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Twentythree Records

Twentythree Records - is home to Fila Brazillia, Heights of Abraham, Mandrillus Sphynx and The Solid Doctor. The label was founded in 1999 by Steve Cobby and David McSherry of Fila Brazillia along with Sim Lister of Heights of Abraham.

Since the early 90s both Fila and Heights had been part of the distinctive Hull-based label Pork Recordings - "Pork material is always quirky and surprising, quite brilliant" DJ Magazine 1994 - and in establishing Twentythree Records they were unrelenting in their focus on the music...

Cobby and Lister have since gone on to establish Steel Tiger Records; home to J*S*T*A*R*S and The Cutler.

Rob da Bank (BBC Radio 1) said "Beautiful! Lovin' The Cutler. Ace to hear some proper downtempo music being made again"

23 at Amazon

Twentythree Records mp3 tracks can now be downloaded from both amazon.com and amazon.co.uk

iTunes

http://itunes.com/filabrazillia | http://itunes.com/heightsofabraham | http://itunes.com/thesoliddoctor

Fila Brazillia

"Fila Brazillia never sold in the same numbers as some of their companions in the British electronica breaks scene of the '90s, but the reason they stayed under the radar is the same reason their recordings were so good. Unlike the stadium breaks of those who went overground quickly circa 1997, Brazillia kept their music loose and free of gimmicks - in that, they were true siblings to the electronic listening music championed in the '90s by Warp." - iTunes 2006

Heights of Abraham

""You should never pander to expectations" insists Steve. "'Top of The Pops' IS International cabaret and everything else is folk music. Heights are like heretics, barking at the mainstream and telling them how shit they are!" - Melody Maker 1995

Mandrillus Sphynx

Mandrillus Sphynx is soon to be deleted from the 23 catalogue. You can now download 'Ban Music' (720kbps - 322mb) for free from bandcamp.com

The Solid Doctor

"And so the funky break of the trip hop groove enters the surgery of another qualified practitioner. An anaesthetic of Nepalese buckshot is administered by drip, a liquid balm of snowdrop strings and the entire works of Nino Rota (Fellini's favourite composer) are gently daubed on and small swabs of obscure dialogue and drifting radio wave samples make a patchwork poultice." - Mixmag 1995

23 at Kudos Records

Music from Twentythree Records is distributed physically and digitally world-wide by Kudos Records Ltd. Digital versions are available via iTunes, Emusic, Napster and a host of independent download stores, and over mobile.

You can go to the 23 page on Kudos to buy our CDs Thank you.


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