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Play it Koolie

DURING the protracted recording of at Real World studios in 1998, Super Furry Animals kept themselves amused by inventing a “parallel band” called Das Koolies. Initially, they existed largely to perform a spontaneous celebration jingle every time a goal was scored during that summer’s World Cup. This evolved into what has been described as a “pretty wild” instrumental album,, which remains unreleased.

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