Shrift was a collaboration between former
Smoke City
Smoke City was an English band that blended acid jazz and trip hop, borrowing from Brazilian styles such as samba and bossa nova and some lyrics have excerpts in Portuguese. They are best known for their single " Underwater Love", which was ...
vocalist
Nina Miranda and producer Dennis Wheatley.
[Greenberg, Adam " ''Lost in a Moment'' Review, Allmusic, retrieved 2010-07-09] Their debut release, ''Lost In A Moment'', brought together acoustic and electronic soundscapes with Miranda's vocals, drawing comparisons with
Portishead.
"It's all swirling atmosphere, with fingerpicked guitars, glimmering string sections, Brazilian and synthetic percussion and gusty echoes around Ms. Miranda's limpid voice," wrote Jon Pareles in ''
The New York Times''.
Wheatley is best known for his work with the British electronic band
Atlas.
Discography
*''Lost in a Moment'' (2006), Six Degrees
*''Shrift Remixed'' EP (2007), Six Degrees
References
External links
Shriftat the Six Degrees website
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British electronic music duos
Male–female musical duos
Six Degrees Records artists