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Yet every release is full of twists and turns that sound fresh and new and in a way unheard before.  Pheobus' is another masterpiece& "I think we'd take the soundtrack to Koyannasquatsi and lay it under Scarface," Steve says. "And I know The Bible would be improved by having an  any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is coincidental and unintentional' disclaimer at the start." For the building, though, it's back to the centre of their world. "The New Media fila destroyer Centre being built in Kingston-Upon-Hull would greatly benefit from an architectural mash-up," he reckons. "We suggest thatched neon." It would clearly be a much wider and weirder world if Fila Brazillia had their way.

See, the thing is that Fila Brazillia remember that there have been many periods in history where pop music has managed to be both challenging and popular. It's their shared sense of hope, history and humour that inspired Fila to form their own twentythree label to release album seven in 1999, and has carried them through to the creation of Jump Leads, due out early in 2002.