Shirft- “Lost in a Moment”
Now a days, side projects are not uncommon for artists rewarding their wanderlust. It helps them maintain and nurture creative fires that made them musicians in the first place while refusing the confines of one particular genre or sound. Nina Miranda is one those musicians. Originally part of the band Smoke City(which in itself appears to have been a collaboration) Miranda and partners in crime, Mark Brown and Chris Franck, melded the sounds of dub, bossanova, hip hop and tropicallia into a heady concoction that heralded the return of bossa nova for the new millenium. The album "Flying Away" helped usher in acts like Da Lata, Bebel Gilberto, Suba, Zuco 103 and a surplus of compilations that would saturate the market (remember “trip hop” and “acid jazz”?).
Since 1995, Miranda and co. released Smoke City’s sophmore “Heroes of Nature”, joined forces with a plethora of musicians varying from Bebel Gilberto, Robert Miles, dub bassist extradonaire- Jah Wobble, Nitin Sawhney, Faze Action, Arkestra One and now Shrift. Her voice is pure innocence and seduction whether singing in Portuguese, French, English, or scatting vowels or phrases through vocal meanderings. No music is beyond her. ‘Lost in A Moment’ is no exception. While it’s very much a mood album it relies more on the vibe it conveys than lyrics or concepts. The music production is creatively and delicately handled by Dennis Wheatley from Atlas with a little help from Da Lata’s Chris Franck on percussion. The music initially comes off as dreamy and atmospheric in texture. There are a couple of surprises with tracks that are more uptempo and funky mid way through the LP ('Floating City' and To 'The Floor'). If looped film score bits, ambient percussion, sitars, samba, stretched reversed beats, and berimbau sound appealing you won’t be disappointed. First rate.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Shirft- “Lost in a Moment”
Now a days, side projects are not uncommon for artists rewarding their wanderlust. It helps them maintain and nurture creative fires that made them musicians in the first place while refusing the confines of one particular genre or sound. Nina Miranda is one those musicians. Originally part of the band Smoke City(which in itself appears to have been a collaboration) Miranda and partners in crime, Mark Brown and Chris Franck, melded the sounds of dub, bossanova, hip hop and tropicallia into a heady concoction that heralded the return of bossa nova for the new millenium. The album "Flying Away" helped usher in acts like Da Lata, Bebel Gilberto, Suba, Zuco 103 and a surplus of compilations that would saturate the market (remember “trip hop” and “acid jazz”?).
Since 1995, Miranda and co. released Smoke City’s sophmore “Heroes of Nature”, joined forces with a plethora of musicians varying from Bebel Gilberto, Robert Miles, dub bassist extradonaire- Jah Wobble, Nitin Sawhney, Faze Action, Arkestra One and now Shrift. Her voice is pure innocence and seduction whether singing in Portuguese, French, English, or scatting vowels or phrases through vocal meanderings. No music is beyond her. ‘Lost in A Moment’ is no exception. While it’s very much a mood album it relies more on the vibe it conveys than lyrics or concepts. The music production is creatively and delicately handled by Dennis Wheatley from Atlas with a little help from Da Lata’s Chris Franck on percussion. The music initially comes off as dreamy and atmospheric in texture. There are a couple of surprises with tracks that are more uptempo and funky mid way through the LP ('Floating City' and To 'The Floor'). If looped film score bits, ambient percussion, sitars, samba, stretched reversed beats, and berimbau sound appealing you won’t be disappointed. First rate.
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