Fila Brazillia - Maim That Tune (2LP)

It's been a while since Fila Brazillia's 1995 album Maim That Tune has been available on vinyl. The announcement of this remastered 30th anniversary edition is therefore very positive news. Their first 'proper' studio album (its predecessor, the genuinely brilliant Old Codes, New Chaos, was effectively an expanded collection of earlier singles interspersed with blissful ambient interludes), 'Maim That Tune' is a 90s downtempo classic that not only features some of the Hull duo's most beloved tracks - the sublime, tempo-changing deepness of 'A Zed & Two L's', early progressive house number 'Slacker' and the head-nodding bliss of 'Harmonicas Are Shite' - but also a swathe of equally impactful but lesser-spotted gems (the buzzing '6Ft Wasp', jazzy hip-hop head-nodder 'Extract of Pienal Gland' and the string-laden stoner funk of 'At Home In Space').