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The Mirror Conspiracy | 
| Artist: Thievery Corporation
Label: Eighteenth Street
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $11.97
You Save: $4.01 (25%)
Rating:  132 reviews
Sales Rank: 1483
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 33
UPC: 766481473121
EAN: 0766481473121
ASIN: B00004WFIZ
Release Date: August 22, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | 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 |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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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
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 127 more reviews...
 Lawrence Welk for the 21st century March 8, 2008
Ken Jacobsen (Tempe, AZ USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you really want to hear world music, get the real thing, not this elevator-music version.
 THE BEST CD!!! February 18, 2008
Brooke Anderson (virginia)
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 December 20, 2007
K. Kiarsis (Portsmouth, NH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Very nice August 27, 2007
Michael James Starensier (Charlotte, NC)
Lounge music at its best. They incorporate sounds of all nations and make it sound super sexy.
Thievery Bliss May 19, 2007
Matt M. (Brighton,MA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I typically respect peoples' opinions regarding reviews. However, I have to take exception to the "alla fishkop no.1" review. The review talks about the lack of originality and the "same as 90% of the chill out around". I notice you don't share any thoughts about other Thievery albums you own in comparison to this one...Oh I know, you probably don't own any other albums by them...that's why!!! This is a definitive album for a genre that is filled with wannabees that try to cash in on few talented people in the business. The reason why it "sounds like a lot of other chill albums out there", is because this album has been around since 2000 and has been a benchmark for all other artists since then trying to capture the essence of this sound. Thievery has been spinning quality tracks since the late 90's and will continue to dominate this genre for a long time. I see that you're from NY....chances are, you probably think Louie Devito spinning at the Sound Factory is the sh**!!. Don't give reveiews on music you don't know poseur!!
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