This project started with the usual suspects:
José Côrte-Real, Ernesto Leite and Markus Britto.
They were also the Tecnocratas (Portuguese band) and members of other projects as well.
This group was formed in parallel with Tecnocratas, dedicated only to R&B and Funky, both rhythmic and slower songs.
With the combination of some influences in the percussions of typical national music, triangle, bass,drums, etc. Guitars like Nile Rodgers or Prince and brass like Parliament.
Dated back to 1997, the album was the first major disaster for this production team, still in the era of the end of vinyl and the introduction of CDs, with the Mp3 still making its debut.
Shown on record companies, it received a "No", because it was in English and because it was an American style that the radio certainly wouldn't play.
They sent copies to some sides of the planet and we will never know how, the theme "Rock Star", later a single, shamefully served as inspiration (lyrics and chorus) for a hit by a Canadian Rock band, which earned them several thousand dollars and millions of copies sold .
Unfortunately, the production team and authors never had the economic means to take the matter to court and at the time, those who represented their copyrights in Lisbon were also unable to do so.
With the creation of RealDigital Records, the album "First Steps" was finally released on the international market and is playing on streaming channels.
There were 27 years of silence, after seeing their first album denied publishing, by multinationals, for being "too American".
In 2023, a new single was released with influences on the sound of Minneapolis...

Still too American!  Who cares? "Let's get up!