Tantra

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) TANTRA is a Portuguese rock band. The first album "Mist?rios & Maravilhas" (1978) brought them to the public as an inovative and unique portuguese rock group .With their Sinfonic Progressive Rock show they played very successfully all over Portugal , their home country , for about one year , before they recorded their second album "Holocausto " . It was acclaimed both by the media and the public and again they toured successfully for over one year and half . " TANTRA " ended shortly after they toured their third album " Humanoid Flesh ".

1) TANTRA is a Portuguese rock band. The first album "Mist?rios & Maravilhas" (1978) brought them to the public as an inovative and unique portuguese rock group .With their Sinfonic Progressive Rock show they played very successfully all over Portugal , their home country , for about one year , before they recorded their second album "Holocausto " . It was acclaimed both by the media and the public and again they toured successfully for over one year and half . " TANTRA " ended shortly after they toured their third album " Humanoid Flesh ".

Two Lisbon musicians , Manuel Cardoso and Armando Gama decided to invest in their love for Sinfonic Rock . Together , in 1975 , they established what would be the basic foundations of" TANTRA " .The name of the group was chosen by Manuel Cardoso after his Raja Yoga meditation experiences and contact with Indian culture .
They assembled a first group of musicians with whom they recorded their first and only Single .
From this formation only the following musicians continued to the second phase ;
Manuel Cardoso ( electric guitar ) , Armando Gama ( keyboards ) and Am?rico Luis ( bass ).
It?s when T? Z? Almeida joins the band , as fulltime drummer , that the real original formation of " TANTRA " comes toghether .
In 1977 ?s winter the band gives it?s first concert in CineTeatro da Encarna??o in what was to be a memorable night for the band and the public .Everyone in the audience , including the media , was ecstatic with the bands music .
From that concert?s two track tape , remastered , the cd " Live Ritual " was edited .
Soon the band was established as the main rock group in Portugal .
The band then recorded " Mist?rios e Maravilhas " (1978) , the band?s first album , that did bring them to public as the only Portuguese Sinfonic Rock group to be able to put out records and back them up with live concerts all over the country with original music and portuguese lyrics .
After a while Armando Gama left the band and was replaced , temporarely , by Pedro Mestre .The reason for this was that the soon to be " TANTRA "?s keyboard player Pedro Luis still had some concerts to do with his own jazz group and so the band needed a keyboardist for their live gigs. Before he left the band Pedro Mestre composed a music for the band , " JI " , that was most welcome due to it?s quality and empaty with the bands spirit .
After around one year of packed live gigs all over Portugal and hard weekly rehearsals dedicated to composing new musics , the band went into studio , already with Pedro Luis on keyboards , and the colaboration of Pedro Mestre and Tony Moura , to finally record their second album " Holocausto " which was an instant success both with the press and the public . It even received a best record of the year award .
Again , about one year of live concerts , now with the colaboration of Tony Moura , an experienced guitar player , that helped with the guitars that Manuel Cardoso could not play when involved with the stage teatrical scenes that ocasionally came up during the show .
After these two records , with portuguese lyrics , the band decided to make a return to the roots and do an album sung in english with a Rock Sinfonic / New Wave feeling :
" Humanoid Flesh "
This album really worked out great live , throughout the 1980/1981?s Tour , with the public responding well to the music, but was not played on the radio and had bad critics on behalf of it?s lyrics being in english and on moving away from the Sinfonic Progressive musical line .
This reaction to a natural creative mood and evolution , as the band saw it , created an unconfortable feeling in the band towards this state of things .
After all , it was " TANTRA " , the group that had started ( in it?s generation ) the Portuguese Rock revolution , the first to be successfull playing their own original , portuguese sung , Portuguese Rock ! The group that , for years , had defended Portuguese language live and in studio was being pointed out for singing in english .
The year was 1981, and the band decided to suspend it?s existence !
Today the band , reestructured by Manuel Cardoso , has just released a new independent CD album named " TERRA " with ten ( 10 ) new musics and a new version of " ? Beira do Fim " (2001) , that you can find in the Discography and Music for Your Ears sections .

2) Brazilian band

(only in Portuguese, for now)

A hist?ria come?a em 1994, por quartos de hot?is, durante a turn? do disco 'Descobrimento do Brasil' da Legi?o Urbana. Fred Nascimento e Gian Fabra, ent?o m?sicos de apoio da banda brasiliense, decidiram transformar suas afinidades pessoais numa banda e suas afinidades musicais em can??es. A seguir convocaram o baterista Gutje (ex-Plebe Rude) para completar a equipe. Assim nascia o Tantra.
Em meados de 1996, j? com Marcelo Wig no lugar de Gutje, a banda assinou um contrato com a gravadora MCA visando a produ??o do seu primeiro ?lbum. Em seguida vieram um single e um clipe para uma m?sica chamada Corvos Sobre o Campo inspirada em Van Gogh, ou melhor, na vis?o de Sonhos, de Akira Kurosawa, sobre Van Gogh. Antes do final daquele ano, chegou ?s lojas o ?lbum inteiro, 'Eles N?o Eram Nada', produzido por Liminha com a capa feita por Luiz Stein. Uma conjuga??o de talentos que indicava, mesmo a quem tivesse perdido Corvos Sobre o Campo, que os autores das m?sicas gozavam de algum prest?gio e confian?a. O ?lbum ainda trazia Um Dia de Sol, Mordacchia e uma furiosa vers?o de Tropic?lia que arrancou elogios do pr?prio compositor da can??o, Caetano Veloso.
Depois da divulga??o do CD a banda se recolheu e seus integrantes deram continuidade a outros projetos at? que, em 2000, se reencontraram para participar de uma turn? pelo Nordeste idealizada por S?rgio Espirito Santo. Um show com m?sicas dos anos 80. Al?m de Nascimento e Fabra, a banda convocada para esta turn? contava com Carlos Trilha nos teclados, que tamb?m fora m?sico de apoio da Legi?o (inclusive tendo produzido os CDs solos de Renato Russo) e Louren?o Monteiro na bateria. Ali come?ou a ser germinada a id?ia do segundo disco da banda.
Com os ?nimos renovados pela entrada de Trilha e Monteiro no time, a banda finalizou o CD 'A Febre dos Sonhos' no final de 2006, com a produ??o de Carlos Trilha. O disco foi lan?ado (via internet) no ano seguinte pelo selo independente Orbita Music. Um disco com refer?ncias mais cl?ssicas dentro do rock, coisa de Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd e tal. O ?lbum inclu?a m?sicas mais buriladas, como O Mundo Perfeito, Quando Voc? Ouvir a Minha Can??o e O Zepelim, faixa com a participa??o especial de Fernanda Takai (Pato Fu).
No come?o de 2008 o guitarrista Fred Nascimento foi convidado pelo jornalista Marcelo Fr?es para participar do Tributo ao ?lbum Branco que Fr?es estava produzindo. A princ?pio seria uma vers?o de voz e viol?o da m?sica Rocky Raccoon que contaria com os vocais de Carmem Manfredini, mas quando Fred mostrou o resultado para a banda, todos ficaram fascinados pela voz da cantora e pediram para participar da faixa. A experi?ncia em est?dio reativou uma amizade que vinha de longa data e revelou a imensa afinidade musical e pessoal que existia entre eles. Como consequ?ncia a banda convidou Carmem para participar do pr?ximo trabalho do grupo e, alguns meses depois, as grava??es come?aram.
Em junho de 2009 ficou pronto 'O Fim da Inf?ncia'. Novamente com a produ??o de Trilha. O CD traz influ?ncias do Folk, do Blues, e do Rock dos anos 70 e 80. Tudo isso envolto numa sonoridade contemporr?nea. Destaque para Luz do Dia, Mar nos Olhos, La Strada, Par?bola Blues e Novembro. Todas can??es assinadas por Nascimento e Fabra. O disco ainda traz a regrava??o de Virgem de Marina Lima e como b?nus track a faixa Rocky Raccoon de Lennon e McCartney.

3) An Italo disco group, most famous for their 1979 hit "Hills of Katmandu".

4) "Tantra" is also an Argentinean experimental/ alternative/psychedelic band.

5) They are a Belgian folk band.

6)Tantra is a Multi-genre Hindi & English rock band combining music from all over the world in one place..

It is a mix of cult, taste, tradition, friendship, morals, meanings, and most important - vast and various genres of MUSIC.

we perform from soothing slow Hindi (Bollywood/album) songs to ear tearing grunge death metal to highly elevated pop, rock tracks & Rhythm clad lyrics rich Sufi to patriotic enc...

7) Tantra was also a band from Australia who released a single, "Scream". There is hardly any information about this band.