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Fila Brazillia | Jump Leads

Prepare for a very relaxed summer with Fila Brazillia.
CD, Twentythree/Lowlands

Tekst: Omar Muñoz-Cremers

Publicatiedatum: 16 maart 2002

Fila Brazillia are one of these groups whose name you keep seeing in magazines, whose track or remix you might occasionally hear and think sounds decent, but which hardly has you running to the shops to immediately check out their albums. Speaking of which, 'Jump Leads,' amazingly, is their eighth in as many years. 'Jump Leads,' for the most part, is quite a pleasurable listen that, after repeated spins, will somehow nestle itself in your brain, and then after which will occasionally make you wonder where that melody you suddenly just can't shake off, came from. A large part of the album consists of an impeccable collection of lush summer tunes. Opener, 'Bumblehaun,' comes on like a breezy, mediterranean Daft Punk-ish meditation. In this vein there are tracks that use a bit of reggae ('Motown Coppers'), a wisp of Casio samba ('It's A Knockout'), or a full-on drum kit ('Percival Quintaine')... all perfect aural companions to sipping rosé on the beach: nice, relaxed and not too demanding. Yet 'Jump Leads' is also apparently the first of the group's albums that uses vocals. As in almost all dance cases, the results are patchy: 'Spill the Beans' is a too-clean soul ballad, 'We Build Arks' is a nice song that reminds me of Weather Report, while closer 'The Green Green Grass of Homegrown' sounds positively Dylanesque (Alas, this, in my house, is a synonym for shit.). Those possessing a higher tolerance for vocalization in dance music and looking for a preview of Summer 2002 should investigate this soothing collection.

http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/fila-brazillia/jump-leads/1396/
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