Thievery Corporation - DJ Kicks
Our Price: $14.34
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.84 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Thievery CorporationEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1999-05-18
Music Label: K7
Soundtracks:
- Tropicando - Les Baxter
- Rebirth - A Forest Mighty Black
- Beija Flor - Da Lata
- Mother Africa Feeding Sista India/2001 - Fun-Da-Mental/Thievery Corporation
- Rainbow - The 13th Sign
- Success (Thievery Corporation Remix) - DJ Cam
- Emerald Alley - Up/Bustle & Out
- Exploration - The Karminsky Experience Inc
- Coming From The Top - Thievery Corporation
- Ponteio (Bonus Beats) - Da Lata
- Guiro Electro (Rainer Truby Trio Remix) - Bobby Matos
- Fedime's Flight - Jazzanova
- Janine - Pronoia
- Imperial - Lazy Boy
- Transmission Central - Rockers Hi-Fi
- Mathar (R. Fearless Mix) - Indian Vibes
- Reign Dub - Dual tone
- It Takes A Theif/DJ Kicks - Thievery Corporation
Free Music Notes for DJ Kicks
Free Music Review: A Slammin' DJ Kicks!
Hit: 5 Stars
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.
DJ Kicks Poster
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 ReimerDance & DJ Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Dance & DJ Music CDs
J'ai Ete au Bal: I Went to the Dance, Vol. 1Release date: 1993-12-01; Music CD
Best price: $11.58
Price in other shops:
Fibre - Sub Aquatic MemoriesRelease date: 2011-01-14; Music CD
Best price: $1.00
Price in other shops:
Paul Schutze - Deus Ex MachinaRelease date: 1997-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $10.99
Chubb Rock, G-Man - Treat Me RightRelease date: 1996-12-24; Music CD
Best price: $8.98
Tangerine Dream - MelroseRelease date: 1990-09-25; Music CD
Best price: $29.86
Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - StillpointRelease date: 1996-09-19; Music CD
Best price: $8.43
Price in other shops:
Ganga - River Of LoveRelease date: 2001-08-15; Music CD
Best price: $10.58
Price in other shops:
Karuna - Devotional SongsRelease date: 1997-08-13; Music CD
Best price: $13.94
Price in other shops:
Christian Bruckner, Eva M Hagen - Der Fall GreenfieldRelease date: 2006-08-25; Music CD
Best price: $16.51
Martin Schneider - Best of MaddinRelease date: 2003-12-08; Music CD
Best price: $17.65
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation (Dig)Release date: 2008-09-23; Published: 2008-09-17; Music CD
Best price: $8.37
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - It Takes a ThiefRelease date: 2010-09-21; Music CD
Best price: $6.11
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - Sounds From the Thievery Hi-Fi (Reis)Release date: 2006-01-24; Music CD
Best price: $8.94
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - Abductions & ReconstructionsRelease date: 1999-04-20; Music CD
Best price: $8.50
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - Versions (Rmxs)Release date: 2006-05-16; Music CD
Best price: $9.49
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - Outernational SoundRelease date: 2004-06-29; Music CD
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - Cosmic GameRelease date: 2005-02-22; Music CD
Best price: $8.80
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In BabylonRelease date: 2002-10-01; Music CD
Best price: $8.24
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - Culture of FearRelease date: 2011-06-28; Music CD
Best price: $9.42
Price in other shops:
Thievery Corporation - Mirror ConspiracyRelease date: 2000-08-22; Music CD
Best price: $8.64
Price in other shops: