Da Lata

I. Da Lata - Songs From The Tin (2000)

The London-based Brazilian fusion group Da Lata established themselves long before it became fashionable for a dance act to quote South American forms. In 1992, the group's core members - Christian Franck (Smoke City) and Patrick Forge - formed Batu, which played numerous live gigs and recorded a couple of songs for Big Cheeze in Paris and for the excellent Rebirth of Cool, Vol. 4.
After several years of group inactivity, the duo re-formed in the summer of 1998 as Da Lata and invited Portuguese percussionist Oli Savill and Brazilian singer Lilana Chachian to join the band. Da Lata released Songs From the Tin in 2000. Respectfully interpreting Brazilian musical styles from their predominately Western European perspective, Da Lata blended Savill's live percussion and Chachian's authentic Brazilian vocals with Franck's gentle guitar work and Forge's production.
The Remixes album released in 2002 and is a compilation of some of their finest remixes; it includes such club anthems as Femi Kuti's 'beng, Beng, Beng', and Da Lata's Own Signature Tune 'ponteio'.




II. Da Lata - Remixes (2002)

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