thieves

I find that Thievery Corporation fails very rarely.  I have never seen them live but I have a hunch that they know how to please a room.  And that's really what they do.  Which sense is your fancy? Thievery Corporation delivers it.  Take the obvious Lebanese Blonde.  There are so many reasons for why this song is as loved as it is by djs.  You feel the desert sand on your skin, and the most gorgeous desert sunset blinding you in an exhausting, hot haze.  Good electronic music is like that.  A live atmosphere sketch, if you may.  Like a drug, it evokes a particular feeling as the set goes on.  Thievery is good at evoking the desert heat.

They also have mastered the art of brief vocals in electronic tracks.  Done well, it has a minimal feeling, almost like a haiku.  Take again, the chorus from Lebanese Blonde.

Too low to find my way
Too high to wonder why
I've touched this place before
Somewhere in another time

Despite the female vocals, the track never feels trancey.  There's the beautiful, lingering sitar, then hand drums layered with a smooth horn section.  The track gets it right in so many ways.  It's so rich with harmonizing ideas, one could almost make an hour long set out of this single song.  When I'm spinning I will definitely make a Thievery remix set.  The atmosphere they write music for, more often downtempo than not (although note The Track That I Can't Find's drum 'n bass core from The Mirror Consipiracy album) is also fitting in many circumstances.  Last night's wine drowned dinner was accompanied by their album, as is today's late morning.  Irish breakfast tea with buttered Thievery toast, anyone?  Love these guys.  That is all.