycle. |
Their debut album was out on 2004, entitled "Vol.I", and their music soon began to be the latest trademark of Portuguese indie/alternative sound, music, even culture. Their music mixes Portugal's very own Fado with "Western Spaghetti" Music, Jazz, General Alternative and World Music in a brilliant fusion of sounds solidly built together. Both their albums (the second being "Vol.II - Quando a alma não é pequena", released early 2006 through their own newly-founded publisher company "Dead & Company" in partnership with Universal Portugal) are very "visual", having strong musical references to the memoire of this kind of dark, cold and dirty, inspiring Lisbon that ceased to be, to the worlds of design, art, and, most of all, cinema. When listening, for instance, to Vol.I's "Um Homem Atravessa Lisboa Na Sua Querida Bicicleta" (A Man Rides His Dear Bicycle Through Lisbon) it's not hard to picture the man crossing the streets of this old Lisbon riding a bicycle. |
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Revision as of 15:12, 21 September 2006
Template:Linkless Dead Combo is a Portuguese band formed in 2002/2003, mostly due to their featuring in a tribute album to the late Carlos Paredes, often considered one of the most brilliant Portuguese Guitar players ever. The album was called "Movimentos Perpétuos" and Dead Combo participated by playing a song called "Paredes Ambience" in it. The band would oficially form soon after. Their debut album was out on 2004, entitled "Vol.I", and their music soon began to be the latest trademark of Portuguese indie/alternative sound, music, even culture. Their music mixes Portugal's very own Fado with "Western Spaghetti" Music, Jazz, General Alternative and World Music in a brilliant fusion of sounds solidly built together. Both their albums (the second being "Vol.II - Quando a alma não é pequena", released early 2006 through their own newly-founded publisher company "Dead & Company" in partnership with Universal Portugal) are very "visual", having strong musical references to the memoire of this kind of dark, cold and dirty, inspiring Lisbon that ceased to be, to the worlds of design, art, and, most of all, cinema. When listening, for instance, to Vol.I's "Um Homem Atravessa Lisboa Na Sua Querida Bicicleta" (A Man Rides His Dear Bicycle Through Lisbon) it's not hard to picture the man crossing the streets of this old Lisbon riding a bicycle. Following this visual style of music, they made two oficial music video clips, one out of Vol.I's single "Cacto", the other, out of Vol.II's "Quando a alma não é pequena #1". Both these video clips can be seen whether on a music channel or on any video devoted website, such as YouTube. Worthy mentioning is the fact that their latest album was published in partnership with Universal Portugal due to Dead Combo's long ambition of making their music known beyond Portuguese borders, despite the fact they had already been interviewed in the website Indie Eye and that Charlie Gillett elected "Vol.1" as one of the best albums in 2004 and as album of the month in December 2005. He also included a track from "Vol.I" - "Rumbero", in his compilation "Sound of The World - 2005".
Members:
Tó Trips - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Pedro V. Gonçalves - Double Bass, Electric Guitar, Melodica, Keyboards
Albums:
"Vol.I" - 2004 - Transformadores
"Vol.II - Quando a alma não é pequena" - 2006 - Dead & Company/Universal Portugal
Official Website: Dead Combo Official Site
MySpace: Dead Combo on MySpace
Official Blog: Dead Combo Official Blog
Note: There is also another music formation known as Dead Combo, either New Yorkers or from The Netherlands, I'm not sure. The Portuguese Dead Combo invited them once for a small gig in Lisbon, this sort of "Dead Combo Clash".