Customer Reviews

Underwater Love

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Certainly...one of the sweetest...sensuous little grooves we've heard in quite a spell. Reminisent to Morcheeba/Massive Attack/Portishead sounds. Found it on the 'Chill Out' compilation CD...Which by the way...is absolutely delicious!

I've discovered this band through their European hit Underwater Love, which was on the Ladykillers 2 compilation CD. It should just be a matter of time until they are 'discovered' in the United States. They masterfully blend Nina Miranda's sultry vocals with heavy rhythmic percussion, bass, and keyboards. This is no one hit wonder. You'll find yourself listening to this CD all day long. Flying Away is a must have CD, but since it is an import and is harder to track down, you can content yourself with this until you find it.

I listened to them on a compilation CD, and I knew I had found that "new band". Their smooth, smoky sounds will remind you of Portishead, but there not as blue, making them more listenable and they retain a freshness and originality that Morcheeba didn't quite capture on their debut album. If you like the media dubbed genre "trip-hop", then Smoke City is the band that delivers and continues in the vein which Portishead started but didn't quite follow through on in their second album. I know it's only a single, but I have that feeling you'll hear more from these guys real soon. Highly recommended.

Fabulous CD with an interesting mix of Brazilian and Techno sounds. I will also recommend the album "Flying Away". The singer's voice is absolutely charming and it just creates the right mood for an evening with your lover.

I really liked this song (used in a Levi's commercial, apparently), which I actually originally heard on one of my chillout compilation CDs some years back, so I thought that I would pick up the maxi-single EP of it. You can never have too much of a good thing, I usually think. Well, this may just be a little too much of a good thing. All of the remix versions are good, but none of them spectacular. None of them really take the song to that next level or do anything incredibly new or different with it. Fairly safe remixes, so none of them are particularly disappointing, but none inspire either. After just one listen, I doubt that this one has much of a future in my headphones. Spend your money on Smoke City's full length album "Flying Away" instead.

This song is not only sensual and sexy, but listening to it is garunteed to put anyone in a good mood. I brought it with me on an overseas trip and it made the whole trip hoppin'. Also gives you energy and may be good for a workout.

it's just a brilliant songs, extremily senxual, it makes my head travel away, far from here, Smoke City, great stuff