Thievery corporation

mikeyb128
mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
in Music & Movies
Anyone listen to these guys? They have a lot of albums, a huge diversity of flavors, And all of it is recorded really well. Give them a listen if you can, it will give your system a workout.
2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Love thievery corporation! First trip-hop down tempo electronic chill out type music I really got into. Also love Bonobo, Tosca, Quantic, the Quantic Soul Orchestra, and many others...
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Love thievery corporation! First trip-hop down tempo electronic chill out type music I really got into. Also love Bonobo, Tosca, Quantic, the Quantic Soul Orchestra, and many others...

    If you have to use eight adjectives to describe a style of music it doesn't count.
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  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 446
    They are fantastic! Eight adjectives seems inadequate however. I’m away from my SDA's right now, but if I remember correctly, this one does fun things to your head on the ol stereo dimensional array!
    https://youtu.be/bFMUSDnkUYo
    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    JayMX wrote: »
    They are fantastic! Eight adjectives seems inadequate however. I’m away from my SDA's right now, but if I remember correctly, this one does fun things to your head on the ol stereo dimensional array!
    https://youtu.be/bFMUSDnkUYo

    Exactly! Don’t have SDA’s but holy **** the 3d imaging is great.
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,119
    I'm a fan, too. I think I first heard them on streaming radio 181.fm's Chillout channel back in 2009. Sweet Tides was the first track I heard.

    Soma FM's Groove Salad is good sometimes, as is DI.FM/RadioTunes Chillout station. I used to use Pandora for similar, but it was becoming repetitive. I like Spotify's radio feature now.

    Thievery Corporation - Sweet Tides
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRbKzumSPVw


    Somewhere along the way, I happened across this track from Groove Armada, Mary.
    It was only available on a Japanese import disc, which I splurged for, but here on YouTube for your listening pleasure... Somewhere around the 2 minute mark, it's got this really sweet little melodic bit. Some of this music seems like it belongs on the Soundtrack of Life, playing over slow motion scenes of feelgoodery.

    Groove Armada - Mary
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvD5Dt6Ia4
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,949
    edited June 2019
    I really like Thievery Corporation and have seen them live a few times. I've been listening to them for a long time so it's nice to see them getting some love here!

    I think their "Mirror Conspiracy" album is the quintessential "Thievery sound". I highly recommend this album as an introduction to the group. I like their other albums too, but Mirror Conspiracy just nails that unmistakable style of theirs.

    I should get some more of their stuff on vinyl, I only have a well worn copy of this:

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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    Love Thievery Corporation. Saw them live a couple years ago and they did not disappoint. Lebanese Blonde and Take My Soul are two of my favorite tracks period.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    To all you guys that are diggin thievery corporation, check out these guys:
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    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    This album specifically! Really enjoying it!
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,949
    Thanks for the recommendation. I've listened to some Nightmares on Wax, but not that particular album.

    Gave it a listen earlier and it was nice. Going to have to listen to it several more times to fully appreciate it.
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