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Brazilification

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Brazilification is somewhat of a mixed bag. Fila is a bit of a critics' favorite, and certainly some tracks show why. The sound ranges from exellent chill-out techno of Electric Orange-meets-Orb on the better songs to unengaging repetitiveness on others, dragged down by a dry mix. On the good tracks, the trippy ambient feel is not lost to a boring drum loop.

Strangely enough the Orb remix is not one of the better tracks (looping the doppler-shifted car horn from the original gets very annoying). The album starts strong with Climbing Up Walls, with Fila being smart enough to leave Thom Yorke's vocals, which on this song would song good a-capella, intact. But the rest of the first CD is uneven, the second CD being definitely the better half.

Remix album's can be a fickle beast, with some examples skilfully reinterpreting/Matching Or surpassing the source material, and others merely an exercise in futility. `Fila Brazillia' thankfully feature in the former group, by taking a broad section of artist's work, and not only reworking the songs to fit within a Trip-Hop/Ambient framework, but making it seem like an obvious move. "Radiohead/Black Uhuru/Simple Minds & Robin Jones" are not names that are normally associated with Trip-Hop, but they reconstructed tracks work beautifully here (especially, Radiohead's downtempo mastering of "Climbing the Walls"). And the artists that are considered either Electronica or Downtempo (Lamb, Moloko, Lamb, Orb) are either given a slinky elegant makeover, or blissfully drum-heavy & effect-laded & distorted into a vision the creators themselves would probably envisage the same idea. Such is the skilfulness of this remix album, that even if you're not particularly a avid fan of `Fila Brazillia' that buying this and entering into it with an open mind is a must, as there's enough diversity & easily digestible tracks here to entice people that aren't familiar with Fila Brazillia's studio albums. In fact such is the greatness of this remix album, that I'd go so far as to say that it outstrips their studio albums.

This is outstanding remix material from two of the most revered producers in the downtempo/trip-hop genre! And although I haven't heard the original mixes to a lot of the songs on the phenomenal "Brazilification", I can honestly say that Cobby and McSherry do wonders with them. I'm sure under any other circumstances I wouldn't listen to a lot these artists (Who the hell is "Freakpower", btw?), but with FB's magic touch I probably would give them a chance. Remixes done on songs from highly successful acts like Radiohead, Moloko, Lamb and UNKLE, to name only a few, give the music a new style and added flava. Remix albums usually make me sick on my stomach--save the K&D Sessions--but when you have talent like Fila Brazillia runnin' thangz, you're sure to be satisfied. Very Nice Work!!!!

great driving and chilling out remixes, while there is some brazilian flavor to this record it is more in vain to the whole kruder & dorfmeister genre

The ever-prolific Fila Brazillia, known for their remixes as much for their own tracks, offer us Brazilification, a collection of their remixes. And they have definitely skimmed off the top here: these tracks are gorgeous. Disc 1 starts off with Radiohead sounding slightly less paranoid with "Climbing Up the Walls" and moves to their unreleased mix of Moloko's "Lotus Eaters." The tracks blend into one another, not as much mixed as segued. And the mood is consistently mellow, even through the remix of Mellow's "Mellow," and culminating in the bleep-funk of the Orb's "Toxygene." On Disc 2, Simple Minds get their "Themes from Great Cities," turned into a suite of easygoing breaks, while Robin Jones has "Royal Rumba" turned up a notch. They transform The Egg's "Bend" into a driving funk, while their sublime mix of "Cottonwool" (by Lamb) feels soft as silk. This is the collection for you if you don't feel like spending hundreds of dollars tracking down the individual singles.

A great 2 CD set of electronic chill music. At first a few of the songs seemed not very interesting but with a few more listens, everything clicks. If you like their other CD, it is really worth getting this one.

I am not a big "electronica" fan, but this stuff is good. Great to sit and chill to, great to have deep conversations over. Sometimes, I tend to find electronica a bit abrasive on the nerves with all of the...well, electronic effects. However, Fila Brazilia flooooooows with this CD. The best way to describe it is to picture chocolate melting inside your brain, and oozing through each and every channel...it feels delicious, doesn't it? Now sit down with Fila Brazilia and enjoy that sensation.

Fila Brazilia is good. I only found this out about a year ago when I started listening to them. Since then, I've been on a crash course of sorts on everything Fila Brazilia. This remix CD is simply graceful and amazing. More important, it's just plain old smart. The two guys who comprise Fila never over embellish the track they're remixing. Every sound becomes a compliment, transforming the song into something totally different. Their deftness is accompanied by an ear that is superbly tuned to what makes an environment burst with life, transcending a band and its music into something more than just a CD playing on a player. This music actually makes you think and run through a course of what could have beens in your mind. I love this CD. I guarantee you will love it too.

A double CD showcasing some of Fila brazilias best remixes. Truly excellent CD, chilled out to perfection most of the time. Worth getting if only for the fabulous remixes of Radiohead and Moloko.

Sorry, but i tipe my review in CATALAN. A new language in Amazon world. Excel·lent CD. Fila Brazillia no decepcionen. Impresionant treball de mescles de mùsiques tant variades com Radiohead, Moloko, The Orb, Lamb o Simple Minds. Un plaer! A big delight!