Early Work
Da Lata's first release was as Trio Da Lata for Brownswood Records in Japan, a song called "Deep Water' which featured former Batu vocalist Sharon Scott. However, it was their next release, a version of Edu Lobo's classic "Ponteio" that garnered attention, crossing over between House and Jazz-Dance audiences. "Ponteio" was supported particularly strongly in Japan and in New York by the Body&Soul DJs. Despite the success of this single, Da Lata was put on hold for a few years whilst Chris Franck wrote, produced and toured with Smoke City. In 1998 they recorded a song that had been initially demoed four years earlier, it was on the strength of this song, "Pra Manha". that they were signed to Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures.
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