Thievery Corporation - The Mirror Conspiracy
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Artist: Thievery CorporationEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-08-22
Music Label: Eighteenth Street
Soundtracks:
- Treasures
- La Monde
- Indra
- Lebanese Blonde
- Focus On Sight
- Air Batacuda
- So Com Voce
- Samba Tranquille
- Shadows Of Ourselves
- The Hong Kong Triad
- Illumination
- The Mirror Conspiracy
- Tomorrow
Music reviews of The Mirror Conspiracy
Music Review: Not great art, but serves its purpose well
Rating: 4 Stars
I wouldn't consider this music to be great art by any stretch of the imagination. I consider music by such composers as Beethoven, Mozart, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin to be great art. Those men were true geniuses of their craft. Thievery Corporation doesn't even come close to their level.
That being said, Thievery Corporation does serve a purpose, and this particular record does it very well. There are times when you just want to chillout, and have some nice beats in the background. You want to create a certain mood...to enjoy drinks, dinner etc etc with your significant other. This album gets it right. The compositions are imaginitive and have a way of sticking with you long after the record is over. For that, I give Mirror Conspiracy very high marks.
With this kind of music...basically...it is what it is. Nothing more...nothing less.
Description of The Mirror Conspiracy
2000 release for the extremely talented and unsung DJ duo. An amalgamation of reggae dubplates, lounge muzak, breaks, beats and bossanova. 2000 release. Standard jewel case with slipcase.Washington, D.C.'s Thievery Corporation purvey a very mellow, deliberately international mixture of sounds that might be called "lounge music"--not in the kitschy sense, but in the sense of a laid-back local bar (much like the one the duo happens to run) with no dance floor. Rob Garza and Eric Hilton are professed admirers of Brazilian music, and they're determined to inject as much warmth into electronic music as possible. The Mirror Conspiracy is quite a musical travelogue, starting in Jamaica with "Treasures." This dubby opening track, which features vocalist Brother Jack, is quite reminiscent of the start of Swayzak's Himawari. Next up is "Le Monde," a quiet, wah-wah-inflected song featuring a chanteuse named Lou Lou. She reappears later on the somewhat more uptempo "Shadows of Ourselves," which, despite the title, is also sung in French. "The Hong Kong Triad" sounds like a tip of the hat to Shaft-styled soundtrack music. Elsewhere, it's off to India for two sitar-flavored tracks with a similarly laidback groove that gets a bit closer to techno, one of which, "Lebanese Blonde" (hash? a woman?), has been released as a single. Brazil gets its due on the densely percussive "Air Batucada," the more bossa nova-like "So Com Voce," and an instrumental titled "Samba Tranquille." Fans of this style are sure to be pleased. --Bob Bannister
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