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Infobox musical artist | name = Silence 4| image =| caption =| image_size = 130| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Leiria , Portugal | genre = Indie pop | years_active = 1996–2001| label = Universal Music | associated_acts = David Fonseca | website =| current_members = David Fonseca Sofia Lisboa Rui Costa (Silence 4)|Rui Costa Tozé Pedrosa | past_members =| notable_instruments = Silence 4 is a Portugal|Portuguese band, formed in 1996, who mostly sung in English language|English . They released two albums to highly critical acclaim, Silence Becomes It (1998) and Only Pain Is Real (2000). The band hasn't officially disbanded, but went on an undetermined hiatus after 2001. http://leirianet.pt/leiria/noticia.php3? ind=2057 Lead singer David Fonseca is currently undergoing a solo career.
Career
Formation
The band's genesis begun in 1995. David Fonseca , after having had a good feedback from showing some demo tape s to a music shop owner in Leiria , approached Sofia Lisboa with the idea of forming a band. That approach only materialized one year later, when both of them invited Rui Costa (Silence 4)|Rui Costa to the band — who suggested they turn off the instrument amplifier|amplifiers and play in silence .
They won a 500.000 Portuguese escudo|escudos (roughly 2500 euro s) prize in a band festival, which was spent totally in making demos. When presenting these to record label|labels , the answer was always the same: "Singing in English? No Way!" Refusing to balk at the demand of recording totally in Portuguese language|Portuguese , they ended up recording a cover version|cover of Erasure 's A Little Respect , which was included in the compilation Sons de Todas as Cores (released in 1998), giving it massive airplay and good critical acclaim.
Silence Becomes It
Polygram (now Universal Music Group|Universal ) finally accepted to work with them, but with some restrictions: minimum budget (5 million escudos — 25 thousand euros), and they would only receive royalties after selling 10 thousand records. The resulting album was Silence Becomes It , which was certified Music recording sales certification#List of international sales certification thresholds|platinum 5 times (over 200 thousand records sold), spending months on #1 of the Portuguese charts. A national tour ensued, with 90 concerts in 6 months. On December 18, the mythical Pavilhão Atlântico concert took place.
Only Pain Is Real
They kept touring in 1999, though with less concerts. Then came a period of absence, when they "escaped" to London. It was there, at the Ridge Farm Studios, that their second album, Only Pain Is Real , was born. The album was presented in Leiria, in 2000, and took 2 weeks to reach platinum certification. Then came another tour, with over 100 concerts in one year, ending with two unique concerts at the Coliseu dos Recreios de Lisboa , on December 19 and 20. http://www.fontainhas.com/~leonor/silence4/story& profile.htm Story and profile
