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| Artist: Thievery Corporation
Label: K7
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $13.99
You Save: $1.99 (12%)
Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 13231
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 76
UPC: 730003707629
EAN: 0730003707629
ASIN: B00000J5WD
Publication Date: 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Tropicando - Thievery Corporation, Baxter, Les | | • | Rebirth - Thievery Corporation, Kunz, Bernd | | • | Beija-Flor - Thievery Corporation, Forge, P. | | • | Mother Africa Feeding Sister India/2001 - Thievery Corporation, | | • | Rainbow - Thievery Corporation, Bangs, Chris | | • | Success - Thievery Corporation, DJ Cam | | • | Emerald Alley - Thievery Corporation, Senor Roody | | • | Exploration - Thievery Corporation, Dingle, M. | | • | Coming from the Top - Thievery Corporation, Thievery Corporatio | | • | Ponteio - Thievery Corporation, Lobo, Edu | | • | Guiro Electric - Thievery Corporation, | | • | Fedime's Flight - Thievery Corporation, Leisering, Stefan | | • | Janine - Thievery Corporation, | | • | Imperial - Thievery Corporation, Carey, Dan | | • | Transmission Central - Thievery Corporation, | | • | Mathar - Thievery Corporation, | | • | Reign Dub - Thievery Corporation, | | • | It Takes a Thief - Thievery Corporation, Garza, Rob |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It seems Studio K7 do no wrong when its comes to their widely adored DJ Kicks series. The German label has showcased the record-selecting talents of DJs and producers from around the world, and in doing so has become a reliable brand name for quality home listening. This installment has Thievery Corporation, Washington, D.C.'s masters of the mellow groove, flexing their skills. The mood across the disc's 18 tracks is decidedly laid-back, but eclectically so. Les Baxter's '60s cinematic lounge sets the scene, but the second track is a quick fast-forward into modern lounge, as provided by Kraut-chillers A Forest Mighty Black. The vibe spans the gamut from sitar-and-tabla world beat (Up Bustle & Out) to dubby (Rockers Hi-Fi), but in the end, it's the Corp's own works that are the true standouts. This is easy listening for the hipster set; background music for the space-age dinner party. --Courtney Reimer
Album Details
Artists & titles selected by Washington, D.C. based DJ's Thievery Corporation (Eric Hilton & Rob Garza). Features many great lounge / chill-out moments, including cuts from Les Baxter, A Forest Mighty Black, Jazzanova & many more.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
 5 STAR IS ACCURATE September 20, 2008
JonKron (Hopeful, USA)
There is nothing to say here that a 5 Star reviewer has not said before. It's the best effort in a commendable series (DJ-Kicks)and stands atop the always worthy Thievery Catalog. It is also the most electronic of the compilations and creations they have assembled.
Must Have October 29, 2007
"L" (Hempstead, NY)
Whether you're new to TC or just beginning to groove to them, this is a must have. Newbies, this will quickly make you a believer, and you'll find yourself collecting everything Thievery ever put their hands to, trust me. This CD boasts their trademark international groove sound, which is what makes TC soooo addictive. If you're not on the verge of whiplash from bopping your head to the ridiculously good beats, check your pulse.
I defy anyone out there to sit still while listening to this or any other TC offering- it ain't gonna happen. Even during the most "downtempo" numbers, you'll be so swept up in the groove that you'll start seat-dancing involuntarily. Have fun.
wow.. December 21, 2004
A. Murali (Old Bridge, New Jersey)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album again deepens my love for Thievery Corporation. I heard about TC last month, and I have purchased six albums by them since. Their flavor from all over the world is captivating, their mixing is flawlessly seamless, their music is so relaxing. This is great music for driving and for studying, and it definitely is a favorite on my collection of music. Garza/Hilton have truly mastered their art, and I am looking forward to 'The Cosmic Game', which is released in February.
Also recommend all CDs by Thievery Corporation, Ursula 1000, and Zero 7.
A Slammin' DJ Kicks! October 4, 2004
bordersj2 (Boston)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I Love this CD. Thievery Corporation's foray into the DJ Kick's series is a classic one as it has the sounds that makes ESL label so great. It's as though Thievery Corp. were honored to make this album and you can simply feel it by the tunes selected and the flow of the cuts. On a label (K7) that's done DJ Kicks by everyone from Smith & Mighty to DJ Cam to Kruder Dorfmiester to Carl Craig as well as release albums by Tosca, Ursula Rucker and several other artists, they do know a thing or two about DJ's and mixing.
The first track had me - Les Baxter's "Tropicando"... you may remember this old school easy jazz cut from a docker's commercial in 2000 or the late nineties where the dude is at a dinner table, thinks these two lovely ladies are moving up his leg with their feet only to find out that it's actually the mister across the table that's infatuated (yikes...). But then you have a smooth flowing Forest Mighty Black track titled "Rebirth" that'll get the party going with a old styled guitar in the background & a electronic samples. It's a compost thing. Then you have Da Lata's samba influenced "Beija Flor", and this came out at a time before Songs from the Tin, so when you hear the beat heavy "Ponteio" just know that neither cut is on their debut album. Fun-Da-Mental's collab. with them in "Mother Africa" is the perfect prelude to Indian Ambiance with the electrifying "Rainbow" following it up. The beats don't stop there... Karminsky Experience's "Exploration" was a sort of anthem in 1999... so simple and so great, sitar spashes throughout. "Coming From the Top" follows and that track... if I were a boxer that would be my intro music to every fight.
Those are only a handful of the tracks. Rockers Hi-Fi, Jazzanova, Lazy Boy, DJ Cam and a few others have some smokin' tracks in what is IMO one of the best DJ comps ever put out. I was always a fan of ESL, picking up Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi a long long time ago but this one made me want to actually check out the DC lounge for myself. DEFINITELY check this out. It's a bit older and it does have a sort of India vibe to it that maybe not everyone will dig, but I still love this release and the consistency of the cd warrant the international ambience. And if you do enjoy this be sure to check out ESL's other works, from "Sounds from the Hi-Fi" all the way up to "Outernational Experience". And be sure to take a look at some of the many other greats on their label, like Karminsky Experience, Ursula 1000 and Desmond Williams just to name a few.
More class grooves... May 29, 2004
nicjaytee (London)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Like their Austrian peers, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation know how to mix and, like K&D, their "DJ Kicks" album is a class act in both its production and its selection of tracks. More down-tempo than K&D's offering but equally interesting in its sequencing, it scans a broader palette of styles from bossa-nova, through Indian sitars to deep Jamaican dub. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen?... well, not here, because in these guys' hands each track is integrated seamlessly into an hour long musical journey that's held together by lock-tight beats and overlays. Genuinely interesting and perfectly crafted it's another example of just how good "laid-back" club music can be in the hands of people who know what's out there and how it should be delivered.
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