Author: Thievery Corporation

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 01-10-2002

Details: Product description 1 x CD AlbumEurope 20021Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes4:102Facing East3:433The Outernationalist3:304Interlude1:215Omid (Hope)3:486All That We Perceive3:467Un Simple Histoire (A Simple Story)3:458Meu Destino (My Destiny)3 :299Exilio (Exile)3:0310From Creation4:2011The Richest Man In Babylon3:5012Liberation Front5:0413The State Of The Union4:2814Until The Morning3:5615Resolution4:46 Amazon.ca The Richest Man In Babylon is the third full-length record from Thievery Corporation and finds this atmospheric Washington DC-based electronica duo indulging their esoteric chill-out impulses, blending far-flung world-music influences into a slick, high-production trip-hop cocktail. With an emphasis on keeping it organic, Thievery Corporation boasts a radically different sound to their sterile, mechanical-sounding peers: "The Outernationalist" wraps its ethereal electronic synthplay in dub-tinged passages of trippy Rastfari mysticism, while "Facing East" blends wailing Bhangra vocals and whirling sitars into a hypnotic, downotempo whole. They're not exactly on the cutting-edge of this sort of thing--"Un Simple Histoire" and "All That We Perceive" could easily have slipped neatly onto Air's Moon Safari, while the rolling brass of "Liberation Front" bears an uncanny resemblance to Nightmares on Wax circa Car Boot Soul. But like the greatest bits of DJ Shadow's The Private Press, it's often hard to say exactly how these complex, soulful tracks were pieced together in the soulless environment of the studio. It's a cool, impressive achievement. --Louis Pattison

UPC: 795103006027

EAN: 0766481893127

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood