Fila Brazillia

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Fila Brazillia

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] 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

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