Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136188 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Da Lata--brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Chris Franck and superstar DJ Patrick Forge--first appeared on the scene in about 1997 with a record for UFO's Brownswood label in Japan. Since then, the project has had a slightly chequered history but includes remix work for Brazilian heavyweights like Carlinhos Brown and a cover of Edu Lobo's "Ponteio", the latter of which raised their profile even more. Chris and Franck are joined by Brazilian vocalist Liliana Chachian and Portuguese percussionist Oli Albergaria Savill to finally bring us an album worth waiting for. With an intelligent understated take on production and a dominant focus on instrumentation and traditional sounds, Songs From The Tin is quite amazing in its scope and lilting stance. The intricate Latin rhythms are infused with an unshakeable positivity and embellished by the lush vocals of Chachian. Da Lata's brand of Latin fusion is without doubt one of the most authentic and certainly one of the best.--Paul Sullivan

Customer Reviews

The return of decent melodies
There is something strange about how a woman singing a beautiful melody can give you such an enormous sense of well-being. Does anyone else think that truly lovely melodies are getting rarer and rarer? It's as if all the good ones have been written, and it is becoming more difficult for song writers to come up with new ones.
This album contains lots of beautiful melodies, all of them sung gloriously well. The musicianship is top class too. Brilliant latin guitars, infectious beats, just great. My favourites are Pra Maha, Cores and Rain Song. Each tune oozes quality and class. You just melt into your sofa listening to it.

A modern and classy update to Brazillian music
This is something worth getting your ears into. It is an absolutely amazing album and like Mr. Hermano's Free as the Morning Sun which was released this year this is another British band giving us Brazillian flavours with a contemporary feel. Da Lata definitely shade it over Mr. Hermano for me for the overall sound.

I have had this sitting in my desk at work for a little while now and finally got around to playing it throughout and this will be in my Cd player for some time. My favourite track is Indo but there is an excellent selection here, the likes of Pra Manha having already appeared on compilation albums and Rio Vida.

This is music to chill to, to dance to, to sing along to (so long as you can pick up the Portugese) and just generally enjoy. Now when is the next album out?

haunting vocals, intricate rhythms... simply beautiful.
I was given this album by a friend who knew my like of Afro Celt Sound System, and other examples of what I call "world music synthesis" such as p. gabriel's "passion," etc. The first time I heard the song "Cores" from 'Songs from the Tin', I was hooked. I later read that a reviewer thought the strings were mixed too loudly, but I disagree - if anything, they reinforce the sweet poignancy of the slowing tempo at the end of the song. It is lilting, lush, and full of a knowing soul... how else can I describe it? Other standouts, in my mind, are the graceful guitar of "Rain Song," the playful trombone in "Indo," (my four-year old daughter's favourite) the syncopating circular rhythm of "Inae," and Liliana Chachian's eerie wailings at the beginning of "Binti;" reminiscent of Kate Bush at her best. Chachian's vocals range from supple and undulating to full of gusto... but always shaped to the song, understated, paced with lightness and grace.