[1] Armando Teixeira is recognized as a composer, musician and producer of note within Portugal, and his 2006 studio album A Grande Mentira has been described by Portuguese public radio station Antena 3 as "pop, electronica, eroticism and fury".
[2] "In this space, I have adopted the solitary writing of a Nick Cave or Iggy Pop" Balla has said of his own work.
"[4][5] Balla first appeared on the Optimus 2000:we'vebeenwatchingyou collection, with his track "Âmago", in 2000 (alongside other bands such as Plástica and Atomic Bees).
A review described the album as "it's pop, it's 'chanson française', it's eroticism, it's electronica and everything else that a disc of such complex songs can suggest.
"[8] The cover of Le Jeu is possibly a reference to the Nathaniel Merriweather (aka Dan The Automator) project Lovage (band), and his album Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By, which is in itself a pastiche of Serge Gainsbourg's No.