Music Performance and Production

In 1984 Miguel was the founder of the band Delfins. Delfins was a Portuguese pop-rock band from Cascais that achieved a lot of success in the 90’s, breaking barriers in record selling and tours. Miguel was, for 25 years, Delfins singer, author and composer.
In 1991 was one of the founders of the successful collective Resistência, an acoustic group with different musicians from different bands and musical styles.
In 1993 he opened 1 Só Céu studios where a lot of famous Portuguese records were recorded and mixed.
In 1995 he started a TV career in music related shows, including Channel 1’s “Miguel Angelo ao Vivo” where Portuguese and foreign bands performed live and were interviewed by him.
In 1996 he was the voice of Woody in “Toy Story”, by Pixar. He was also responsible for adaptation, musical direction and performance. He repeated the experience in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Goofie – the Movie”, and can also be heard speaking and singing in “Pocahontas”, “Hercules”, “A Bug’s Life” and “Treasure Planet”.
In 1997 he was the producer of African Voices’ “Venha Celebrar”.
In 1998 he composed the soundtrack for two hit movies, “Adeus, Pai”, by Luis Filipe Rocha and “Zona J” by Leonel Vieira. He also launched his first novel, “A Queda de um Homem”, and by 2011 he had already 5 novels and his 25th year career autobiography released.
In 2004 he opened Lotus club in Cascais, a venue for live music supporting new bands.
2009 was the year of the farewell tour of Delfins, with sold out shows nationally and internationally.
In 2011 he produced the debut album from Os Lábios.
In 2012 he started a ongoing solo career, and reformed his collective project from early 90’s, Resistência, that are now touring Portugal and abroad with huge success.
In 2024 Delfins reunited for a 40th year Celebration, first in a sold out Meo Arena (Lisbon) and then for a Tour that is still travelling the country and abroad.

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João began classical piano studies at Academia de Amadores de Música (1988–1992), followed by jazz piano at Hot Clube de Portugal (1989–1992). In 1998, he earned a Diploma in Audio Engineering from SAE London.
As a keyboardist and musician, he has performed and recorded with prominent Portuguese artists and bands, including Miguel Angelo, Delfins, Polo Norte, Rita Redshoes, Mazgani, JP Simões (Bloom), Fernando Cunha, and the Luta Livre project led by Luís Varatojo. He was also a member of LX90, Kick Out The Jams, The Offshores, and The Millions.
João’s production, mixing, engineering and keyboard playing work includes co-producing Coisas Simples (Maria Leon), Sweet (Alibi), Babilónia (Delfins), Fade to Shade (Nicole Eitner), Mudam-se os Tempos (Ar de Rock) and Cada Qual Na Sua Mente (Sogranora). He mixed and played keyboards on Ana Stilwell’s Life Trip. He also contributed keyboards to Nena’s hit single “Portas do Sol”—as part of an ongoing series of collaborations with Estúdio Zeco and João Só—which was later certified Triple Platinum in Portugal.
As a sound engineer, he recorded with Vitorino, collaborated with Fortress Studios in London, and works regularly with Blim
Records—a Lisbon-based production team and studio led by Ricardo Ferreira and Rui Ribeiro.
From 2008 to 2011, he served as Country Manager for Nokia Music Store Portugal, during a key phase in the shift to digital music distribution.
Since 2013, João has been a tutor at ETIC for the 2-year Higher National diploma in Music Creation & Production course and coordinates the Electronic Music course. He is also part of the Erasmus+ team developing a Hip Hop and Rap curriculum for prisons and probation centres across Europe.
In 2023, João launched his solo project Turista, with a debut album blending downtempo,electronic textures, and songwriting.

Basic education at Liceu Pedro Nunes and Instituto Superior Técnico in Electronic Engineering till the 4th year. British Council PB in English Studies.
In 1976 founded “Trovante”, where he was pianist and producer.
He worked Sérgio Godinho, Mafalda Veiga, Entre Aspas, José Afonso, Carlos Zel and Amália Rodrigues, among others. In 1994, he led the production of “Filhos da Madrugada”, a tribute to José Afonso.

Later, especialized in music for the communication and marketing business, his main activity for more than 25 years. In 96, he created his own Post-Production and Music composition house, Índigo, which was awarded the “Best Sound Production Company” prize for 16 years in a row.

As a composer, he created the music for the Portuguese Pavillion at Expo’98 at Expo’00 in Hannover.

He composed theatre music for “Conversa da Treta”, “Pop Corn”, and “O Crédito” and for the TV Show “Paraíso Filmes”. With Frankie Chavez, he composed the film score for “Pare, Escute, Olhe” by Jorge Pelicano.
From 1999 to 2007, he was member of the directory board of SPA (Portuguese Authors Society).
Passionate about sound in spaces and its impact in people, in 2010 he created the sonic architecture the Bilbao Museum of Techonology.

Also in 2010, he created the Vodafone Sound Experiences for cinema, which were used as a demo for Dolby™, 7.1 e Dolby Atmos. He received several awards for his work, including two Cannes Gold Lions and Silver and Bronze at the London International Awards.
He his member of the Advisory Board of The Adventure Lab Copenhagen, Denmark.
He has devoted his free time to the sound reserarch, immersive audio and Branding, being an active member of the Audio Branding Society.
He created the Blog “The Sound Adventure”.
He is co-author of the book “Storytelling Beyond the Screen” released by EU Interrreg VB North Sea Region.
He colaborated in the contruction of SCM, Sociedade Caboverdiana de Música, when he acted as an author’s rights consultant.
He thaught “Music Production” at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and presently teaches “Music for Picture” at World Academy in Lisboa.
He was keynote speaker at several conferences like the Networkone Latin Summit in São Paulo, Brazil, Cannes Lions, SAWA congress in Sydney, Eurobest and TEDx in Lisbon, and IndieSummit in London, MAPIC in Cannes and TEA SATE in Paris in 2019.

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Music in Boston, USA, graduating in 2009 with Summa Cum Laude. After living in Los Angeles and working at the American Music Awards at the GRAMMYs, Nuno moved to London in late 2011 and back to Portugal in the summer of 2018. Since then, he has been freelancing with artists on both sides of the Atlantic.

His credits include: Bryan Adams, Procol Harum, KT Tunstall, Pete Brown and Phil Ryan, Curved Air, London Grammar, Elisa, Rita Redshoes, Tainá, Diana Castro, Fernando Cunha. https://www.nunof.com/

Producer and sound engineer at self-owned Golden Pony Studio since 2005. Worked in various projects as a musician and producer (Jaguar, Pop Dell Arte, B-Fachada), and also as a recording, mixing and mastering engineer.
2005-2017 Owner/Producer/Sound Technician at Golden Pony Studios Lisbon

Works in various projects as musician, producer, recording, mixing and mastering engineer.
2010 – Masterclasses with Andy Wallace and Peter Katis at Studios La Fabrique, France.
2003 – Studio Assistant at Régie Studios.

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