Track Listing

1. A warning (dub)
2. 2001 spliff odyssey
3. Shaolin satelitte
4. Vivid
5. Universal highness
6. Incident at Gate 7
7. Scene at the open air market
8. The glass bead game
9. The foundation
10. Interlude
11. The oscillator
12. So vast as the sky
13. 38.45 (A Thievery number)
14. Walking through Babylon

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9909 in Music
• Released on: 1998-06-08
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Too good to miss...
While Thievery Corporation's first full album is less sophisticated than their later outings its rawer, less "crafted" style means that its best tracks have a distinctly more exciting edge. "The Glass Bead Game", "So Vast is the Sky" and ".38.45" just jump out of the speakers with their highly infectious mix of electronica, hip-hop & dub while "Shaolin Satellite's" drivingly addictive beats and multi-layered swathes of organs & sitars put it up there with the very best of the whole electronica/dance scene. Others drift, often much too languidly, between genres giving a rambling and disjointed feel to the album as a whole but, if you're a fan of Thievery Corporation or of high quality downbeat "world" music then what's good on it is too good to miss.

Best Yet
I'm not a massive fan of Thievery - a lot of their personal music sounds very similar. But never fear, this is a compilation of other artists' work. I think it brilliant. Dubwise riddims - quite stipped down and minimal with a lot fo atmosphere - just the way I like it. Recommended.

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.