Thievery Corporation - Culture Of Fear - Downtempo 2LP
2LP

Thievery Corporation - Culture Of Fear


Label: Eighteenth Street Lounge Music
ESL 177
Format: 2 × Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album
New
Vinyls are housed in black die-cut generic sleeves
Credits and durations are not printed on release
Country: US
Released: 2011
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Downtempo, Dub, Trip Hop, Conscious


Tracklist


A1 Web Of Deception
Featuring [Vocals] – Tamara Wellons 4:32
A2 Culture Of Fear
Featuring [Vocals] – Mr. Lif 3:12
A3 Take My Soul
Featuring [Vocals] – LouLou Ghelichkhani 3:51




B1 Light Flares 3:01
B2 Stargazer
Featuring [Vocals] – Sleepy Wonder 3:44
B3 Where It All Starts
Featuring [Vocals] – LouLou Ghelichkhani 3:21




C1 Tower Seven 7:48
C2 Is It Over?
Featuring [Vocals] – Shana Halligan 3:22
C3 False Flag Dub
Featuring [Vocals] – Chris "Ras Puma" Smith 3:04




D1 Safar (The Journey)
Featuring [Vocals] – LouLou Ghelichkhani 1:43
D2 Fragments 4:10
D3 Overstand
Featuring [Vocals] – Chris "Ras Puma" Smith 3:40
D4 Free
Featuring [Vocals] – Sylvia Bernice Eberhardt 4:02




Credits
A&r [Runouts] – SPGI
Bass – Ashish Vyas (tracks: A1, A3, B5, C1, C3)
Drums [Additional] – Andrew Black (4) (tracks: A2), Jeff Franca (tracks: A2, D3, D4)
Engineer – Chris "Stone" Garrett, Gianmaria Conti
Guitar – Frederico Aubele (tracks: B3), Jeff "Jahlex" Alexander (tracks: D4), Robbie Myers (tracks: A1 to A3)
Horns – Dave Finnell (tracks: A2, C1, D3), Frank Mitchell, Jr. (tracks: A2, C1, D3)
Keyboards – Darrell Burke (tracks: B2, D3), Will Rast (tracks: A1 to A3)
Melodica – Jeff Franca (tracks: D1, D4)
Organ – Will Rast (tracks: D3)
Percussion – Jeff Franca (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, D1 to D4)
Producer, Instruments [All Instruments Not Listed Were Played By] – Eric Hilton, Rob Garza
Notes
Recorded at The Consulate, Washington DC.

© 2011 ESL Music.
Manufactured and distributed by Fontana Distribution, LLC.
Distributed worldwide by Groove Distribution.
Made in the USA.





I started listening to Thievery Corp several years ago with the Mirror Conspiracy and Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi. Those works are hard to match and were the signature works of these artists IMO. So it's pointless to always compare the newest work to the signature works, as people are prone to do in every musical field. People didn't like Pink Floyd's Division Bell that much because it wasn't Meddle or Dark Side of the Moon. To me that's a pointless exercise. Look at each work on its own merits based on what you like. Sometimes it's great to get a familiar sound (with new instruments and details and arrangements) from the same artist, almost comforting. Sometimes it disappoints. Just depends on you and want you expect to happen.

It's familiar enough in the sound and musical themes (equal parts electronic chill, Marley-hop, and eerie female vocals) to bring me into that comfort zone I've been missing. (I liked Cosmic but parts of it felt over the top or too frantic or... something. Just didn't feel like Thievery to me.) But Fear is also new enough and interesting enough that I can really appreciate the new twists and feel how it flows together. There are parts in certain tracks that even remind me of old Pink Floyd or Doors instrumental riffs. It just speaks to me.


This isn't a collection of iconic sounds to sell records; this is a whole and possibly my second favorite Thievery work among everything they've done. I have a feeling I'll like it more the more I listen to it.


Thievery Corporation - Take My Soul

The official music video for Thievery Corporation's track "Take My Soul" featuring LouLou on vocals.

Another one of those voices and images that draw you into the song and words . Great artist .




Thievery Corporation - Culture of Fear (feat. Mr. Lif)

The official music video for the title track from Thievery Corporation's latest album "Culture of Fear" which was released in June 2011. This video features a guest appearance by rapper Mr. Lif (@therealMrLif), the vocalist for the track.