Described by The Guardian as a “cultural lightning rod”, CONAN OSIRIS has unsettled national audiences since his very first arrival. A Lisbon-born, self-taught musician, he has consistently challenged conventions; with SILK (2014), MÚSICA NORMAL (2016), and ADORO BOLOS (2017), he established himself as a unique artistic identity within the Portuguese landscape.
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He has performed at some of the country’s most prominent festivals and venues, including Vodafone Paredes de Coura, Festival Bons Sons, and Theatro Circo, while also bringing his performances to international cities such as São Paulo, Berlin, Oslo, Macau, Paris, and Barcelona.
In recent years, he has continued to stand out through numerous appearances and collaborations. Between studio and stage, he has worked alongside artists such as Ana Moura, Nuno Ribeiro, Expresso Transatlântico, Filipe Sambado, Scúru Fitchádu, and João Maia Ferreira, in addition to writing lyrics for Rita Vian and Sérgio Onze.
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The surprise announcement of his third album XENONEXO at the end of last year reaffirmed CONAN OSIRIS’ unpredictable trajectory. The new record marks another phase in his artistic evolution, following the widespread attention he gained in Portugal with “Telemóveis” (2019), presented at Festival da Canção and the Eurovision Song Contest—an exact moment that captured the attention of both audiences and the press, who have since closely followed every aspect of his work, from lyrics and arrangements to costumes and live performances.
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The new project was premiered at Casa da Música on January 11, featuring a new on-stage ballet. Fans and critics alike summed up the show in one phrase: “He devoured everything!”
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On XENONEXO, alongside “Telemóveis,” listeners will also find “Cartomancia” and “Dona Gluteuda,” two tracks that previously existed only in live performances and have now finally been recorded in the studio. At the same time, he released MUSICÆ MMXV, a mini-album featuring early works from his initial online period, including the iconic “QMD”, now available on streaming platforms.
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Since he “landed from the future,” CONAN OSIRIS has never stopped and no one quite knows what comes next… perhaps not even himself.
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PRESS
”Fado emotions, Bollywood, bumper cars, funaná, hip hop, tragic romanticism and bumpkin lyrics. We've never heard anything like it. In his music, it's not all the same, but everything mixes and mixes in a disconcerting way: unexpected humor and sentimental desolation.”
Mario Lopes in Público
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“It's first album, "Adoro Bolos" is one of the most solid, serious and ambitious national musical creations of recent years.”
Rui Miguel Abreu in Rimas e Batidas
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"The metronome is not broken, the ears are not clogged, the notion is all there and this "Adoro Bolos" threatens to become the musical record that best reflects us at this moment (...)”
Mário Rui Vieira in Expresso