THIEVERY CORPORATION

THIEVERY CORPORATION
SOUNDS FROM THE THIEVERY HI-FI (1998)
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This is one of those albums that subtly grows on you after a couple of runs through the CD player. No one has yet compared it to any of Theivery's other albums - which are all balanced and intoxicating. Yet, I don't think you can. Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi is on a totally different plain than any of Thievery's more recent releases. Perhaps Hi-Fi is a couple stories down with an ambiance that truly embraces the listener even through the transition of tracks. Everything seems natural.
If you've listened to more recent albums from this duo you've probably become addicted to the seductive vocals and modest choruses that become addictive over time. Not so here...Instead this album produces easy beats, slow constructions of tracks, and mellow dramatic tones that seem to open doors to trance and highly reflective states. In other words, great background music that can also be enjoyed with a little concentration.
For myself, this album brings back the nostalgia of the North Shore and the smell of pineapples. Just the whole mood of strolling by palm trees with a tropical ocean in the background seemed to compliment this music to an even higher state...which I'm thankful to still remember.
Give this guy in the corner a try...you might be impressed.

1. A Warning (Dub)
2. 2001 Spliff Odyssey
3. Shaolin Satellite
4. Vivid
5. Universal Highness
6. Incident At Gate 7
7. Mañha
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

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