rare Thievery Corporation 2001 spliff odyssey EP breaks
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Description
ITEM: hard-to-find collectable Thievery's very 1st release!!
Label: Eighteenth Street Lounge Music Catalog#: ESL 001 Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: US Released: 1996 Genre: Electronic Style: Dub, Future Jazz, Downtempo
Tracklisting:
B1 odyssey beats
B2 the elis affair
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Way out of print original press EP containing otherwise unreleased material from this great DJ, trip hop, trip dub, innovative duo.
"Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, a.k.a. Thievery Corporation, released SOUNDS FROM THE THIEVERY HI-FI, their debut LP, on their Eighteenth Street Lounge label. Picked up for international distribution by the influential British label 4AD, SOUNDS gained world attention. And it deserved it, this album is an impressive survey of Jamaican dub rhythms, chill-out ambience, and breaks.
Coming from Washington D.C., which has the largest Rastafarian community in the United States, Garza and Hilton are quite influenced by Jamaican traditional music and belief. Several tracks, most notably the tellingly titled "2001 Spliff Odyssey" and "Walking Through Babylon", use vocal samples from RASTAFARI ELDERS, a spoken-word CD that presents Rastafari that was issued in conjuction with the trip of seven Nyabinghi sect elders to the Smithsonian in 1991.
"I'd recommend THIEVERY HI-FI to anyone who enjoys Jamaican-inspired dub or chill-out."
"Thievery Corporation hearken back to the suave musical era of the 1950s and '60s, when swizzle sticks and long cigarette holders were in vogue, and relaxing meant having a strong cocktail in very plush surroundings. While inherently down-tempo, Thievery Corporation (Rob Garza and Eric Hilton) toss in elements of nearly every musical genre, including Dub, Reggae, hip-hop, Cocktail/Lounge, jazz, and Funk, creating a highly relaxing world in which your ears will thank you. Predominantly instrumental, the pair occasionally draft the talents of evocative, breathy-vocaled women -- some of whom sing in French! They are also the founders of the Eighteenth Street Lounge nightclub in D.C. (as well as the label of the same name), concentrating on generating a calm and peaceful world in which languid beats, exotic instrumentation, and international influences are omnipresent. While definitely designed for the headnodders, Thievery Corporation continue to gain popularity among a wide variety of people for their sophisticated, stylish, and delicate musical charm."
Condition :
COVER: MINT (perfect)
VINYL: MINT (brand new unplayed condition).
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