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1992 - The Beginning

In the end of 1992, the Bruno, Pedro and Bernardo were studying at the Intermediate school Francisco Franco, in Funchal, when they started meeting frequently to play together. They were joined by Márcio (vocals), Filipe with a bass guitar and Tomás playing keyboards.

1993 In little time they had started to play some songs and this group of friends decided to present themselves as Almagesto in the SUPER ROCK band competition, Funchal, on December of 93.

This was their first live presentation, and the madeiran public was warm: Almagesto obtained second place in SUPER ROCK'93 competition.

1994

After this first experience, “it became clear that it was necessary to take the band more seriously” and the new requirements made Filipe and Márcio leave the band.

On December of 94, the Almagesto had come back to participate in the SUPER ROCK, where they presented three new songs (one sung by Bruno, another one for Pedro and another by both). The new formation and the new songs were again well received, and Almagesto again reached second place in this competition where 15 bands competed.

1995

Little time after this second participation on the most important music festival in Madeira, before the Tomás left the band, Almagesto met Lucy in the Marginal bar, in Funchal, during a show where she suggested singing a song from Cranberries. Lucy, at the time living at London, was on vacation at Madeira. The rehearsals that followed resulted in new songs and Lucy became the official singer in Almagesto.

With the return of Lucy to London, the band started to rehearse separately by circulating tapes between Madeira and London.

1996

On December of 1996 Almagesto had decided to participate again in the already the mentioned competition of music in Funchal, now called SUPERFM ROCK. In this edition, the Almagesto were considered the best band of pop/rock of Madeira, reaching the first place.

1997

On 1997 Almagesto recorded in the Tcha Tcha Tcha studios, Lisbon, a CD with six original tracks, coproduced by Carlos Jorge Valleys (Cajó) , producer of, among others, of the album “Tentação” by Xutos and Pontapés. This promotional CD was the conquered award after wining the SUPERFM ROCK'96 and was presented to the public in the auditory of RDP Madeira. The CD made it to Antenna 3, where it started playing on the national music programs.

1998

With the localization of all the elements of the band in Lisbon, Almagesto decided to rethink the activity of the band and take some decisions, among which, to be called Imago and to try to broaden its audience. At this time Imago incorporated three new elements in the band: Jari on groovebox and sampler, André Franco on the flute and Helena Ornelas on saxofone, which brought a more electronic and experimentalist character to the band.

On this year Imago plays a bit all over Portugal:

• Performance at palco 6 of Expo '98, where they play with the Silence Four;
• Another performance on Expo '98, this time on the Sony -stage.
• They play the first part of a Xutos e Pontapés gig in Franca Village;
• First part of the Foo Fighters in the Porto Coliseu, where they were enthusiasticly greeted by the young public.

1999

In this year they obtain the second place on the national competition of Castro Verde, and are invited to appear in the compilation of the north american site Audio Galaxy, being the only Portuguese band to appear on this collection.

Still in 1999 they performed some gigs: the first part of "The Gift", on the main stage of the "Festa da Juventude" at the Cais da Pontinha, Funchal.

In the end of that year, they record a track for the Coca-Cola Garage Bands compilation and play a memorable concert on the mythical Ritz Club in Lisbon.

For professional reasons the elements of the band have to start living geographically separate, which forces a break of some years.

2007 - the return

As a consequence of the return of some elements to Funchal (Lucy, Pedro e Bruno), the band comes back in September of 2006, this time with new element Bruno Pais (Bass player), starring with 10 new tracks on February 2007 on the Kelts stage, on Funchal.