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Artist
Nina Miranda And Chris Franck
12+ albums
Bossanovajazzchilloutelectronicdowntempo
about
Zeep is the new band from Nina Miranda & Chris Franck, the musicians formerly known as Smoke City (still remembered for their seminal `Underwater Love' track that was the soundtrack to a Levi's advert) - and Da Lata, signed to Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures label. Imagine Led Zep, The Meters, Joni Mitchell and The Beatles jamming in Brazil with Tropicalistas such as Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil & Os Mutantes and you're on the Zeep trail. Zeep is where rock `n' roll, funk and classic pop get spiced up with a little samba magic, bringing you an album inspired by the attitude of the 70s when music was live, urgent, right-on, scruffy, funky and folksy. Whilst Zeep was mainly dreamt up in London, the beat of Brazil gives the music it's swing, as electric guitars, funky drumming and samba percussion all combine with shouts, whispers and random bursts of `collective conscience' to produce one of the freshest albums we've heard in a long time. "We made this record without having a record deal in place as we wanted to let the music dictate where it was going", says Chris, "this is music for music's sake, recorded with everyone playing together". "This" finishes Nina, "is why we christened it `Zeep', because we wanted a name that was born the same time as the music". Opening track `Funny Old Song' sets the tone of the album - a snappy, uplifting, folky bossa where spoken interjections from various Zeepistas give the track a film-like quality, whilst second track `Super' is a blast of ps
