DJ Kicks

Thievery Corporation | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B00000J5WD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,386 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #15 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > Trip-Hop

Track Listings

1. Tropicando - Les Baxter

2. Rebirth - A Forest Mighty Black

3. Beija Flor - Da Lata

4. Mother Africa Feeding Sista India/2001 - Fun-Da-Mental/Thievery Corporation

5. Rainbow - The 13th Sign

6. Success (Thievery Corporation Remix) - DJ Cam

7. Emerald Alley - Up/Bustle & Out

8. Exploration - The Karminsky Experience Inc

9. Coming From The Top - Thievery Corporation

10. Ponteio (Bonus Beats) - Da Lata

11. Guiro Electro (Rainer Truby Trio Remix) - Bobby Matos

12. Fedime's Flight - Jazzanova

13. Janine - Pronoia

14. Imperial - Lazy Boy

15. Transmission Central - Rockers Hi-Fi

16. Mathar (R. Fearless Mix) - Indian Vibes

17. Reign Dub - Dual tone

18. It Takes A Theif/DJ Kicks - Thievery Corporation

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 63 Minutes Of Global Lounge Exploration-VERY FUN!, September 21, 1999

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[e-mail] (Cleveland Ohio U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

Knowing that Thievery Corporation comes from Washington D.C. speaks volumes. Our nations capitol home to "the rat race" where everyone works for the government or knows someone who does. Looking less like groovy fashion conscious DJs and more like Pentagon workers who have unbuttoned their collars and rolled up their shirt sleeves for a night of lounge going and DJ kicks, Garza and Hilton perfectly reflect a rhythmic fusion of big city grooves. Thievery burns a hot late night groove filling it with Global Lounge, Jamaican Dub, Eastern Indian Ambience, Brazilian Bossa Nova and London Grooves. It's all perfectly cohesive with an inspiring yet diverse mix. Playful with Tropicando by Les Baxter infused with a spice like Jassanova's Fedime's Flight and rounded up with a sleepy dub by Dual Tone. This is pure sophistication groovy and seductive. Light candles and incense mmmm...enjoy. This cd is addictive spin after spin.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Slammin' DJ Kicks!, October 4, 2004

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bordersj2 (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

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.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch Mixing by the Pros!, February 17, 2002

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William D. Hobi "billhobi" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

This mix is simply the most complete, seamless musical journey I have ever heard on a compliation CD. The way to listen to this CD is on a long drive when you won't be interrupted. Turn it up nice an loud and play it from beginning to end! Beginning from a subtle lounge sound that is reminiscent of tropical islands, it moves on to grooves with eastern flavor provided by sitar riffs, and then into some subtle reggae flava. By the time you are half way into this mix, you realize that it is shifting gears and the tempo becoming more feverish, finally arriving to driving house rythmns that highlight drumbeats. It is an amazing journey. Thievery Corporation are head and shoulders above the hordes of DJ's doing compilation CD's. They are true creative musicians who really know music and how to blend it together to make one solid mix from beginning to end. It really shows on this DJ Kicks CD.