Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 15:33:09 EST From: CreigJ Subject: Re: Anakin (Thievery Corporation) Washington, DC-based Thievery Corporation are Eric Hilton and Rob Garza, and they have a disc from 1996 called Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi. It's on 18th Street Lounge Music (also in DC). "The Foundation" is one of the tracks from that album. They opened for Gus Gus in Washington the first time around back in July, and Baldur talked extensively with them, exchanging addresses. Thus the Thievery Corporation remix of "Polyesterday" on Baltimore's Shaken Not Stirred label was born. I'll be interested in seeing if Thievery Corporation do more with 4AD in the future. Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 10:24:30 -0800 From: matt Subject: Re: New signings & news RE>New signings & news 1/21/98 >> "Sounds From A Thievery Hi-Fi" from Thievery Corporation >> will surface under the 4AD banner in April >Did someone say that this album has previously been released in >the US by a DC-area label? indeed it was. it was released on eighteenth street lounge, which is thievery corporation's own label and club in DC. only exceptionally knowledgeable stores will be aware of thievery corporation, but i just sent out an upcoming release schedule to every store in my database, so maybe that will prompt a few places to stock a copy. at this point, the 4AD version will not be released in the US. matt Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 03:40:01 -0800 From: shane@TREX.ORG Subject: Re: New signings & news Thievery Corporation SOUNDS FROM THE THIEVERY HI-FI (Eighteenth Street Lounge Music): http://www.worcesterphoenix.com/archive/music/97/06/27/otr/THIEVERY_CORPORATION. html The fine print in the CD booklet reveals that this electronic pop duo of Eric Hilton and Rob Garza love the Brazilian pop of Antonio Carlos Jobim. Lots of musicians share that affection, but I can't think of any other artists operating in the fields of dub, hip-hop, lounge, and acid jazz who have done anything this imaginative with their Jobim fixation. Thievery Corporation sample Rastafarian speaking voices and set them into a swirling mix of beats borrowed from all points south of their Washington (DC) home. The result is a Jobim-like atmosphere of tropical heat and light, romantic melodies with the kind of hazy glow hi-tech music rarely achieves. This is machine music with soul, and lounge music with real backbone. (Write to Eighteenth Street Lounge Music, 1212 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.) -- Norman Weinstein, Copyright © 1997 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group. All rights reserved. Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 12:39:57 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Thievery Corporation With its melting pot of international influences, Washington DC seems a natural place for the birth of Thievery Corporation, a duo fusing dub, ambient, bossa nova, hip-hop and acid jazz into an organic melange that's as fresh as a slap of Aqua Velva in the morning. Favoring three-button suits, Thievery's Eric Hilton and Rob Garza started the Eighteenth Street Lounge Music label, named for the club Hilton co-runs, and have thus released the compilations "Eighteenth Street Lounge: The Soundtrack (Volume One)" and "Dubbed Out In DC", as well as Thievery's own "Sounds From A Thievery Hi-Fi". The future promises a compilation of the group's remixes of David Byrne, Pizzicato Five, gusGus and others, and a collaboration with Baltimore dub innovator Scientist. Thievery Corporation's own music leans as heavily on Brazilian and dub as it does on samples and suffling beats - Hilton and Garza cite both Antonio Carlos Jobim and the Mad Professor as primary influences. - Lydia Anderson from CMJ New Music Monthly, February 1998 As Matt from 4AD US mentioned earlier, the "Sounds From A Thievery Hi-Fi" album is out now already in the US (on Eighteenth Street Lounge) and can be found at the more adventurous record stores out there. It looks like this album will not be available as a 4AD release in the US but look forward to 4AD UK and other territories making it available sometime during the dark months of April and May... JEFF KEIBEL TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA E MAIL: redshift@interlog.com Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:05:08 -0600 From: "Jose A. Garcia Camil" Subject: Thievery Corporation Speaking of Thievery Corporation, I managed to listen to their cd out in the US last night... pretty boring, Their cd is an endless collage of slow beats without any exciting elements... its all beats and beats and no synths; one of the "best tracks" in that cd is the one found in Anakin. I hope that 4AD remixes the album and gives it a new direction... Disappointed, Pepe Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:21:51 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Send a rocket for Red (Atkins) Thievery Corporation release their "Sounds From A Thievery Hi-Fi" album in the UK tentatively on May 4th. The UK 4AD version will retain the original US design pretty much but will likely include extra tracks. Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:46:52 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: CAD8006CD Hitting stores in the UK on May 4th and in Canada on May 5th is the 4AD version of Thievery Corporation's "Sounds From A Thievery Hi-Fi". The catalogue number is CAD8006CD. There will also be an EP released around the same time as the album... Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 04:54:40 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: One unlucky bum I finally aquired the US version of "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi" on the Eighteenth Street Lounge Music label out of NYC from Thievery Corporation. It already boasts a v23-ish sleeve so I'm curious how the 4AD version will look. I'm not sure exactly what additional remixing (if any) has been done to to 4AD version but a cursory look shows that 4AD has added one track not included on the US version. It's called "Incident At Gate 7". Look for a June 8th release of the album in the UK plus other countries and on June 9th in Canada, numbered CAD8006CD. Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:08:24 +0200 From: Emiel Efdee Subject: A Thievery Sound (oh boy...) The dutch music magazine 'OOR' included a free sampler cd with their latest issue ('OORGASM 2') and it contains a track from the forthcoming Thievery Corporation release. The track is called '38:45 (A Thievery Number)' and it's one of the worst tracks on the compilation - I first thought I had started the wrong track, but after a double check I know it was indeed the right one. In the magazine their is also a picture of the two Thievery-guys - they l look like they take themselves very serious. I know: you can't judge them on one track and a picture only, but I think with a sampler like this 4AD picks out one of the best tracks they have so people will say 'Hey, great!' and buy the whole album... I thought 'My God?! Tim do not send me this one!' There must be better things out there. But hey, can't like'em all, Emiel Efdee > e r r o r e e x c e p t o Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:17:50 +0100 From: Andrew Massey Subject: Thievery I seem to miss a lot of mails lately (don't actually receive them) but I also haven't had the time to keep track reading most mails either, so excuse me if people have been mentioning Thievery HiFi, but I ain't seen it.... I would like to put forward the Motion : "Sounds from the Thievery hi-fi is the most un-4AD sounding 4AD album ever (including anything by Tarnation and MARRS (even though I know they didn't do an album)) and has one of the worst sleeves ever (not the worst perhaps, but the typography, and layout - even down to the alignment of the 4AD logo with the bar code on the back - it's just not slick)." Okay, so it's not a very concise motion and sort-of puts my thoughts forward, but - discuss. Andie Ps. I'm not saying I dislike the music (can't decide yet, though I liked The Foundation best off Anakin - and I feel it's the best on this album by a mile), it's just phat dub in places - and that ellusive "4AD sound" it ain't. No bad thing since I've moved in that direction - just weird. Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 21:49:23 EDT From: Riouxs Subject: His Name is...Hi-Fidelity from Fort Lake. 4AD new releases from rioux's records. THEIVERY CORPORATION - Sounds from the theivery hi-fi CD (4AD CAD 8006) $20.00 Formed in 1992 as the production team of Rob Garza & Eric Hilton. Some tracks here from out-of-print 12"s (Shaolin Satellite, The Foudation etc.) plus tracks not found anywhere else. Sometimes there's a hint of drum-n-bass, sometimes dubby, a bit of lounge, always unexpected. This blissful taste of slippery beats and magical sound tend to engulf the listener. The u.k. release has a few tracks not found on the u.s. domestic issue below (but leaves off a few as well...naturally). THEIVERY CORPORATION - Sounds from the theivery hi-fi CD (Eighteenth street lounge ESL 5 CD) $12.50 Domestic u.s. issue. Same as above but w/o the u.k. extras. Does contain the excellent track "manha" that the u.k. lacks. Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 18:28:14 EDT From: Freak4ad@AOL.COM Subject: Thivery Corporation I was playing both of my Thievery Corporation CDs and I think 4AD actually improved for the most part on the American version. Two of my favorite songs on the album are the ones 4AD included: Incident at Gate 7 & Scene at the Open Air Market. I still wish the album had Manha though. I like it when TC has a lounge type sound, but I really don't care too much for the Rasta sound (which thankfully, 4AD has seemed to tone down a bit on here). On my own 4AD meter, on which Paladins is a 1 and Tarnation, Dead Can Dance, and Cocteau Twins are a 10, this album gets a 4 or 5. Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:24:03 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Re: Thivery Corporation Freak4ad@AOL.COM wrote: > I was playing both of my Thievery Corporation CDs and I think 4AD actually > improved for the most part on the American version. Two of my favorite songs > on the album are the ones 4AD included: Incident at Gate 7 & Scene at the Open > Air Market. I still wish the album had Manha though. OK... I have yet to see the UK version. Here is the scoop on the Canadian version, which bears the same CAD8006CD number. The version that 4AD gave to PolyGram here in Canada seems to be identical to the UK advance CD tracklisting. "Incident At Gate 7" is added while "Scene At The Open Air Market" is ommited. "Manha" is STILL included on this version! Go figure. The tracklisting of the Canadian version in full: A Warning (dub) 2001 Spilff Odyssey Shaolin Satellite Vivid Universal Highness Imcident At Gate 7 Manha The Glass Bead Game The Foundation Interlude The Oscillator So Vast The Sky 38:45 (a thievery number) Walking Through Babylon JEFF KEIBEL TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA E MAIL: redshift@interlog.com Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 14:16:54 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Incident At Gate 7 EP from CMJ New Music Monthly, July 1998: The cinematic influence on contemporary emperimental electronics cannot be overestimated. Some of the film score devices can be a little over-cooked, but in the case of Thievery Corporation, film's moods and textures rise organically from the heart of the music itself. The Washington DC dou's latest EP, "Incident At Gate 7" (Eighteenth Street Lounge), gives wardrobe credits to Pierre Cardin, which gives you a sense of where these folks are coming from. But that sort of insider pastiche isn't there to paper over mediocre John Barry rip-offs; rather, it conceals a four-track EP of extraordinary subtlety and range. "Sun, Moon & Stars"" is an exquisite hybrid of wavery Hammond B3 chords and deep dub structures, reminiscant of the pair's early singles. (They're currently at work on an album with legendary dub producer Scientist.) This EP is a labor of love, passionate, depthless and infused with a welcome self-deprecating humor... by Tim Haslett ...this "Incident At Gate 7" EP is a US release on ESL with 4AD releasing a different EP in the UK called "38:45". Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:43:24 EDT From: CreigJ@AOL.COM Subject: Yet MORE Thievery Corporation Here's another new Thievery Corporation 7" Thievery Corporation featuring Bebel Gilberto - So Com Voc=E9 Eighteenth Street Lounge Music ESL 15 - 7" single A. So Com Voc=E9 (Garza, Gilberto, Hilton) B. Samba Tranquille (Garza, Hilton) Lounge-y, samba samba samba... (Hope my feet don't get blisters) CJ=0A Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:50:11 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: A warmth you'll remember Who ARE A. Steele and A. Steele exactly? Co-authors of Thievery Corporation songs, these two (?) people have their name used on all Thievery promos, including STEELE5 - a nifty 7" pro featuring ".38.45" and "Assault On Babylon" - and comes in a nice cardboard sleeve with green tape on the sides that acts as a binding I suppose but looks cool. ".38.45" is out as a commercial single as of June 29th. The single is backed with 3 brand new tracks - "The Sleeper Car", "Assault on Babylon" and "In Pursuit". The catalogue number is BAD8007 for the 12" and BAD8007CD for the CD single... Also, for completists, "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi" as released in Canada DOES contain "Manha" unlike the UK version but sadly does not include "Scene At The Open Air Market". Same number as the UK version - CAD8006CD. Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 10:00:20 +0100 From: malika & tim Subject: Thievery Corp - France I picked up a copy of this in Paris - where the song-list on back cover lists the same tracks as the Canadian release but on the insert, the song list is as the UK version - work that one out!!! Also, the French version comes with an extra epcd with 2 tracks: 'Halfway Around the World' (written by R Garza, E Hilton and Pamela Bricker - vocals by P Bricker) 'Ellis Affair' (written and produced by RG and EH) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 05:01:13 EDT From: Freak4ad@AOL.COM Subject: TC Review I found this in Vice magazine about Thievery Corporation: "Serious respect to a label (4AD) smart enough to re-release this brilliant piece of wax. While everyone in the UK devoured it when it was originally released back in '96, it's taken these Washington D.C. natives that long to get due respect from the North American wasteland. Moving through chilled out dub, bossa nova, hip hop and some really cool break-beat-toasting mergers, this thing is just too on point to be missed. Beat fiends who dig Howie B's cool grooves will definitely want to get this. Definitive." Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:47:40 +0200 From: Irene McC Subject: Re: Thievery Corporation My first 4AD purchase in a L-O-N-G time ::: I've picked up the Thievery Corporation's Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi on the w'end and can only mutter *what a strange signage for 4AD*. Just looking at the title of track 2 "2001 Spliff Odyssey" gives the game away : this is a pretty decent _dub_ album all the way through. Not mightily innovate, but very enjoyable nonetheless. I have a feeling it's a grower and that it will accompany me through the upcoming summer - it's warm weather music for pumping in the car :-)