artist: lotus mecanicaalbum: the live sessions and jack d
release date: 29.03.2009
In the last years in Portugal there has been recurring manifestations of the rockabilly movement, most of them centered on Coimbra. Bands, such as The Legendary Tiger Man, Wraygunn, and later, Nicotine Caffe Orchestra have come to the forefront of the underground Portuguese scene and extrapolating (at least the first two bands mentioned) to the mainstream. Choosing to publish a rockabilly band with a creative commons license is part of the xs premises of breaking all barriers in avoiding the choice to publish specific types of music, such as, electronic projects. Having said this, we present you Lotus Mecanica, a band that we believe has what it takes to be a rockabilly band. This is a live recording act, in which we can listen to Lotus Mecanica style, a kind of rockabilly blues dirty punk. Also to note, is the fact that we are discussing the idea of distributing a limited edition in digipack or cdr of this ep, so if you’re interested, just let us know.
artist: grupo porco de grindcore interpretativoalbum: the rala o pinto massacre
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Grupo Porco de Grindcore Interpretativo is a brazilian experimental lambada metal band that incorporates elements of grindcore in their sound and punk rock in their aesthetics. The band is currently signed to Azucrina Records of Brazil.
When asked about the origin of their name, Porquinho stated in an interview that he was a big fan of the arts, dance and some cultural raping stuff, so he think - Fuck it - This is my band i'll call it that way.
The band was infamous for seeming to hate the experimental-lambada-metal-band-that-incorporates-elements-of-grindcore-scene back in the early 1990s however the band now seems to disassociate with such hatred. It has been ascertained that the origin of such "hate" was the fact that singer Leo Pyrata had been subjected to telephonic pranks by members of fellow brazilian metallers Falamansa, which he interpreted as "attacks" from members of the experimental-lambada-metal-band-that-incorporates-elements-of-grindcore-scene. They also stopped wearing corpse paint in the mid 1990s due to it being "too trendy".
In 2003, guitarist Porquinho died falling - or jumping - off a bridge on the ice below. Although officially he's alive.
artist: beautiful venomalbum: prologue
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Beautiful venom is one of those bands you can't fit in only one known musical genre. with clear influences of the rock and metal worlds, the concept of their music is based on creativity and originality. andres, manuel, willy, and mits mix their different musical preferences and influences in a big cauldron forged with teamwork, persistance and faith on their music and work, resulting on something different from everything you have heard before. their constantly working creative spirit makes every song different and unique. some people might not like that, but as long as ther is one fan on eart, they will keep on working to make it even better for that one person. for the band there are onlhy two types of people: those who like and those who don't like. It's a 50/50 thing. never giving up, not even when everything turns against them, their struggle, to keep on creating and improving led their way during the last 3 years. Evolving form a teenager punk rock band to somehting mature with the guts to turn you upside down, or simply leave you untouched - if you have already been brainwashed, that's it. don't get stung. this is lethal venom.
artist: renato folgadoalbum: late
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Renato folgado is a classicaly trained musician, from the deep lands of portugal. In this release late, he presents himself in a solo grunge project.
artist: tet open ensamble
album: zen trip
release date: 2008-03-16
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In this performance recorded in Braga, at CAB, we can listen to a trio free improvised Jam Session, somewhere between Dream Theatre, John Zorn, and something else. A tribal zen experience leaded by Tiago Morgado, Caldas (haven't denied) and Gilly (the crew), where you can listen to a very progressive sound.
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Is this music really free? Just download?.. Do i need to pay to play it in clubs?
Yes it's free. All tracks are released under a by-nc-nd creative commons license (unless otherwise specified), and are also all unsigned from any of those artist royalties ripoff associations. That means that it's free to download, distribute and broadcast without needing to pay anything to anyone, not even to the GEMA / RIAA / SPA / SGAE / TEOSTO / whatever. The only thing you can't do with it is claim ownership or release any derivatives commercially without the artists permission. All broadcasting and non profit distribution activity is perfectly legal and legislated.
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