Fila Brazillias ninth studio album is so inspiring youll want to run through the aisle of your nearest record store to get up to speed with their prior releases. The Life and Times of Phoebus Brumal encompasses a multiplicity of sounds, from funky acoustic guitar with playful electronic beats to techno rhythms and hard, electro-funk house with soulful, reggae-inspired lyrics. Theres nothing like an album that spans the gamut of what can sometimes be a mundane genre of music. Fila Brazillia has managed to keep electronica interesting by daring to be different and pushing the envelope with the incorporation of myriad beats and vocals that are anything but the usual crap pushed down our throats too often. Music that never gets boring is what its all about, and while this group keeps you guessing, you certainly wont be disappointed at the unexpectedness of it all.
(Twentythree)Fila Brazillia
The Life and Times of Phoebus Brumal
BY Cheryl ThompsonPublished Sep 1, 2004