Batu were a British music group strongly influenced by Brazilian music.

Formed in early 1992, in Brighton

Brighton

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, England

England

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 and disbanded in late 1994, this group featured the madcap talents of Bebeto De Souza, a native of Sao Paolo, Brazil

Brazil

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, as well as the vocals of Sharon Scott.

Full members included Chris Franck

Chris Franck

Chris Franck is a German-born English musician, songwriter, producer, and remixer, best known for his involvement with the bands Batu, Da Lata, Smoke City, and Zeep. He is described as a "multi-instrumentalist".-Career:...

, Carl Smith, Kevin Alexander, Sharon Scott, Franc O'Shea

Franc O'Shea

Franc O'Shea is a bassist and composer born in Swaziland, Africa. He has worked with other artists including Steve Howe , Lisa Moorish, Mike Lindup , Bah Samba, members of Jamiroquai and Beverley Martyn. His playing covers a variety of styles including jazz, Latin, rock, world music, flamenco and...

, Tristan Banks, Bebeto De Souza, Oli Savill, and Patrick Forge

Patrick Forge

Patrick Forge is a British jazz, jazz-dance and soul music DJ who spent much of the late 1980s and early 1990s DJing alongside Gilles Peterson at the famous Dingwalls club in Camden, North London....

. Some of the artists went on to form another Brazilian outfit called Da Lata

Da Lata

Da Lata are a Brazilian-influenced British group formed in the early 1990s.The main member of the group is Chris Franck, a multi-instrumentalist and main creative input...

, spearheaded by Forge and Franck and featuring the vocal talents of Lilliana Chachian and Nina Miranda

Nina Miranda

Nina Miranda is both a singer and songwriter who was part of the English group, Smoke City, and more recently, Shrift.Nina Miranda's father is Brazilian, her mother is English and she was born in Brazil, and educated in Brazil, England and France...

. However before this, many of them contributed to and were parts of several other projects throughout the 1990s.

External links

• Batu at Da Lata
  Da Lata
  Da Lata are a Brazilian-influenced British group formed in the early 1990s.The main member of the group is Chris Franck, a multi-instrumentalist and main creative input...
  
   information site.
• Batu discography at Discogs
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