1997年Smoke City的首张唱片《飞走》（FlyingAway），可谓是向triphop电子乐界打出的一个擦边球，因为一直以来我们都用MassiveAttack或者Portishead的标准来规范triphop的定义：诡秘的人声，阴郁的气息，在电子中混合嬉哈，爵士，骚灵等元素。虽然在SmokeCity的唱片里仍然可以听到同样的音乐元素，但他们却令triphop的鬼魅气息稍有减弱，因为他们往triphop里灌注了浓郁的巴西风情：热情的桑巴舞曲和欢快的bossa nova不禁令人有在酒吧间闻乐起舞的欲望。 由于爵士女伶Bebel Gilberto和Amon Tobin的巨大成功，全世界关注爵士的目光越来越多，特别是最纯粹而且最容易被接受的bossa nova令全球刮起了一股巴西的音乐旋风。 by John Bush The track "Underwater Love," used for a Levi's commercial earlier in 1997, is just one of the pleasing trip-hop and mild breakbeat tracks on Smoke City's debut album; other songs, like "Numbers" and "Dark Walk" are just as strong, and the alternately rough-hewn and sultry vocals of Nina Miranda (in French and Portuguese as well as English) definitely add to the proceedings. All in all, the album is a bit of a surprise considering that the group was completely unknown before gaining success on British TV.