Artist: VA
Title: Thievery Corporation - Abductions and Reconstructions
Label: Eighteenth Street Lounge Music
Catalog#: ESL 017
Format: CD
Released: 1999
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breaks, Future Jazz, Trip Hop
Bitrate: 192kbps
Playtime: 72:26 min
Tracklisting:
01. David Byrne - Dance on Vaseline 05:36
02. Baaba Maal - Souka Nayo (I Will Follow You) 04:52
03. Slide Five - KC Doppler 04:41
04. Rockers Hi-Fi - Transmission Central 04:46
05. Stereolab - Tickertape of the Unconscious 04:10
06. Pizzicato 5 - Porno 3003 04:21
07. Thunderball - Hijack (Thievery Mix) 04:58
08. Edson Cordeiro - Ave Maria 04:05
09. Waldeck - Defenceless 04:46
10. Gus Gus - Polyesterday 04:04
11. Hooverphonic - This Strange Effect 04:48
12. Avatars of Dub - Sexelevatormuzik 05:15
13. Black Uhuru - Boof N' Baff N' Biff 05:45
14. Ursula 1000 - Savoir Faire 05:44
15. Urbs 'N Chaoz - Closer To God 04:35
Releasenotes:
The definitive collection of Thievery Corporation remixes from the past
two years. David Byrne, Rockers Hi-Fi, Stereolab and a host of others get
the full Thievery treatment.
"...ABDUCTIONS & RECONSTRUCTIONS is a smooth, languid offering of chilled
-out dub and trip-hop grooves. An eclectic array of talents, including
David Byrne, Stereolab, Pizzicato 5, Gus Gus and Black Uhuru, serve as the
duo's source material." - CMJ (5/3/99, p.33)
"...they electro-massage David Byrne, lead Baaba Maal to the echo chamber,
and ship Stereolab further out in space....It's music for coming down when
the sun's comping up..." - Entertainment Weekly (7/23/99, p.69)
"The work of a silversmith for a listener in relax mode." - La Plume Noire
"...these dubbed out remixes abduct the original tracks, inserting sharp
objects and strange devices into [them], while some simply reconstruct the
blueprint.... The resulting trance is addictive, and it validates the
duo's cultish repuation." - Alternative Press (10/99, p.74) - 4 out of 5