Thievery Corporation
Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi 2LP

Classic album that defined an era - along with Massive Attack, Portishead, and a few others, this still sounds perfect on a summer's day even now. Take some chilled beats, add a smattering of vocal samples, and the result is the love-child of Massive Attack and Mondo Grosso, a trip-hoppy, acid jazz mutant that will make you want to dance, have sex, or lounge by the pool (if you're not left walking in confused circles, trying to figure out which one). The track "Scene at the Open Air Market," sounds like the melody is played on a xylophone, before switching to perhaps an accordion, eventually coming to sound like a mixture of lounge music, rhumba, and Eastern European folk -- but sexy. The samples of a man yelling reggae-style shout-outs during "2001 Spliff Odyssey," however, are mostly just distracting from the ultra-smooth groove, and can feel like interruptions. In the end, assuming that almost everyone who picks up Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi is a fan of trip-hop, acid jazz, club/dance, or electronica, then it is essentially a record for everybody.

Produs Nou / Anul aparitiei: 1997 / Reissue 2022

Tracklist:

A1 A Warning (Dub)

A2 2001 Spliff Odyssey

A3 Shaolin Satellite

A4 Transcendence

B1 Universal Highness

B2 Incident At Gate 7

B3 Scene At The Open Air Market

B4 The Glass Bead Game

C1 Encounter In Bahia

C2 The Foundation

C3 Interlude

C4 The Oscillator

D1 Assault On Babylon

D2 .38.45 (A Thievery Number)

D3 One

D4 Sun, Moon, And Stars

D5 Sleeper Car