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A BRANX BIOG
A BRANX BIOG
1990 Beguins musical activity (songwritting & lyrics);
1992 Joins the metal band "Ghost" as a singer;
1994 Co-founds with Slvio Rosado ("Primitve Reason", "Flood", "Nicorette") on April 7th, the project "LunaSeaSane";
1995 Beguins experimention with theatre, workshops; Appears in "O Dia Seguinte" (The Day After) by Luis Francisco Rebello (Teatro da Trindade - Sala Estudio, Lisbon - Portugal); Apears in "Joana D'Arc: Chamas de um Mito (Joan of Arc: Flames of a Myth)" with theatre group "Apocalypse" (Ruinas do Carmo, Lisbon - Portugal);
1997 Co-wrote the Soundtrack and did sonoplasty with Joao Martins (Skamioneta do Lixo) for the play "Historias de Pessoas que se Chateiam -de e ate- a Morte (Stories about People who Bore Themselves -to & untill- Death)" by Miguel Caldas (Espaco Agora, Lisbon - Portugal); Starred as an actor e co-wrote with both g.kotowicz and Slvio Rosado the Soundtrack for the play "3 Dias (3 Days)" by Hugo Cortez (Agnecia 117, BA Lisbon - Portugal);
1998 With Joao Martins (Skamioneta do Lixo), co-wrote the soundtrack and contributed with sonoplasty work for the play "Historias de Pessoas que se Chateiam -de e ate- a Morte (Stories About People Who Bore Themselves -to & 'till- Death)" by Miguel Caldas (Auditorio Parque de Palmela, Cascais - Portugal);
2002 Appears with "LunaSeaSane", for the first time on TV show "Curto Circuito" (Sic Radical, 15th Feb), including an interview and a live performance of "My Mood"; The band also appeared on "Sociedade das Belas Artes", which included an interview and a rehearsal clip for "My Mood" (Sic Notcias, Mar); "LunaSeaSane"'s first concert took place at the "Super Bock Super Rock - SNB" Festival (Paradise Garage, 18th Mar) followed by a series of Showcases on Fnac stores across the Lisbon area (14, 15 e 19th May); They were guests on TV show "Cabaret da Coxa" (Sic Radical, 25th Apr) to perform the song "Burstin'" live and again on "Curto Circuito" (Sic Radical, 16th Aug), including an interview and a live performance of "Embryo"; Provided sonoplasty and solo compositions for the play "Lisistrata (Lisystratha)" by Aristoteles (A Barraca - Cinearte, Lisbon - Portugal, Jun); Beguins scouting for solo material, written between 1990 & 2000;
2003 Is invited to perform his first solo show consisting of electric guitar, synthesiser and voice with guest Joao Hora (Polaroid) on laptop. The set list includes "Son of a Bow Knife", "Whore for a Day", "Lift", "Wired and Willing", "Center of a Tension", "Things in Mind", "When You Cry, it Rains Here" plus a swingy rendition of PJ Harvey's "Easy" ("Noites com Estoria", Setbal - Portugal); Enters "MoonOverSnow" in the [email protected] Internet contest on January; Enters "Termmetro Unplugged 2003" with "LunaSeaSane" under a totally acoustic format - Branco, Kotowicz, Rosado (On-Off, Oporto - Potugal);
2004 - Beguins collaboration with Polaroid (Olivais, Jan); Collaborates in the mixing of "Eternal Premire", "Fight & Win", "I Witness" and "Uriel" for "Eternal Premire", Nicorette's debut album (Feb); "LunaSeaSane" are invited to perform at Restart (audiovisual institute) as part of the "Live Music @ Restart" monthly event. The show is caputered on tape (Restart Auditorium, Feb 26); Vocal & lyrical work on the first Polaroid track is completed (Setbal, Mar 19); Contributes with sonoplasty for "Kilombo", a traditional underground festival featuring african dances, various performances, bagpipers and several African/Brazil influenced percussionists (Armazns de Benfica, Apr 3); "LunaSeaSane" are invited to perform once again at Restart on the school's graduation festivities (Top Floor, 23 July);
2005 Remixes a track for Canada's shock masters Lesbians On Ecstasy under the designation "Summer Luv - A BRANX Remix" (Oct, 3rd);
2006 Beguins recording vocals on his solo album through granting a psychology team vocal samples for research on emotions & inflections (Feb, Univ Psicologia, Lisboa); Features on guest vocals with the band "Melange" for "The Waver - Live" debut presentation. BRANX also closed the festivities that night with a live DJ set (Santiago Alquimista, Apr 22).
@2006 A BRANX Biog.