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Slimmy Unplugged
''Slimmy Unplugged'' is the debut live album by Portuguese singer-songwriter Slimmy. It was recorded on 19 and 20 June 2008 at Tertúlia Castelense. It was released and available through Optimus in a limited digital edition during the months of November and December 2008 at the Optimus Store, for a price of €2. Background By the end of 2008, Optimus presented a new format of concerts, starting in December, at the Optimus Store house of music that opened in Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ... at the time. These special performances for 100 guests only, had floor space designed especially for events related to music. Deliberately restricted, these concerts had the objective to ensure a more intimate and familiar, especially in thinking most devoted fans of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slimmy
Slimmy, born Paulo Fernandes, is a Portuguese singer/songwriter who combines various genres of rock, especially electro rock. He has an irrelevant visual look and an addictive musical style and has achieved mainstream success after an appearance on the Portuguese soap opera ''Morangos com Açúcar''. His music has also appeared in one episode of '' CSI''. His song, "Self Control," has been featured on Sky Sports. Life and career 1999–2005: early life and career beginnings In 1999 and 2000, Slimmy’s career took hold from the impact generated around a third prize at the Roland Masters Of The Groove 2000. From that point he began to develop a musical approach that combined rhythms and electronic instrumentation of dance within the rock genre. The first demos were recorded with producer Rodolfo Cardoso in 2003. The collection that had been developed during the previous years did not pass unnoticed by the national and international music scene, catching the attention of noticeable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optimus Telecomunicações
Optimus may refer to: Organisations * Optimus Telecomunicações, S.A., a Portuguese mobile phone company who was merged with ZON and formed a new company called NOS * Optimus S.A., a former Polish computer assembler Fictional characters *Optimus Prime, a ''Transformers'' character, leader of the Autobots * Optimus Primal, a ''Transformer'' character, leader of the Maximals Music * Optimus Rhyme, a trio of nerdcore rap artists * ''Optimus'' (album), an album by guitarist John Norum Technology * LG Optimus, a series of smartphones by LG Electronics * Nvidia Optimus, a technology which saves laptop battery life by switching between two graphics adapters * Optimus UI, a front-end touch interface developed by LG Electronics with partners * Optimus Maximus keyboard, a keyboard with displays in each key * Optimus brand, a proprietary RadioShack brand of electronic products * Optimus platform, a process integration and design optimization software by Noesis Solutions * Tesla Bot, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maia (city)
Cidade da Maia is a civil parish in the municipality of Maia Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus. Family Maia is the daugh ..., Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Gueifães, Maia and Vermoim. The population in 2011 was 40,134, in an area of 10.42 km². The parish covers the central area of Maia. In 1902, Maia achieved the status of ''vila'' (town). Maia was granted city status (''cidade'') on 23 August 1986. Sports Maia is the hometown of two important sports organizations: the football club FC Maia, and the cycling team União Ciclista da Maia. References {{authority control Cities in Portugal Freguesias of Maia, Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acoustic Music
Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. While all music was once acoustic, the retronym "acoustic music" appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such as the electric guitar, electric violin, electric organ and synthesizer. Acoustic string instrumentations had long been a subset of popular music, particularly in folk. It stood in contrast to various other types of music in various eras, including big band music in the pre-rock era, and electric music in the rock era. Music reviewer Craig Conley suggests, "When music is labeled acoustic, unplugged, or unwired, the assumption seems to be that other types of music are ''cluttered'' by technology and overproduction and therefore aren't as ''pure''." Types of acoustic instruments Acoustic instruments can be split into six groups: string instruments, wind instruments, percussion, other instruments, en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatsound Loverboy
''Beatsound Loverboy'' is the debut studio album by Portuguese singer-songwriter Slimmy. Slimmy started working on the album with his longtime producers Quico Serrano and Mark J Turner. Other two producers joined Slimmy for the recording of the album: Saul Davies and Rodolfo Cardoso. The relationship between Slimmy and the other producers was always good and Slimmy feels that that provided a good production for the album. He mentioned that he started to compose and write songs in 2000, than record them and play them alive. However, the project only began to take concrete steps, when Slimmy, in 2004, moved to London. The album was released on September 17, 2007 in Portugal. The album was released in two formats: the physical edition, featuring 11 tracks; and the digital edition also featuring 11 tracks. In summer 2007 Slimmy returned to Portugal to promote his projects because he felt that he wasn't recognized in his country. Slimmy said that "honestly, I think it came out better. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |