Fila Brazillia
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Fila Brazillia | |
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Origin | Hull, England |
Years active | 1990-present |
Genres | electronica ambient techno nu jazz |
Members | Steve Cobby Dave McSherry |
Fila Brazillia is an electronica collaboration from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in North-East England. Formed in the early 1990s by Steve Cobby & Dave McSherry, they play electronica and ambient techno, and are sometimes described as being nu jazz.
Formed in 1990 their debut realeases came in 1994 on the ambient-downtempo label Pork Recordings (also based in Hull) with the album Old Codes New Chaos, and followed that with the albums Maim That Tune, Mess, Black Market Gardening, Luck Be a Weirdo Tonight and Power Clown. After creating their own music label with Sim Lister, Twentythree Records, they released the following albums: A Touch Of Cloth, Jump Leads, The Life And Times Of Phoebus Brumal, Dicks and Retrospective.
They also released a DJ mix album for the Azuli Records Another Late Night series, Another Late Night: Fila Brazillia.
Their collaborations include working with Harold Budd and Bill Nelson to release Three White Roses & A Budd (Twentythree Records, 2002).
Their music has made its mark both on small-screen blockbusters (such as CSI and Sex and the City) and cult cinema films (such as Dogtown and Riding Giants).
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
- Old Codes New Chaos (Pork Recordings, 1994)
- Maim That Tune (Pork Recordings, 1996)
- Mess (Pork Recordings, 1996)
- Black Market Gardening (Pork Recordings, 1996)
- Luck Be a Weirdo Tonight (Pork Recordings, 1997)
- Power Clown (Pork Recordings, 1998)
- A Touch of Cloth (Twentythree Records, 2001)
- Jump Leads (Twentythree Records, 2002)
- The Life and Times of Phoebus Brumal (Twentythree Records, 2004)
- Dicks (Twentythree Records, 2004)
[edit] EPs
- Sycot Motion (Mindfood, 1996)
- Saucy Joints (Twentythree Records, 2002)
- We Build Arks (Twentythree Records, 2002)
[edit] Compilations
- Music for Freelance (1999)
- Retrospective (Twentythree Records, 2006)
[edit] Remixes
- Brazilification - remixes 95-99 (Kudos, 1999)
- 12 Brazilliant Remixes
- B2 - 21 Brazilliant Remixes (Twentythree Records, 2003)
[edit] DJ Mix Albums
[edit] Other artists with releases on Twentythree Records
- J*S*T*A*R*S -
- The Solid Doctor - Beats Means Highs
- Mandrillus Sphynx - Zanya, Bikwix, Ban Music
- Heights of Abraham - Two Thousand and Six
- North East Sound System - Bloodstream
- jj fuchs - Stick it in't Middle