Subelectronica. Half of Fila Brazillia.

Fila Brazillia - for a person who listens to music, these two words say more than a pile of newspaper publications, a string of internet links, and recommendations from music critics. A milestone. A cornerstone.
As part of the "Subelectronica" party series, musician and DJ Dave McSherry, one-half of the legendary duo Fila Brazillia, is coming to Moscow. Even for Moscow, spoiled by visits from stars, his appearance at "Shanti" is a standout event of the season.
In 1990, two residents of the provincial English Kingston-upon-Hull, Dave "Man" McSherry and Steve Cobby, first teamed up in the studio. By that time, Cobby had experience working with the pop group Ashley & Jackson, while Dave had a reputation as an underground DJ. Their first single, the track "Mermaid," sparked a small revolution in Hull and beyond. A fusion cocktail of funk, dub, house, and hip-hop turned out to be a revolutionary drink for the early '90s. The first full-length album released by Fila Brazillia on the friendly Pork label, "Old Codes, New Chaos" (1994), was welcomed by the English music press as a promising debut, and they were not mistaken. It was followed by even more successful releases like "Maim That Tune," "Mess," "Black Market Gardening," "Luck Be a Weirdo Tonight," and the small masterpiece of Fila Brazillia - "Power Clown." They managed to break the stereotype of the music birth process: "Composition - Rehearsal - Concert - Album." Dave McSherry and Steve Cobby freely changed the causative relationships in this equation. By the mid-'90s, Fila Brazillia became the pride of British electronics and a symbol of their native Hull.
Dave McSherry and Steve Cobby inspired a generation of musicians across Europe to experiment with eclectic electronics, crossing elements of timeless jazzy funk, warm bossa nova, minimalist electro, and hip-hop. However, no one managed to surpass their imaginative play, which included ethnic percussion, acoustic guitars, new-age-like synthesizers, and mesmerizing vocal samples. The demand for Fila Brazillia grew like a snowball. The unparalleled compilation "Brazilification" (2000) collected remixes by McSherry and Cobby of such diverse musicians as The Orb, Lamb, u.n.k.l.e., Radiohead, Simple Minds, and Moloko and became a bestseller far beyond music lover circles. At the turn of the century, the duo founded their label Twentythree. In 2004, the album "Another Fine Mess" was an event, and in the fall, Dave McSherry and Steve Cobby released the album "Dicks," some tracks from which will certainly sound at "Shanti." Also, expect inventive uptempo that McSherry releases under his solo project Mandrillus Sphynx.
"Our rules are play without rules," claims Fila Brazillia, destroying master tapes after the release of each album and continuously surprising the world. The only performance by Dave "Man" McSherry in Moscow will take place within the framework of the "Subelectronica" project at the restaurant "Shanti."

Dave McSherry (Fila Brazillia, Mandrillus Sphynx) (Kingston-upon-Hull, England)
Restaurant "Shanti" (Myasnitsky proezd, d. 2/1)
Saturday, October 23
Guests to arrive by 21.00