Track Listing

1. Treasures
2. La Monde
3. Indra
4. Lebanese Blonde
5. Focus On Sight
6. Air Batacuda
7. So Com Voce
8. Samba Tranquille
9. Shadows Of Ourselves
10. The Hong Kong Triad
11. Illumination
12. The Mirror Conspiracy
13. Tomorrow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1524 in Music
• Released on: 2000-08-22
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
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.

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

Lawrence Welk for the 21st century
If you really want to hear world music, get the real thing, not this elevator-music version.

THE BEST CD!!!
THIS IS THE BEST CD! IT'S GREAT FOR ALL YOUR MOOD TYPES, SUCH AS DRIVING OR MAKING LOVE. I GOT THE OTHER CD'S AND I WAS NOT THAT EXCITED ABOUT IT! I WISH I COULD FIND MORE.....

Best Downtempo Ever
This is easily one of the best albums ever made. I must have listened to it 7 Million times, and it still sounds fresh and delicious every time I put it on. I <3 the Thieves.