A power-trio that gathered sounds and inspiration mainly from rock, blues-punk and garage. The attit In 2000 they record 7 songs in Paulo Ferraz Studio. Enjoy.
N**e were one of the most charismatic and influential bands in Madeira Island (Portugal) in the late 90's and early 2000's. The attitude and energy in the songs and in the live performances were at the least contagious. N**e's first formation was Paulo Sergio on the drums, Jaime Camacho on the guitar and Danny on bass and vocals. They play their first concert in Amazonia Bar in '97 along with Tric
k Or Treat (also a local band that does not exist anymore). Some time after winning Antena 3 Rock '97 – a local band contest that for a generation was the highest point a madeiran band could aspire. Difficulties in taking the music and the musicians out of the island were still a few – they released 3 songs in the competition CD (Way, Difo, Limbo This) that became, especially Way, regional rock anthems. That release also has 2 songs by Sidewalk (Without a Word is also one of those anthems) and 1 of O***m. If in their beginning they were a classic power-trio (guitar, bass, drums), in '98 by they decided to replace the bass with a very particularly tuned bass stringed guitar. A both bold and wise move
so that the music didn't fall into more of the samo' samo'. The following collective adaptation of their individual influences to this new sound rapidly steered away from an apparent normality in rock music to a rawer and more shredded sound; hard and straight to the point. The frantic drums, the guitarred bass layer and the punctuating guitar get together like there's no tomorrow. Short, pungent and poignant songs with an attitude that wasn't very common in the cluster of bands in the archipelago at the time. A typical '90's recording with all the instruments recorded separately. This was the approach a lot of studios were doing at the time, gaining in sound quality what you lose in capturing the spirit and energy of musicians playing together. Difficulties and delays in the mixing process led to me carrying the ADAT's to Porto to digitize. These recordings remained peacefully and quietly in my hard drive until 2010 when I decided to mix this. Saudade, loving their music, friendship, will to practice mixing? Maybe a bit of all of this. Nevertheless, I wouldn't do much of what I do today if I didn't skip math lessons. Pedro Pestana
