Customer Reviews
Too good to miss... - By: nicjaytee, 06 Jun 2008 
While Thievery Corporation's first full album is less sophisticated than their later outings its rawer, less "crafted" style means that its best tracks have a distinctly more exciting edge. "The Glass Bead Game", "So Vast is the Sky" & ".38.45" just jump out of the speakers with their highly infectious mix of electronica, hip-hop & dub while "Shaolin Satellite's" drivingly addictive beats & multi-layered swathes of organs & sitars put it up there with the very best of the whole electronica/dance scene. Others drift, often much too languidly, between genres giving a rambling & disjointed feel to the album as a whole but, if you're a fan of Thievery Corporation or of high quality downbeat "world" music then what's good on it is too good to miss.
Best Yet - By: A. BADDELEY, 05 Mar 2004 I'm not a massive fan of Thievery - a lot of their personal music sounds very similar. But never fear, this is a compilation of other artists' work. I think it brilliant. Dubwise riddims - quite stipped down & minimal with a lot fo atmosphere - just the way I like it. Recommended.
My introduction to thievery - By: , 05 Mar 2004 This was my first & definately not my last purchase of Thivery Corporation output. An excellent release this is sure to become the soundtrack for summer days for those who like things at the dubbed 'n' jazzed end of the downbeat spectrum.
Not what I expected - By: , 21 Nov 2001 
After buying the sumptuous Mirror Conspiracy (an incredible album to say the least), I decided to investigate the duo's other work. Unfortunately 'sounds from...' doesn't live up to the standards set by its successor. The tunes are quite minimalist - with similar beats to the subsequent ablum but with none of the richness. Although a good album if you're looking for something even more stoned than Nightmares on Wax, it's not what I'd come to expect from Thievery.
East-coast dub. - By: ohdonal@yahoo.com, 20 Jul 2000 
A delectable long-player groundedin the diverse & lonely echo chamber of Thievery's stoned east coast vibes but strongly tempered with chic European jazz & bossonova lounge dub.
On "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi" Rob Garza & Eric Hilton throw up a seamless blend of tribal drums, synth & samplesin the mould of a more smoked Kruder & Dorfmeister, who incidentally have long championed the Thievery Corporation. The Washington based duo confound with a perfect representation of post acid-house sampling, stealing as their name suggests, from their treasure chest of old, borrowed & new musical ideas. These plundered breaks & beats are sewn togetherin a smoky multi-layered homage to all things dark & haunting to deliver a devilishly structured debut. Dripping from every pore with a syrupy sophistication "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi" is a must for all fans of things leftfield & down-tempo.
