Track Listing

1. Tropicando - Baxter, Les
2. Rebirth - Forest Mighty Black
3. Beija Flor - Da Lata
4. 2001 - Fun-Da-Mental
5. Rainbow - 13th Sign
6. Success - DJ Cam
7. Coming From The Top - Karminsky Experience Inc.
8. Ponteio - Da Lata
9. Guiro Electro - Matos, Bobby
10. Fedime's Flight - Jazzanova
11. Janine - Pronoia
12. Lazy Boy - Pronoia
13. Imperial - Pronoia
14. Transmission Central - Rockers Hi-Fi
15. Mathar - Indian Vibes
16. Reign Dub - Dual Tone
17. It Takes A Thief - Thievery Corporation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52938 in Music
• Released on: 1999-06-07
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Washington duo Eric Hilton and Rob Garza have inspired a polarised love it/hate it attitude with their (admittedly) unique brand of dope-tinged sleazy listening, and DJ Kicks acts as the perfect vehicle for a set of Eighteenth Street Lounge foundtracks. The pair are more than comfortable with the responsibility, supporting their own mixes with classics from Jazzanova and Rockers Hi-Fi with some ethnic eccentricity courtesy of Up Bustle and Out and self-proclaimed jazz hooligan Rainer Truby, who ruffles the feathers of Bobby Matos' "Guiro Electro." Cheery beats come from the studios of Karminksky Experience and A Forest Mighty Black, while the closing track is an exclusive from the lads themselves in the form of "It Takes A Thief."--Kingsley Marshall

Customer Reviews

fabulously flawless!
As with a good wine ageing well so this album from 1999 is tasting just great to me having stumbled across it in a sale only 9 years later! The Thievery Corporation excel in blending together so many 'world music' sounds so seamlessly over laid back trippy beats and this offering is just perfect. Its packed with so many good vibes you could confidently leave the whole 60 minutes worth on for the chillout phase of any cool party. Its perfect for any time of day really!

More class grooves...
Like their Austrian peers, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation know how to mix and, like K&D, their "DJ Kicks" album is a class act in both its production and its selection of tracks. More down-tempo than K&D's offering but equally interesting in its sequencing, it scans a broader palette of styles from bossa-nova, through Indian sitars to deep Jamaican dub. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen?... well, not here, because in these guys' hands each track is integrated seamlessly into an hour long musical journey that's held together by lock-tight beats and overlays. Genuinely interesting and perfectly crafted it's another example of just how good "laid-back" club music can be in the hands of people who know what's out there and how it should be delivered.

Buy this CD
Buy this, you won't be disappointed! It is the best, freshest thing ever. I heard this in New York a few years ago, and I have bought everything that Thievery have done since then. All of it is great, but DJ Kicks is boss.