Silence 4

Silence 4

Infobox musical artist
Name = Silence 4


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Origin = Leiria, Portugal
Genre = Pop
Alternative pop
Years_active = 1996–
Label = Universal Music
Associated_acts = David Fonseca
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Current_members = David Fonseca Sofia Lisboa Rui Costa Tozé Pedrosa
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Silence 4 is a Portuguese band, formed in 1996, who mostly sung in English. They released two albums to highly critical acclaim, "Silence Becomes It" (1998) and "Only Pain Is Real" (2000). The band hasn't officially disbanded, but went on an undetermined hiatus after 2001 [http://leirianet.pt/leiria/noticia.php3?ind=2057] . Lead singer David Fonseca is currently undergoing a solo career.

Career

Formation

The band's genesis begun in 1995. David Fonseca, after having had a good feedback from showing some demo tapes to a music shop owner in Leiria, approached Sofia Lisboa with the idea of forming a band. That approach only materialized one year later, when both of them invited Rui Costa (Silence 4) to the band — who suggested they turn off the amplifiers and play in "silence".

They won a 500.000 escudos (roughly 2500 euros) prize in a band festival, which was spent totally in making demos. When presenting these to labels, the answer was always the same: "Singing in English? No Way!" Refusing to balk at the demand of recording totally in Portuguese, they ended up recording a cover of Erasure's "A Little Respect", which was included in the compilation Sons de Todas as Cores (released in 1998), giving it massive airplay and good critical acclaim.

"Silence Becomes It"

Polygram (now Universal) finally accepted to work with them, but with some restrictions: minimum budget (5 million escudos — 25 thousand euros), and they would only receive royalties after selling 10 thousand records. The resulting album was "Silence Becomes It", which was certified "platinum" 5 times (over 200 thousand records sold), spending months on #1 of the Portuguese charts. A national tour ensued, with 90 concerts in 6 months. On December 18, the mythical Pavilhão Atlântico concert took place.

"Only Pain Is Real"

They kept touring in 1999, though with less concerts. Then came a period of absence, when they "escaped" to London. It was there, at the Ridge Farm Studios, that their second album, "Only Pain Is Real", was born. The album was presented in Leiria, in 2000, and took 2 weeks to reach platinum certification. Then came another tour, with over 100 concerts in one year, ending with two unique concerts at the Coliseu dos Recreios de Lisboa, on December 19 and 20. [ [http://www.fontainhas.com/~leonor/silence4/story&profile.htm Story and profile] ]

Live performances

Members

* David Fonseca - lead vocals, guitar
* Sofia Lisboa - vocals
* Rui Costa - bass guitar
* Tozé Pedrosa - drums

Discography

Albums

* June 1998 - "Silence Becomes It"
* July 2000 - "Only Pain Is Real"
* 2000 - ""
* 2004 - "Silence 4 no Coliseu dos Recreios"

ingles

* "Borrow"
* "My Friends"
* "To Give"
* "Only Pain Is real"

References


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