Engineering · Production
Da Lata
United Kingdom • b. 1996-01-01
Da Lata is credited on 255 releases across 69 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1994–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
255
Pressings credited
69
Albums
4
Decades active
6
In collections
Biography
Da Lata (meaning "from the tin" in Portuguese) are a British group formed in 1994 by Chris Franck and Patrick Forge. They combine Afro-Brazilian influences with other strands from the melting pot of their native London. Franck and Forge previously worked together with the Brighton-based group Batu before setting up Da Lata as a more studio based project. Franck is the main creative force as songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, whereas Forge, better known as a DJ and broadcaster, is credited as co-producer. They made three albums for Palm Pictures: Songs from the Tin (2000), Serious (2003) and a collection of their remix work for other artists, Remixes, which featured their interpretations of songs by Femi Kuti, Luciano, Bebel Gilberto and Sly and Robbie, among others. After a hiatus of several years, the pair started work on a new album in 2011. It was scheduled for release in early 2013.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
255 releases · 69 albums · active 1994–2023
- Engineering · 238
- Production · 53
- Other credits · 3
- Performance · 3
Studios: MMM Studios · Studios De La Seine · Can Can Studio · Sabresonic Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Femi Kuti
- Friends From Rio
- Ruby
- Ravin
- Arto Lindsay
- Patrick Forge
- Robert Miles
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