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Formed in 1994, The Gift was initially a side project of the Dead Souls, Nuno Gonçalves and Miguel Ribeiro’s band at the time.The evolution from one project to another was natural, as they felt the Dead Souls sound was limited by their instrumentation(guitar, drums and bass)and they wanted to experiment with new sounds and explore new musical paths.In September 1994, Sónia Tavares, Nuno and John Gonçalves, Miguel Ribeiro and Ricardo Braga enrolled in the Bar Ben MusicCompetition in Alcobaça and took second place in the competition, to everyone's great surprise, given the band’s short t ...read more
Formed in 1994, The Gift was initially a side project of the Dead Souls, Nuno Gonçalves and Miguel Ribeiro’s band at the time.The evolution from one project to another was natural, as they felt the Dead Souls sound was limited by their instrumentation(guitar, drums and bass)and they wanted to experiment with new sounds and explore new musical paths.In September 1994, Sónia Tavares, Nuno and John Gonçalves, Miguel Ribeiro and Ricardo Braga enrolled in the Bar Ben MusicCompetition in Alcobaça and took second place in the competition, to everyone's great surprise, given the band’s short time inexistence.The band performed its first show at the Alcobaça Monastery in July 1995. This was followed by the Belém Cultural Centre(Lisbon) in September 1996 and the Labirintho Bar (Porto) in November 1996.The Gift masterminded their first record, with the intention of using it as a demo for the media and labels. From this effort,“Digital Atmosphere” was born, a six track enhanced CD featuring interviews and videos, recorded at home but not available instores. In 1997 the band went on the road, playing at over 30 theatres (many of which sold out) and released video at the endof the tour at Belém Cultural Centre and the Alcobaça Cine-Teatro shows. « hide |
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