This 17-track collection contains music recorded at different times between 1990 and 2023, in different studios and in all manner of headspaces. There are classic cuts lifted from LPS and EPs (‘Subtle Body’, ‘Spores’); familiar favourites presented in unfamiliar forms (‘DPs R Us’, from Mess, appears in its unheard full-length form); cuts created for, and subsequently omitted from, film soundtracks (‘Theia’) and acclaimed albums (‘Vanitas’, ‘Yesternight’ and ‘Van Cleef’, all of which were intended to be included on 1994’s Old Codes, New Chaos).
There are standalone tracks recently crafted from elements of more up-beat workouts (‘Ambient Apehorn’, which showcases the overlapping synth sounds of 1997’s ‘Apehorn Concerto’, and ‘Regard The End’ - based on a small portion of ‘Heil Mickey’ from 2004’s Dicks) and a brand-new recording, ‘Tone Poem’. This gently twisting, turning and evocative gem is a genuine ambient classic in the making, and proof that time has not dimmed Fila Brazillia’s mastery of beatless soundscapes.