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Disambiguation: At least two artists with this name. One was a duo (that became a solo artist) signed to Heavenly records in the mid-1990s. The other was an Argentinian progrock band.

1. Espiritu were the sound of a Brazilian street party relocated to West London, a samba magic Notting Hill carnival in the blazing sunshine. The band consisted of one woman, South American born, Parisian bred Vanessa Quinones and a series of collaborators. Vanessa wrote all of the material (and produced virtually all of her recordings), something that most of the British media couldn’t get their heads round.

Initially signed to Heavenly via the Sony deal in 1992, Espiritu released several upbeat hip hop inflected singles - “Francisca” (a song about Vanessa’s childhood nanny), “Conquistador” (featuring mind-bending Sabres Of Paradise remixes) & “Los Americanos” (big radio record & the closest they came to charting). When the Sony deal ended, Espiritu were caught in the middle - Vanessa had recorded a beautiful cover of “Always Something There To Remind Me”, a definite hit, which had been remixed by cheese house duo Tin Tin Out. Shortly before the record was due for release, Vanessa had an about face and pulled the record. She was let go by Sony shortly afterwards & the album she’d been working on for two years was scrapped.

In 1995, Vanessa signed for a second time to Heavenly, after the label had begun a partnership with Deconstruction. Over the previous couple of years, Vanessa had immersed herself entirely in London’s ever growing drum ‘n’ bass scene, regularly to be seen on the floor at LTJ Bukem’s ‘Speed’ nights.
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  • KCarao

    Existen los dos grupos: Espiritu y Espíritu..

    28 Sep 2012 Reply

  • pablo323

    Libre y Natural esta muy bueno, pero hay muchos que pelean por el puesto de mejor cd de rock progresivo argentino (Anabelas, Los Delirios del Mariscal, El Jardin de los Presentes). Igualmente esta excelente ese disco!

    20 Nov 2011 Reply

  • silvertree

    please correct band's name : Espíritu Thank you !

    13 Oct 2011 Reply

  • ze_zar

    Espiritu: Vanessa Contenay-Quinones

    12 Feb 2011 Reply

  • MauroEduard

    el cd libre y natural es el mejor cd de rock progresivo de argentina. junto con el jardin de los presentes de invisible

    14 Aug 2010 Reply

  • betoline69

    donde puedo encontrar su musica?

    14 Jun 2009 Reply

  • machimarmol

    se llama vannesa quinnones, y es mitad francesa y mitad peruana, no me pregunten que mitad

    28 Mar 2009 Reply

  • Marcelo_Xanadu

    http://www.lastfm.pt/music/Esp%C3%ADritu

    27 Jan 2009 Reply

  • leo_jt

    Es verdad, pero no hay ningun tag con acento.

    8 Nov 2008 Reply

  • Marcelo_Xanadu

    Hey, folks! You're tagging wrong the progressive rock band! The correct spelling is "Espíritu" with accent in the first "I". You can confirm in the band official site www.espiriturock.com.ar

    8 Sep 2008 Reply

  • leo_jt

    Que boludo que hay que ser para poner "Vanessa Quinones is much easier on the eye than that ugly old progrock band! Sanity prevail! Overthrow that goddam photo!"

    4 Sep 2008 Reply

  • leo_jt

    Listo, le agregas agua caliente y biografía instantánea.

    4 Sep 2008 Reply

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