Madredeus (Portuguese pronunciation: [madɾɨˈðewʃ]) is a Portuguese band. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music (many times erroneously associated with the subgenre of Fado) with influences of modern folk music. The lyrics are often melancholic and related to the sea or travelling or absence, continuing a tradition of songs that dates back to Medieval times (with obvious relations to cantigas de amigo among others). The band’s founding members were … Pedro Ayres Magalhães (Classical guitar), Rodrigo Leão (keyboard synthesizer), Francisco Ribeiro (cello), Gabriel Gomes (accordion) and Teresa Salgueiro (vocals). Magalhães and Leão formed the band in 1985, Ribeiro and Gomes joined in 1986. They’d been searching for a female singer, and found Teresa Salgueiro in one of Lisbon’s night clubs. Teresa liked their music and agreed to join, so in 1987 Madredeus recorded their first album, Os dias da Madredeus. The first album was recorded in their rehearsal space, a disused abbey in Lisbon. The recording was especially strenuous due to deafening interruptions every 5 minutes from Lisbon’s tram service, which ran directly above. In honour of this unavoidable presence in their every performance, they named themselves after the line’s nearby terminus, Madre de Deus (Mother of God), shortened to the vernacular Madredeus. In 1993, Pedro Ayres Magalhães left the band temporarily and was replaced in live concerts by José Peixoto (Classical guitar). Magalhães rejoined the group later, making it a sextet with two guitarists. They released several albums and became very popular in Portugal, but remained relatively unknown outside the country. This changed in 1994 when Wim Wenders, impressed by their music, asked Madredeus to perform in his movie Lisbon Story – the soundtrack gave the band international fame. Thanks to that, Madredeus spread their wings to the world and conquered fans from all over Europe, South America, Africa and Asia. In 1994 Rodrigo Leão left the band to start a solo career, being replaced by Carlos Maria Trindade (keyboard synthesizer). In 1997 Francisco Ribeiro and Gabriel Gomes left the band as Madredeus’ style started abandoning its fado roots with the release of O Paraíso. At this time Fernando Júdice (Acoustic bass guitar) was invited to join them, to form the current lineup, again a quintet. Madredeus has sold over 3 million albums worldwide. In November 2007 Teresa Salgueiro announced she had left Madredeus.

If you do not have a twitter account, there is a strong chance that you think twitter is only for people that are bored and have nothing else but to tweet boring messages like “I am at my local starbucks having a latte!” or “Omg my Uncle Jerry just bought me some yummy ice cream!!”. And while there is some TRUTH to that, twitter has become one of the best (non-creepy) ways to meet people with similar interests and, especially for myself, its an amazing source to discover new music. This morning I asked my followers what where some of their favorite songs they have discovered in the last 7 days and I was blown away by the response. I decided to showcase all their responses below. If you have a twitter account, make sure you are FOLLOWING ME as well as all the badass people below. Woollygrass suggests: Two Door Cinema Club – ‘What You Know’ Download audio file (08 What You Know.mp3) http://www.myspace.com/twodoorcinemaclub ajackpluggedin suggests: Outland – Tell Me What You Want – Hugo Van Dyk Remix Download audio file (Outland+-+Tell+Me+What+You+Want+(Hugo+Van+Dyk+Remix).mp3) http://www.myspace.com/hugovandyck TartyTart suggests: JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” Wilco Cover Live at KDHX iamsim suggests: Gil Scott-Heron – “Me And The Devil” Download audio file (02 Me And The Devil.mp3) http://gilscottheron.net/ frwrdm suggests: Pogo – Upular Download audio file (Upular.mp3) http://www.myspace.com/pogotracks MusicSunshine suggests: Phenomenal Handclap Band – Baby (Clock Opera Remix) Download audio file (The-Phemonimal-Handclap-Band-Baby-Clock-Opera-Remix.mp3) ramiam suggests: Jaguar Love – Polaroids and Red Wine Download audio file (jaguar_love-hologram_jams-polaroids_and_red_wine.mp3) http://www.myspace.com/jaguarloveband manxmidge suggests: Pon De Foley (Ludachrist 0Remix) Download audio file (Pon%20De%20Foley%20(Ludachrist%20Remix).mp3) BillySuede suggests: Foals – Spanish Sahara Download audio file (Spanish Sahara.mp3) http://www.myspace.com/foals Also thanks to tianafeng , ListenB4YouBuy , A17bysearose , Bandsintown for retweeting and giving us their suggestions. (I could not find mp3’s for some your suggestions )

A Youtube user named eineinmeier put together a bass heavy remix of all the iamamiwhoami sound clips to create a remix that fans of jungle and house music will cherish. Posted the clip below with a mp3 rip. This is a pretty cool clip that will tide me over until the next clip emerges. [mp3] : iamamiwhoami remix thanks to mand rake for the tip!