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The Gift
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The Gift is a name that has been used more than once:
1) A portuguese electro-pop band.
2) A trance project of Mike Dierickx (best known as Push / M.I.K.E.) and Mark Dedross and best known for massive tunes “The Seventh Day” and “Love Angel”)
3) A Serbian band which is now officially fifth member of “Real Tribute” project.
4) An english prog-rock band.
The biographies known for each one are below.
1) Formed in 1994, The Gift was initially a parallel 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 to the instruments they were using (guitar, drums and bass) and the need to experiment with new sounds and explore new musical paths was rapidly growing. So, what started to be a side project for these two young men taking their first steps in music got bigger and more important in their lives.
Starting off with two members, The Gift grew to be a four member band with Ricardo Braga and Janita, the latter in vocals. Janita stayed in the band for a short period, being replaced by Sónia Tavares along the way.
Sónia joined the band almost by accident and, despite having been essential to The Gift’s new sound, at the time the choice of a female voice was not welcomed by Nuno who couldn’t imagine a girl singing in the group. The situation got worse as Sónia would not say a single word during the first rehearsals and shied away from the rest of the band.
1) A portuguese electro-pop band.
2) A trance project of Mike Dierickx (best known as Push / M.I.K.E.) and Mark Dedross and best known for massive tunes “The Seventh Day” and “Love Angel”)
3) A Serbian band which is now officially fifth member of “Real Tribute” project.
4) An english prog-rock band.
The biographies known for each one are below.
1) Formed in 1994, The Gift was initially a parallel 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 to the instruments they were using (guitar, drums and bass) and the need to experiment with new sounds and explore new musical paths was rapidly growing. So, what started to be a side project for these two young men taking their first steps in music got bigger and more important in their lives.
Starting off with two members, The Gift grew to be a four member band with Ricardo Braga and Janita, the latter in vocals. Janita stayed in the band for a short period, being replaced by Sónia Tavares along the way.
Sónia joined the band almost by accident and, despite having been essential to The Gift’s new sound, at the time the choice of a female voice was not welcomed by Nuno who couldn’t imagine a girl singing in the group. The situation got worse as Sónia would not say a single word during the first rehearsals and shied away from the rest of the band.
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The Gift - Blue Lights
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The Gift - Nice and Sweet
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The Gift - 645
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The Gift - Facil de Entender
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okitronco wrote:
el mejor grupo de la Península Iberica con diferencia
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ShaRmen90 wrote:
I second that :)
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desigualboy wrote:
the best portuguese group!
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teuria wrote:
me lembra annie lenox,que voz que voz meu deus
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antoinedoinel_4 wrote:
mejor concierto SonoramaRibera 2008!!
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Spedfrom wrote:
<3
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gabirulo wrote:
Impresionantes en directo!!
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HumanNatureBoy wrote:
A minha banda favorita portuguesa!!!Nunca me cansarei deles!
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kimizefa wrote:
They are great live. I'll definitely keep an eye on them for more shows.
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glyce wrote:
Sonia es genial en directo!
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antoinedoinel_4 wrote:
una maravilla
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Not The Gift, but a gift
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Taigrin wrote:
I lived on the top of the street...
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Fabiana_ wrote:
at the moment... wallpaper... nunca me canso de a ouvir! liiiiiinda!
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cristigb wrote:
Les he visto en directo varias veces en Madrid y tengo que decir que son fantásticos!!!! Besos
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sheilalorquiana wrote:
Me encanta Music =)
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brownbrownie wrote:
Ouçam mesmo no my space a nova malha In Repeat. Eles são bons de qualquer maneira, e em qualquer ocasião. BEM HAJAM
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Curto bue dos The Gift, eles fazem musicas boas :D
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MCR_Addicted wrote:
Gosto! Podiam ter mais sucesso no estrangeiro..
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rip-off wrote:
OK! DO YOU WANT SOMETHING SIMPLE? OK! DO YOU WANT SOMETHING SIMPLE? OK! DO YOU WANT SOMETHING SIMPLE? WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW I'M FEELING NOWWWW
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- Obuspulpolapa, iags, tiagodood and 39 other people added The Gift to their libraries. 4 hours ago
- jopieook tagged The Gift with ‘electronic’. last month
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- Gargoja tagged The Gift with ‘trip-hop’. last month
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- Orso88 connected The Gift to the group We Love Strings. August 2008
- PinkIndie100, PTRAMBO, Jason-heart and 3 other people added The Gift to their libraries. August 2008
- ALPENGIRL tagged The Gift with ‘alternative’. August 2008
- ncspedro, jpmsi, pjsalves and 1 other person added The Gift to their libraries. August 2008
- horasperdidas tagged The Gift with ‘alternative’ and ‘portuguese’. August 2008
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