Nina Miranda is a Brazilian-born English singer and songwriter who was a member of English bands Smoke City, Shrift and

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Life and career

Miranda was born in

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. Her mother is the English Liz Thompson-Miranda; Her father is the Brazilian artist Luiz Aquila, who is also a visual artist. The family subsequently lived in both

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. Miranda said that she wanted to be an opera singer when she was younger, but later studied art instead. Smoke City played major venues and festivals in the UK and Europe. Their first album, ''Flying Away'', was released in 1997, followed in 2001 by ''Heroes Of Nature''. Some of Smoke City's songs, and other writing collaborations Miranda has been involved with, have appeared in films and advertising. In a podcast on the Myspace website of Zeep, the duo that she later formed with fellow Smoke City member,

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, it was revealed that Smoke City had decided to fold because of pressure exerted on the band by their record label. Zeep released an album in July 2007, eponymously named ''Zeep''. In 2009, Zeep released a second album, ''People & Things''. Miranda has also worked with a variety of artists, performing on tracks for

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and DAXUVA. Miranda joined musical forces with Dennis Wheatley in forming the group Shrift. The principal result of this collaboration was the 2006 release, ''Lost in a Moment''. Miranda and her partner from Smoke City and Zeep, Chris Franck, had two sons together. They separated in 2011. In 2018, Miranda released an album, ''Le Jardin'', with Portuguese producer DAXUVA. "Hummingbird" was its first single.

References

External links

Official websiteTalking about ShriftZeep MySpace link with audio samples
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