OTHER ISSUES MMVV: 2010

MESA

MESA is a pop and electronic group formed in Oporto (Portugal) in 2000. They have released three albums: Mesa (2003), Vitamina (2005) and Para todo o mal (Sony BMG, 2008). Mónica Ferraz, the singer of the group comes from the world of the jazz and has been recognized as one of the new ones voices of contemporary Portuguese music. João Pedro Coimbra is the drummer and main composer of the formation.
In 2004 they won the Globus d'Or in the category of Best Group of the Year, and in the Dance-club Music Awards, the award of Best Record of the Year. Also in 2004, the MTV Europe Music Awards nominated MESA in the category of "Best Portuguese performance". Emmanuel Legrand, the editor of Billboard.com, included the début work of MESA among the ten best records of 2004, and qualified it as a: "remarkable début album from this trip-hop band ".