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Album:

Jump Leads

Band:

Fila Brazillia

Format: VINYL2
Have: YES
Released: 2002
Added: September 29th, 2020

Electronica, downtempo, funk, grooves, oddities, and soul.

Steve Cobby and David McSherry. One of the oddest acts of the age of electronica was this band. Strange track titles, odd samples, meandering tunes that were at times not exactly songs, but still incredible mellanges of melody and soundscape.

Of all of their albums, this one is my favorite.

Dick Witty from BBC Collective called them "…two blokes from Hull, otherwise known as the Pink Floyd of electronica."
— http://filabrazillia.net/reviews/#jump

They also hooked me with their early compilation called Brazillification, a double disc of wonderful tunes.

Cover Art

Not much to expand on here. Cool stylistic shot and it looks rather 4AD. Artwork and photograph is by "LEF", while design was by David McSherry.

For fun, browse their releases, pause on the design of the cover art, and then get bemused by the track names.

Tracks:

A1 Bumblehaun Accordion – Dan Eldon Harmonica – Dan Eldon
A2 Motown Coppers
B1 Spill The Beans Vocals – Steve Edwards
B2 DNA Guitar – Archie Deacon*
C1 We Build Arks Vocals – Steve Edwards
C2 It's A Knockout
D1 Monk's Utterance
D2 Percival Quintaine Percussion – Aaron Gammon
E Nightfall Vocals – Steve Edwards
F1 Mother Nature's Spies Drums – Julian Taylor
F2 The Green Green Grass of Homegrown Accordion – Dan Eldon, Harmonica – Dan Eldon, Vocals – Steve Edwards