Humanos (
Portuguese for
Humans
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...
) is a musical band from
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
formed in 2004. The idea behind it was to bring to light some unreleased songs by an iconic Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter from the 1980s,
António Variações
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro, (3 December 1944 – 13 June 1984) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, using the stage name of António Variações, ...
.
David Fonseca
David Fonseca (, born on 14 June 1973, in Leiria) is a Portuguese musician, singer-songwriter and photographer. As a musician, he plays several instruments, including acoustic guitar and organ. He is recognized for his successful music career a ...
,
Manuela Azevedo
Manuela Azevedo (born 5 May 1970) is a Portuguese singer. A graduate in law at the University of Coimbra, she is the singer of the Clã band, once integrated the Humanos band.
Participation in other projects:
*Ornatos Violeta (1997) -- «Là ...
(the lead singer of another Portuguese music group,
Clã),
Camané (one of the most famous Portuguese ''
fadistas''), Sérgio Nascimento (a member of
Sérgio Godinho
Sérgio de Barros Godinho OL (; born 31 August 1945) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter, composer, actor, poet and author.
Considered one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal, Godinho started his music career singing folk songs o ...
’s band), Hélder Gonçalves (also from
Clã), Nuno Rafael and João Cardoso are the seven members of a group responsible for what became an unmatched success at that point in the Portuguese music scene.
The homonymous album ''Humanos'' scored quintuple platinum status, staying for weeks in #1. "Muda de Vida", "Maria Albertina" and "Rugas" are just some of the group hits.
All this culminated in three sold-out concerts, two of them in Coliseu dos Recreios (
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
) and the other in
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
. There was also another memorable performance, in front of a crowd of 40,000 people, at the ''
Festival do Sudoeste
The Sudoeste Festival (), currently named MEO Sudoeste for sponsorship reasons, is a music festival that takes places annually since 1997, in August, in Odemira, in the southwest of Portugal. It is organized by live entertainment company Músic ...
'' Portuguese summer music festival, in 2005.
Humanos however was a short-lived project, as there were few unreleased António Variações’ songs. Thus, the release, in November 2006, of a
CD and a
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...
recorded at the Coliseu concerts, marked the end of the Humanos project.
All songs by Humanos were written by António Variações who recorded them as demos only and kept them in a shoe box, found after his death.
Discography
Humanos
Debut album released in 2004. Lyrics and music is by
António Variações
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro, (3 December 1944 – 13 June 1984) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, using the stage name of António Variações, ...
#A Teia
#Quero É Viver
#Muda De Vida
#Na Lama
#A Culpa É Da Vontade
#Maria Albertina
#Rugas
#Gelado De Verão
#Amor De Conserva
#Já Não Sou Quem Era
#Não Me Consumas
#Adeus Que Me Vou Embora
Humanos ao Vivo
Live album released in 2006. Lyrcs and music is by
António Variações
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro, (3 December 1944 – 13 June 1984) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, using the stage name of António Variações, ...
;CD
#Na Lama
#A Culpa É Da Vontade
#A Teia
#Estou Além
#Maria Albertina
#Já Não Sou Quem Era
#Adeus Que Me Vou Embora
#Anjinho da Guarda
#Amor De Conserva
#O Corpo é que Paga
#Gelado De Verão
#Hardcore (1º Escalão)
#Rugas
#Eu Estava a Pensar Agora Em Ti
#Não Me Consumas
#Quero É Viver
#Muda De Vida
;DVD 1
*2005: ''Concerto at the
Coliseu dos Recreios
The Coliseu dos Recreios (also known as Coliseu de Lisboa) is a multi-purpose auditorium located in Lisbon, Portugal.
History
The main building was constructed within a metal lattice by Francisco Goulard between 1888 and 1890. While the facade ...
It contains a documentary ''Humanos - A Vida de Variações'' and videos "Muda De Vida", "Maria Albertina", "Quero Viver"
;DVD 2
*2005: ''Humanos in Festival Sudoeste''
Credits
Both studio album and live album as well as DVDs credited to:
*
Camané - vocals
*
David Fonseca
David Fonseca (, born on 14 June 1973, in Leiria) is a Portuguese musician, singer-songwriter and photographer. As a musician, he plays several instruments, including acoustic guitar and organ. He is recognized for his successful music career a ...
- vocals and guitar
*
Manuela Azevedo
Manuela Azevedo (born 5 May 1970) is a Portuguese singer. A graduate in law at the University of Coimbra, she is the singer of the Clã band, once integrated the Humanos band.
Participation in other projects:
*Ornatos Violeta (1997) -- «Là ...
- vocals
*
Hélder Gonçalves Hélder is a given name in Portuguese. The unrelated German-Jewish surname "Helder" is also given the accent in Portuguese, such as the Portuguese poet Herberto Hélder (1930-).
The name is sometimes confused with Heitor. People named Hélder incl ...
- bass and guitar
*
Nuno Rafael Nuno can refer to
* Nuno (given name)
:* Nuno Espirito Santo, football manager
:* Nuno Tavares, football player
* Nuño (given name)
* Nuno felting, a fabric felting technique
*'' Nuno'', meaning "ancestor" in Philippine languages, usually in refer ...
- guitar
*
João Cardoso - piano and keyboards
*
Sérgio Nascimento
Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and ...
- drums and percussion
*
Maria Alejandra Ordoñez Ocampo
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
- vocals
Chart performance
References
External links
humanos.sapo.pt Official Website
Facebook page
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Portuguese musical groups