Nina Miranda - Freedom Of Movement

Nina Miranda – Freedom Of Movement

TRACK LIST

Capoeira 2020
Play
Marshmellow Dreams
Megalopolis Skit
Whole Of London
The Cage
The Garden
I Am…
Feminist Man
Silken Horse
Julia
Amazonia Amor
The Surfer
Soundtrack to ‘Venus Night Boat’
Lost In Manchester

ABOUT THIS RELEASE

Release Date: May 26, 2017

Nina Miranda has spent most of her life living in Brazil and London; her hotly awaited, first solo album is bursting with the dissonance and freedom of that experience.Perhaps best known as the vocalist for the UK based ensemble Smoke City, which began with DJ Producer Marc Brown and Nina and their hit, “Underwater Love” (with the help of Michel Gondry’s Levi’s advert in 1997, entitled ‘Mermaids’), creating a worldwide sensation and paving the way for a new cross-cultural, genre-defying, underground to overground pop-sensibility. Smoke City grew when joined by multi-instrumentalist Chris Franck and sometimes collaborator DJ Patrick Forge.Miranda later joined Da Lata and became lead singer of the bands Shrift and Zeep. An integral member of the Trip Hop, Electronica, Brazilian and World Music scenes of the nineties, noughties and to date, Miranda has collaborated with numerous artists, including Nitin Sawhney, Basement Jaxx, Bebel Gilberto, Jah Wobble, Nação Zumbi, Baaba Maal, Troubleman, Seu Jorge & Gilles Peterson.
Nina’s music has been heard in film and television soundtracks worldwide, resulting in a cult following of fans who will be thrilled to see her stepping out solo with this voluminous, passionate offering of plurality and wonder.

Freedom of Movement showcases a confection of influences: traditional rhythms of Bahia juxtaposed with urban bass-lines, the atmosphere of 1970s Santana Osibisa is channelled along with the valorous grooves of Earth Wind & Fire and Sly & Robbie, the free spirit of les dames Grace Jones and Rita Lee, and the urban bite of The Specials and Ian Dury The Blockheads. This solo outing also shows its political teeth, with a conscious galvanic call to action at this crucial time in our collective history. Finally out on her own, one of our finest vocalists marks herself as a singular talent, demonstrating that her international edge is more crucial than ever.

Gilles Peterson BBC Radio 6

“Iconic”… “A trip-Hop Luminary”

WIRE Magazine

“The album’s free-spirited sunniness conceals complex emotional undercurrents.”

Andrew Jervis / Bandcamp Weekly

“Using the beauty and gentleness of one language and the brevity and directness of the other to paint a picture of living and loving in two cultures…. t’s an album that revels in experimentation, but doesn’t shy away from embracing tradition. It’s Miranda building bridges between cultures […]”

Lauren laverne BBC Radio 6

“I love the psyche flavour… Very talented woman…all these different, interesting influences creating a kind of lovely, sonic melange.”

I-D Magazine

“When we feel powerless, art is the only way to make things happen. By putting our hopes into art certain realities can come true.”

Saatchi Magazine

“Nina Miranda celebrates connections. Forging resistance through creation, she sketches new possibilities and imagined musical geographies”.

Songlines Magazine

“… You could say that Smoke City’s one-time singer couldn’t go wrong with a raft of musicians from the likes of Ibibio Sound Machine and Da Lata. But it’s marshalling all these talents and getting them to do your thing rather than theirs, that’s to be admired. This is an extremely classy global fusion pop record.”

Straight no Chaser Magazine

“Very brave, very London, very now”.

Sounds and Colours Magazine

“Brazilian singer Nina Miranda is finally ready to steal the limelight with her upcoming debut solo album. ..Always, she has been collaborating and always, she has been traversing through genres”