Thievery Corporation / The Outernational Sound

The Outernational Sound, released 29 Jun 2004 ℗© 2004 ESL Music First off, The Outernational Sound is proof that Thievery Corporation are cool, know their stuff, and have great taste. The tracks they’ve selected for this mix are more organic than expected, filled with sitars, sambas, and analog dubs with very little you’d think was electronica. Hipsters call this slapping of old jazz, reggae, and R&B records on the turntable “rare groove,“ and you’ve got to do a lot of homework to not come off as a charlatan. The duo never come off as anything but smart lovers of groovy music, the quirkier the better. The problem is that the mix isn’t seamless and some of the transitions are downright jarring. The Corp’s own “Richest Man in Babylon“ is a tripped-out highlight -- a high compliment considering it keeps company with killers from Boozoo Bajou and Beatfanatic -- but Delroy Wilson’s excellent “Better Must Come“ just stumbles out of it. Tracks mix better during the album’s softer beginning, but as a whole this sounds more like a cool radio station than someone trying to tell a story with two turntables. Dig it for the great tunes, not the flow. 00:00 International Flight - David Snell 01:55 Ya Ma Le Gimmicks 04:14 Vai Vai - Thunderball 07:24 Chez Roger Boite Funk - Troublemakers 10:01 3 Play It Cool - Crazy Penis 13:36 Slow Hot Wind - Block 16 16:22 Under My Sensi (Thievery Corp. Remix) - Boozoo Bajou 19:51 Lagos Communique - Thievery Corporation 23:50 Sea Groove - Big Boss Man 27:35 Cookin’ (Version) - Beatfanatic 30:51 Cramp Your Style - Breakestra 33:01 Simbarere - Antonio Carlos Jocafi 35:34 Re-Return Of The Original Artform - Major Force 39:06 Shall We Dance - Karminsky Experience 41:43 Within You Without You - Alan Lorber Orchestra 43:50 Mathar (Discovery Of India Mix) - Indian Vibes 47:42 Expo In Tokyo - Alan Moorhouse 49:52 My French Brother - Bobby Hughes Experience 53:43 Richest Man In Babylon (G-Corp. Remix) - Thievery Corporation 59:24 Better Must Come - Delroy Wilson #Electronic #Downtempo #FunkSoul