THIEVERY CORPORATION The Mirror Conspiracy 18th St. ESL 033 TRIP-HOP NM 2LP
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THIEVERY CORPORATION The Mirror Conspiracy
Used Vinyl 2 Record Set
Sleeve/Vinyl: NM/NM
Record Label: Eighteenth Street Lounge Music ESL 033
2000 Pressing. Gatefold. Two Record Set.
Condition: No wear visible on the gatefold record jacket. Corners are sharp. Spine, top and bottom are solid. Vinyl is clean and plays great.
Side One
1. Treasures
2. Le Monde
3. Indra
Side Two
4. Lebanese Blonde
5. Focus On Sight
6. Air Batucada
Side Three
7. So Com Voce
8. Samba Tranquille
9. Shadows Of Ourselves
10. The Hong Kong Triad
Side Four
11. Illumination
12. The Mirror Conspiracy
13. Tomorrow
Review: Like their debut album, Thievery Corporation's second, The Mirror Conspiracy, is a pleasant album of sublime mid-tempo trip-hop, reminiscent of easy listening groove music, and continually referencing the breezier, atmospheric side of Brazilian, Jamaican, French, and Indian forms. The nocturnal dub-poetry of "Treasures" sets a tone for the bruising basslines and echoey keys throughout the album, and "Lebanese Blonde" is another early highlight, with the graceful vocalese of Pam Bricker framing live sitar by Rob Myers and a Jamaican-style horn section. Brazil represents with a triple-shot of "Air Batucada," "So Com Voce" (with vocals from Bebel Gilberto), and "Samba Tranquille." French chanteuse Lou Lou adds a bit of downtempo continental flair on "Le Monde" and "Shadows of Ourselves," and Thievery Corporation even samples Ella Fitzgerald on the ambient-jungle closer "Tomorrow." As on their first LP, Garza and Hilton occasionally appear satisfied to just push a few grooves and reference their favorite styles of music over the top -- at the expense of any new ideas -- but The Mirror Conspiracy is excellently produced and almost as stylish as the duo's swinging suits on the cover.
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