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Thievery Corporation in general
Newest Review: ... Fourteen tracks of bossa, sampled, rolling and blissful, tinged in parts with the more aggressive aspects of Latin music, ... more  ... the Cuban influence with the trumpet refrains, and more than a side serving of Rasta-style reggae and dub. Stand out tracks are difficult to identify because the album as a whole is of such high quality, but if pushed, I’d probably go for ‘2001 spliff odyssey’ and ‘38.45 (A thievery number)’ just because they epitomise ‘Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi’. All said, it’s beautiful, baby. Enjoy. I’m sorry to pull you out of the sunshine there, but I’ve go...more |
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Thievery Corporation in general: A sublime aural cocktail (1551 words)
by miriamb - written on 07/06/02 (Very useful, 99 readings)
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Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, collectively known as The Thievery Corporation… The place is Washington DC, the year is 1995: welcome to the Eighteenth Street Lounge, a jazz and bossa nova club part owned by Eric Hilton. A certain Mr Rob Garza enters the club to speak with Hilton, as has been suggested by mutual friends. As they chat, they are united by a shared love of Brazilian bossa and down-tempo dub. And the Thievery Corp starts to take shape. Despite both having separate musical commitments, they worked well together, and their first release came out in January of the following year. Now, I ...
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