In fact it all started back in 1993 when producer Paulo Miranda and arranger Queco (Ricardo Pinto) discovered singer Alexandrina doing backing vocals in a folk group.
Since Miranda and Queco were working on a few Dance/Acid House tracks at the time, and the only thing missing was the vocal, Alexandrina was, in fact, in the right place at the right moment. With the right voice.
«Nostalgia» was released as a vinyl 45 rpm EP, sung in portuguese with lyrics by early 20th century portuguese poet Florbela Espanca, all with the electronic beats and sounds produced and programmed by Miranda and Queco.
The name on the record was Alexandrina's.
«Nostalgia» fast became a hit in every district in Portugal and concerts followed. Audiences were aroused and thrilled by the never before seen electronic music being played live, danceable... "just like DJ music, but with real people!" was the most often heard comment in every dance track in the country.
Infinite-e feat. Alexandrina «Dream of Love» 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTGlcvVg_lU
1994 was touring year, live shows taking place all over the country and «Nostalgia» being played in every portuguese radio station. Simultaneously, Miranda and Queco were already working in what would become the next hit: «Dream of Love» was first heard live in the summer of 1994 adding NBlack's powerful rap to Alexandrina's voice. Delirious audiences all over the country confirmed this as the hit for next year's album «Teknodance Logiktrance». Including several more Techno/Hardcore/Eurodance tracks the album would be presented in more than 120 live shows in 1995. The group name on the album was still Alexandrina's.
In 1996 the «Infinite-e featuring Alexandrina name is decided upon in a group meeting.
«Grab Me» was released by Independent Records and distributed by Polygram with a more House sounding production. Next year, 1997, saw the «e:)» album being released, first CD with a major portuguese label: Vidisco. Here the music was going from the Happy Hardcore/Eurodance sound for wich the group was famous and delving into the depths of Drum n'Bass, thus becoming the first portuguese CD with original Drum n'Bass tracks.
Notably all drum tracks are played and programmed, manually, not using any loops or digital sequences. Every Infinite-e album until 1998 is analog production, the instruments played by both Miranda and Queco.
«e:)» included what would become the band's major hit so far: «Amo a Noite». Topping the charts, platinum album, several TV appearances and with sold out concerts in both Portugal and Spain, Infinite-e became the Number One dance group in Portugal.
Simultaneously, and outside the label (and without their knowledge) a more Eurodance oriented album was released, «Corpo Astral» under Alexandrina's name, followed by a deep, deep, deep House vinyl EP, with new versions of the song «Grab Me», more as a bootleg than anything. All of these were group efforts by the Infinite-e core: Alexandrina, NBlack and Miranda.
1998 saw the release of the untitled orange album followed by 1999's «Ex-Analog» CD wich precisely defines the entry in the digital realm of sample/loop music creation. This album includes two of the likely best House tracks in Portugal, ever: «O Som do House» and «Tribo da Madrugada».
Analogue production was now a thing of the past for Infinite-e.
The year 2000 saw the release of the untitled silver EP CD wich was, in fact, packed in a silver metal case. A collectable CD for fans of Infinite-e.
Also in 2000 a CD EP was released with Alexandrina's name in the front cover, titled «Solo» this would become, so far, the last in the series of records from the Infinite-e collective and was also produced, arranged and composed by Miranda with Alexandrina's vocals.
In their history remains a number that exceeds 500 live shows, more than 25 TV appearances, concerts in Portugal, Spain and France and their music being played from Australia to the Netherlands, from USA to India.
Infinite-e left us 11 records with 100% original music, several tracks in compilation CDs and songs used in tv-series sountracks and commercials.
They took electronic dance-music to people who thought DJs were musicians and thus became one of the most successful and popular dance-music bands in Portugal.
Always struggling with the difficulties of creating pop music one step ahead of the pack, a career of seven years is hardly depicted in four songs, but, we expect you enjoy these.