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Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
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Track Listing
- A warning (dub)
- 2001 spliff odyssey
- Shaolin satelitte
- Vivid
- Universal highness
- Incident at Gate 7
- Scene at the open air market
- The glass bead game
- The foundation
- Interlude
- The oscillator
- So vast as the sky
- 38.45 (A Thievery number)
- Walking through Babylon
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6647 in Music
- Released on: 1998-06-08
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
East-coast dub.
A delectable long-player grounded in the diverse and lonely echo chamber of Thievery's stoned east coast vibes but strongly tempered with chic European jazz and bossonova lounge dub.
On "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi" Rob Garza and Eric Hilton throw up a seamless blend of tribal drums, synth and samples in the mould of a more smoked Kruder and Dorfmeister, who incidentally have long championed the Thievery Corporation. The Washington based duo confound with a perfect representation of post acid-house sampling, stealing as their name suggests, from their treasure chest of old, borrowed and new musical ideas. These plundered breaks and beats are sewn together in a smoky multi-layered homage to all things dark and haunting to deliver a devilishly structured debut. Dripping from every pore with a syrupy sophistication "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi" is a must for all fans of things leftfield and down-tempo.
Not what I expected
After buying the sumptuous Mirror Conspiracy (an incredible album to say the least), I decided to investigate the duo's other work. Unfortunately 'sounds from...' doesn't live up to the standards set by its successor. The tunes are quite minimalist - with similar beats to the subsequent ablum but with none of the richness. Although a good album if you're looking for something even more stoned than Nightmares on Wax, it's not what I'd come to expect from Thievery.
My introduction to thievery
This was my first and definately not my last purchase of Thivery Corporation output. An excellent release this is sure to become the soundtrack for summer days for those who like things at the dubbed 'n' jazzed end of the downbeat spectrum.
