SMOKE CITY DISCOGRAPHY - OLD NEWS [Back to Discography]
6 April 2006 -
This weeks playlist for Six Degrees Records' Traveler radio program includes a remix of Shrift's Lost in a Moment taken from the Shrift Remixed EP scheduled for a digital-only release on 11 April. The EP might already be available for download (MP3 format) from Calabash Music.
2 January 2006 -
A promotional video for the title track from Shrift's upcoming Lost In A Moment album (now due for release on 7 Feb.) can be viewed at Six Degrees Records.14 November 2005 -
The latest in Six Degrees Records compilation series, Traveler '06, is due for release next February and includes a Da Lata remix of Shrift's As Far As I Can See.
5 July 2005 -
Shrift's Lost In A Moment album is now set for release in 2006. There's a Shrift biography at Six Degrees Records (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) which gives some more info including that both Nina Miranda and Chris Franck will be on the album.
8 June 2005 -
The scheduled release date for Shrift's Lost In A Moment album is now 23 August.
The end of April saw the release of another Da Lata 12" which includes a couple of previously unreleased remixes of Serious by Charles Webster.
7 April 2005 -
Six Degrees Records lists Shrift's Lost In A Moment album, with Nina Miranda on vocals, for a May 2005 release.
LAVA Presents London Collection was released in Japan on 24 March and includes a new Da Lata remix, Clara [Da Lata Remix] by LAVA featuring Guida de Palma.
January saw the release of a 12" by the Reel People with a Da Lata remix of Second Guess.
For KJM, the Kyoto Jazz Massive 10th Anniversary album, features Da Lata covering Joao Bosco's Ronco da Cuica.
Spanish band Mojo Project have released a DJ 12" which includes a Da Lata remix of a track titled Nana For Child.
Jazzinho's 12" of Camponesa (co-written by Chris Franck) includes, along with the album version, a remix of the song.
The I Really Want You video featuring Nina Miranda is available in the Videos section at Cosmic Sounds website.
Tokyo radio station J-WAVE have a video clip on their website (http://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/viva_access/livelivelive/2004/0402.html) of Da Lata (with Chris & Nina) performing a couple of songs (Pra Manha & Petropolis) live in the studio on 12 February 2004.
22 May 2004 -
May 17 saw the Japanese release of Ryukyu Underground's Okinawa Lounge EP containing a Da Lata remix of Kuijin nu Hana. The same track will be included on Ryukyu Underground's upcoming album, Ryukyu Remixed.
13 May 2004 -
Nina Miranda features on three tracks on the debut album from Troubleman, Time Out Of Mind scheduled for release in May. One of the tracks, "Paz" is also included on the "Brazilian Love Affair 5" compilation also released in May.
According to a recent Cosmic Sounds newsletter Arkestra One has reworked an old track into "Wanting" which features Nina Miranda and Chris Franck. The track's been licensed by Philips USA for use in a future TV commercial.
12 April 2004 -
Domenico+2 released their Sincerely Hot album last year in Brazil. The album contains 2 tracks with vocals from Nina Miranda.
31 October 2003 -
Chris Franck & Patrick Forge released the second Da Lata album, Serious on the 21 October. Nina Miranda contributes vocals on a couple of tracks.
7 August 2003 -
As a precursor to a new Da Lata album scheduled for September promo copies of a track titled "Serious" (and remixes) have been released for DJ play and Patrick Forge has been playing other tracks from the album on his Kiss 100 FM radio show).
22 July 2003 -
A clip of Arkestra One's "I Really Want You" video featuring Nina Miranda can be viewed at BBC Blast's Arkestra One profile.
15 June 2003 -
Another collaboration by Nina has been brought to my attention. Seems that she contributed vocals to a previously unreleased track on Bill Brewster's Praxis compilation released in September 2002.
24 May 2003 -
The self-titled debut album from Tom Noble isn't scheduled for release until October but advance promos of the album have been released and at least one of the tracks has vocals by Nina Miranda.
30 April 2003 -
March saw the release of the Afro Celts' (formerly Afro-Celt Sound System) new album, Seed. Nina Miranda contributes vocals on the track, Nevermore. You can listen to the album at the Real World Records website.
9 April 2003 -
Chris Franck produces and co-writes on Sim Ou Não, the new debut EP from Guida de Palma's Jazzinho project.
27 February 2003 -
A remix album, Cosmic Sounds Remixed Volume 1, has just been released and features a couple of Arkestra One tracks with Nina Miranda on vocals.
29 January 2003 -
Marc Brown's KV5 project is shortly to release another limited 10" single titled Large Foot with contributions from both Nina Miranda and Chris Franck. KV5's first album, Natural Science, is scheduled for release in May 2003.
23 January 2003 -
The soundtrack to Cirque Du Soleil's Varekai show was released in Canada in November 2002 and the USA on 7 January 2003. Nina Miranda contributes vocals and co-wrote at least one track on the album.
19 January 2003 -
The upcoming video for Arkestra One's I Really Want You features Nina Miranda. A few stills from the video can be seen here.
18 December 2002 -
The Eddy & Dus remix of Les Gammas' Outra Vida (with Nina on vocals) has been released on CD for the first time (see Glücklich V).
25 November 2002 -
Robert Miles has released his Organik Remixes album that contains not only the recent Da Lata remix of Release Me but also three previously issued remixes (including KV5's) of Paths with Nina Miranda on vocals.
2 November 2002 -
Da Lata's remix of Victor Davies "Sound Of The Samba" was included in his recently released Remixes album.
16 September 2002 -
Patrick Forge has released a new compilation album, PF02.
13 September 2002 -
Chris and Nina's baby arrived last week. Both mother and son are well.
2 September 2002 -
Releases in recent times include Robert Miles: Release Me [Da Lata Mix], Da Lata: Golden (remixes) and Chris & Nina + Friends: Mash Banana. October should see the release of the Kyoto Jazz Massive's Spirit Of The Sun album with a track featuring Chris Franck & Guida De Palma.
23 July 2002 -
Compost Records have recently released a 12", Les Gammas: Outra Vida Remixes with Nina's vocals retained in some of the remixes.