Mantha

A Portuguese pop/rock and roll band led from the former frontman of Toranja, Tiago Bettencourt & Mantha produced their album debut in 2007 and topped the graphs a couple of years later using their second full-length work. Given birth to Tiago Vasconcelos Goulart Pinheiro de Albergaria e Bettencourt on Sept 16, 1979, in Coimbra, Portugal, Bettencourt in the beginning rose to popularity as an associate from the rock-band Toranja. Made up of Ricardo Frutuoso (acoustic guitar), Dodi (bass), and Rato (drums) furthermore to Bettencourt (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano), Toranja produced their full-length recording debut with Esquissos (2003), which spawned the strike solitary “Carta.” The music group released yet another recording, Segundo (2005), and obtained another hit solitary, “Laçoperating-system,” before dissolving in 2006. Bettencourt consequently embarked on the solo profession and journeyed to Montreal, Canada, to utilize acclaimed maker Howard Bilerman, especially credited with generating the Arcade Fire’s debut recording, Funeral (2004). In colaboration with Common Music, Bettencourt produced his solo recording debut with O Jardim (2007). Featuring the strike solitary “Canção Simples,” the recording is usually billed to Tiago Bettencourt & Mantha, a music group made up of Pedro Gonçalves (bass) and João Lencastre (drums), furthermore to Bettencourt. While O Jardim was reasonably effective from a industrial standpoint, achieving the Best 30 from the Portuguese albums graph, Bettencourt’s second recording with Mantha, Em Fuga (2010), was a chart-topping blockbuster achievement. Featuring fresh bandmembers Tiago Maia (bass) and Benny Lackner (piano), furthermore to Bettencourt and Lencastre, Em Fuga spawned the singles “Só Mais uma Volta” and “Chocámos Tu e European union.”