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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. From the early 90s to 1999 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) - before transferring their catalogues to Twentythree Records.
In 2006 Cobby and Lister went 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"
You can listen to (and buy) music from Twentythree Records on official.fm. Official.fm provides tools and services for music artists, labels, and media to share, promote, and distribute music.
Bandcamp
You can now download Fila Brazillia, The Solid Doctor, and the Twentythree Records sampler 'Twentythree Twelves' from Bandcamp. You can pay as much as you wish for an album as long as it is a minimum of 5 British pounds, most individual tracks have a 'base' price of 50 pence.
Fila Brazillia, Pork's picks
Porky of Pork Recordings has begun creating a series of Fila Brazillia mixes on Mixcloud.
Fila Brazillia
"Affectionately known by fans and music business bods as the "top mixers about town" the Hull exports are the howitzer in Pork Recordings' eclectic arsenal. Despite their humble beginnings they are the remixers of choice for everyone from Radiohead to Busta Rhymes. Since the early 1990's Dave McSherry and Steve Cobby - aka Fila Brazillia - have released a gaggle of beautiful albums which have shimmered through Balearic chill-proper through to post-funk with a cheeky nod towards the divine lounge of Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto. Raise a mojito to the gods of downtempo beauty." - Matt Keating / The Guardian, March 2002
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
Twentythree Records at Kudos
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 Twentythree Records page on Kudos to buy our CDs Thank you.
