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Espiritu
12+ albums
Progressive rockindustrialsymphonic prognoiseargentina
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Disambiguation: At least three artists with this name. One was a duo (that became a solo artist) signed to Heavenly records in the mid-1990s. The other was an Argentinian progrock band. 1. Espiritu were the sound of a Brazilian street party relocated to West London, a samba magic Notting Hill carnival in the blazing sunshine. The band consisted of one woman, South American born, Parisian bred Vanessa Quinones and a series of collaborators. Vanessa wrote all of the material (and produced virtually all of her recordings), something that most of the British media couldn't get their heads round. Initially signed to Heavenly via the Sony deal in 1992, Espiritu released several upbeat hip hop inflected singles - "Francisca" (a song about Vanessa's childhood nanny), "Conquistador" (featuring mind-bending Sabres Of Paradise remixes) & "Los Americanos" (big radio record & the closest they came to charting). When the Sony deal ended, Espiritu were caught in the middle - Vanessa had recorded a beautiful cover of "Always Something There To Remind Me", a definite hit, which had been remixed by cheese house duo Tin Tin Out. Shortly before the record was due for release, Vanessa had an about face and pulled the record. She was let go by Sony shortly afterwards & the album she'd been working on for two years was scrapped. In 1995, Vanessa signed for a second time to Heavenly, after the label had begun a partnership with Deconstruction. Over the previous couple of years, Vanessa had imme
