Album review Thievery Corporation "Radio Retaliation"

Thievery Corporation's fifth album "radio retaliation" features a wide array of electronic sounds fused with organic sampling. Overall a solid release the album is no "Mirror conspiracy," the band's second release and by far their best effort to date. "Retaliation" does feature the same trademark Thievery Corporation sound, guest vocalists Sleepy Wonder, Lou Lou, and Notch and musical collaborators including Nigeria’s afro-beat heir Femi Kuti, Brazilian star vocalist and guitarist Seu Jorge, Indian sitar virtuoso Anushka Shankar, Slovakian chanteuse and violinist Jana Andevska, and Washington DC’s own godfather of go-go Chuck Brown bring a very eclectic array of musical style to their effort. The first track "Sound the alarm" brings Jamaican style vocals over a reggae tinged sound while the second track "Mandala" features an eastern style overdubbing found previously on Thievery tracks. Listeners will find a wide array of sounds, Jamaican, Latin American, African, Asian and the Middle Eastern influence without any shortage of electronic beats, samples and sounds to the please the ear.