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Hands On Approach
12+ albums
PortugalrockPop-Rockpop rockMusica Portuguesa
about
In early 1996 the band's singer, Rui David, was playing acoustic guitar and singing on a beach in the Algarve (south of Portugal) when a Dj from a national radio station heard him. He enjoyed the songs and invited Rui to play them live on his late night program. After that, and for the next 3 years, the band did the usual circuit of live performances, music festivals and making demos.In 1999 Universal/PolyGram signed up the band. The band's debut album, called "Blown", was released in March, 1999 and sold just below platinum.The first single to be taken from the album was "My Wonder Moon", and it remained in first place of the Portuguese airplay charts for almost two months. After 5 years, this song is still on the top 20 airplay. The second single, "Silent Speech", which had a considerable airplay as well, is the opening track of the album. The band was 1999's revelation in the Portuguese music scene and toured intensively, playing 90 concerts in the first 8 months after the release of the album. A Brazilian edition of "Blown" was released, with an extra cd recorded live. November of 2000 saw the release of their second album, "Moving Spirits", which gathered substantial airplay (first single was "The Endless Road") and took the band to the road for another series of well recognized performances around the country. This time, another musician joined them, (well established composer/keyboard player, Hugo Novo).Both records were recorded and produced by Darren Allison, who has
