The Washington Post, December 22nd, 2006
FIRST YOU LAY DOWN a groove, probably dub- or reggae-derived. Then you loop a riff, preferably exotic. And finally -- just to be safe -- you inject some irony. That's the original "down-tempo" formula developed by Washington's Thievery Corporation, and it's still employed by other acts that record for the duo's ESL Music, even as the Corporation itself has turned more to live instrumentation and socially conscious themes. There was a dollop of 007 soundtrack music in Thunderball's original recipe, which explains the group's Bondian name. The title of the new "Cinescope" promises more imaginary...
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