Thievery Corporation
Culture Of Fear 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: 2011 / Reissue 2014

Tracklist:

A1 Web Of Deception

A2 Culture Of Fear

A3 Take My Soul

A4 Light Flares

A5 Stargazer

B1 Where It All Starts

B2 Tower Seven

B3 Is It Over?

B4 False Flag Dub

C1 Safar (The Journey)

C2 Fragments

C3 Overstand

C4 Free