Natural of Portugal, and son of freedom, Metricks is active at the electronic music scene since 1993. Just in the start of 1998, in the interaction with the electronic music, and several participation in electronic musical events, his first digital music born. Now in the path of discovery, no electronic genre is discriminated, and all the wide spectrum of this genre is appealing to his senses. Metricks music is a fusion of emotions, and melting feelings, that are always expressed in the strange tunes, and divergent beat strokes, of somehow familiar reminds...
Metricks is a diverse artist with a broad body of work, all of which displays a high degree of originality and quality music production. His aproach to music is diverse and expansive, nevertheless there is always a blueprint of personal exposure and emotion present. Metricks is native to Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal), a city of multi racial crossovers of cultures and people, and of course of different music, and musical sensibilities. Metricks work with great artists like Daniel Iorio, Stuart Elliott, Phrulex, Renato Ventura, Mário Raposo, SoundFreak, Lisa T, Rakur, Pio Pio and GaiaBeat. The work of Metricks was nominee in four editions of the Internet Online Music Awards.
In 2004 reaching the final five in Best Electronic Artist, Best Producer and Best Composer. In the 2005 Edition Metricks won the "Best Electronic Artist" in the internet Online Music Awards", among the five nominations. In 2006, the track "Memoire des Temps Perdu" have received also an Ioma award for "Best Instrumental Soundtrack"
Discografia O tema "Abrigo das Almas", realizado em parceria com Stuart Elliott foi escolhido para a compilação de música chill out "Sun Down" - World Indie Music Collective .
Influências Pink Floyd, New Order, Depeche Mode, Apex Twins, Jackie Mittoo, 4 Hero, U2, Kraftwerk, Mike Oldfield, Jean Michel Jarre, Moody Blues, Peter Gabriel, Nirvana, and so many other signed as well as independent Artists.
Na semana de 21-09-2007 o trabalho do Metricks foi exposto na página principal de um dos maiores sites de música mundiais.
"The ARTISTdirect network has 42 million unique users per month, which makes it the 3rd largest international music network behind itunes and yahoo music! The ARTISTdirect Network is bigger than AOL Music, MTV Networks, MSN Music and MySpace Music (Source: Media Metrix, August, 2007)!"
O trabalho do Metricks encontram-se ainda em destaque na "irmã" do artist direct, a UBL - Ultimate Band List, na secção de música electrónica durante esta semana.
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Vale a pena vir ao PP e ouvir como os sonhos podem ser uma
fonte de vida e inspiração. Os NIGHTFALLS com IN MY DREAMS
julgam contribuir para que todos possamos sorrir, não só
no Natal, mas sim todos os dias.
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Grande som! Consegues criar ambientes sonoros
espectaculares! Para quando uma actuação em Lisboa ou
arredores? Quero estar presente! Saudações melódicas! ;)
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