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In 1997 the band released their first album Flying Away, which included several hits like "Underwater Love", "Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceous)" and "Águas de Março (Joga Bossa Mix)". Whilst Flying Away was hard to classify because it had everything from light trip-hop to gentle guitar ballads, Smoke City's next album, Heroes of Nature (released in 2001), was considered too odd even by fans, combining even more styles and incorporating dance beats in some of the tracks.Miranda formed Smoke City with former schoolmate Mark Brown, with whom she shared an affection not only for the music of Santana and Gilberto Gil but also classic '70s funk; rounding out the line-up with guitarist Chris Franck, formerly of the Brighton-based Brazilian percussion group Batu, the group issued a handful of indie-label singles before signing to Jive Records in the fall of 1995. Their debut LP Flying Away followed two years later, and was highlighted by the single "Underwater Love," which became a European hit thanks to its use in a commercial campaign for Levi's jeans.

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Member Since: 5/28/2006
Band Website: geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/8877/smokee
Band Members: * Nina Miranda (vocals, fx) * Mark Brown (programming, turntables, keyboards, percussion, vocals, fx) * Chris Franck (guitar, keyboards, percussion, bass, vocals)
Influences: Old time Jazz....ella fitzgerald...billie Holiday...Louie Armstrong. many of the old jazz singers really influence Discovery1996 Underwater Love 1997 Flying Away1997 Mr Gorgeous1997 Joga Bossa(Águas de Março)1997 With You1998 Numbers1998 Red Hot + Rhapsody1999 Nitin Sawhney, Beyond Skin1999 Red Hot + Lisbon, Onda Sonora2000 Bebel Gilberto,Tanto Tempo2000 Da Lata, Songs From the Tin2000 Jug / Hawaii2001 Compost 1002001 Robert Miles,Organik2001 Nitin Sawhney,Prophesy2001 Heroes of Nature
Sounds Like: acid jazz and trip hop
Type of Label: None