| | |  | Lo-Fi | Home » » » Cosmic Game | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | The most fully-realized Thievery set to date, their fourth studio record packs an all-star punch, with cameos by FLAMING LIPS, PERRY FARRELL, DAVID BYRNE, and more of their usually lovely futuristic bossa/lounge/downtempo sound. Check out ThieveryCorporation.com to launch soon. | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| February 22, 2005 | | Studio:
| Eighteenth Street | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 80 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun) featuring the Flaming Lips | | 2. | Warning Shots featuring Sleepy Wonder and Gunjan | | 3. | The Revolution Solution featuring Perry Farrell | | 4. | The Cosmic Gate | | 5. | Satyam Shivam Sundaram featuring Gunjan | | 6. | Amerimacka featuring Notch | | 7. | Ambicion Eterna (Eternal Ambition) featuring Verny Varela | | 8. | Pela Janela (Through the Window) featuring Gigi Rezende | | 9. | Sol Tapado featuring Patrick de Santos | | 10. | The Heart's a Lonely Hunter featuring David Byrne | | 11. | Holographic Universe | | 12. | Doors of Perception featuring Gunjan | | 13. | Wires and Watchtowers featuring Sista Pat | | 14. | The Supreme Illusion featuring Gunjan | | 15. | The Time We Lost Out Way featuring Loulou | | 16. | A Gentle Dissolve | |
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 LUSH in every way.....if you like this check out...Jun 25, 2010
This album is a solid piece of work! The best Lulu track to date and these songs translate into a fantastic atmosphere in concert...to bad they are always the same.
If your into this style of music be sure to check out Kaleidoscope Jukebox!![...]
Technosonic GoldMar 16, 2010
Thievery Corporation's 2005 release, The Cosmic Game once again demonstrated the groups ability to combine and synthesize various genres of music into a unique sound. Tracks such as Amerimacka and Doors of Perception feature synthesized percussion and feel like club tracks, while the album also features more soothing Brazilian sounds in songs such as Ambicion Eterna and Pela Janela. Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, the Washington D.C. based duo who make up the group, had previously found success in their genre with their previous album, The Richest Man in Babylon, and therefore were able to attract more high profile artists in their next release, such as Perry Farrell and the Flaming Lips.
The Cosmic Game runs at sixteen tracks, and each features different elements and degrees of electronic music. In "A Gentle Dissolve", for example, you can hear the coming and going of electronic synthed effects that sound like outer space, while the track also features acoustic music. All of the tracks feature elements of electronica, whether it be computer generated sounds or unnatural fades. The singing is done by various artists of different backgrounds, giving a feel of nations such as India, Jamaica and Brazil to the songs of the album.
Unlike in music such as MICE or more delicately composed tracks, Thievery Corporation utilizes lyrics and words to counteract the electronic feel. The lyrics have value over top of the beats, providing a meaning the artists can express to the listener over their synthesized sounds. Some of the tracks, such as "The Heart's a lonely Hunter" and "Amerimacka" would fit in most dance clubs or house parties, while the album also features more subtle sounds in "Holographic Universe" and "A Gentle Dissolve". Fans of the album have commented on Thievery's departure from uptempo house music while embracing more of a relaxed feel.
Thievery Corporation follows in the footsteps of other electronische artists, while featuring recorded tracks of vocals and instruments. Much like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Thievery corporation combines the elements of electronically created sounds and those created by computers. You can really hear it in Warning Shots, where there is a drum beat and a recorded hip-hop like sounds while also effects and fades made by the computers. This track also splices the words of the singer up, unlike any of the other tracks.
The entire album is exceptional, with different tracks offering different things to various listeners. If I had to say though, I would argue that Amerimacka is my favorite song on the album. The song mixes a reggae feel with electronica, with a beat that anyone could groove too. Unlike the reggae Bob Marley covers Jamaican tourists come to loathe, Amerimacka does an amazing job taking the ska feel of reggae and combining it with electronic elements such as keyboards and synthesizers. The lyrics are kept together in full, but the sound effects add a great touch to an already cool song. I gave the album five stars for its use of different techniques of electronic and sampling methods.
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SEXYOct 03, 2009
WELL I AM MARRIED NOW BUT IN MY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF DAYS GONE BY I HAPPENED TO THROW THIS ALBUM ON TWO DIFFERENT TIMES WITH TWO VERY HANDSOME WONDERFUL MEN. BOTH SAID AND I QUOTE "ARE YOU TRYING TO SEDUCE ME?" HAWAII, YOUNG PEOPLE, HOT NIGHTS, THIS ALBUM IS GREAT AND I HAVE AMAZING MEMORIES TO GO WITH IT.
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I did not expect to like this... but i do!Apr 26, 2009
I am a straight up hip-hop fan. Nothing else really appeals to me much. I heard this album when my g/f played it in my car once in a while. I started to like it. The songs started growing on me, to the point where I was the one who was wanting to listen to it! I like the fact that they use what I would call a hip-hop drum beat. But they put all different kinds of music over top of it. It usually sounds spacey and kind of psychodelic. The music is crisp and high quality. Not so much for if you really want to listen to something energetic to get you pumped up, but its more of chill music. Its really actually good for most any occasion and I even listen to it sometimes in the gym during my workouts! They incorporate musical styles from all over the world. I am now checking out some of their other albums after falling in love with this one. I recommend this to a fan of any kind of music. Cus as a hip-hop guy I really didnt expect to like this as much as I do so I dont doubt others will be the same as me!
Eddy ReviewNov 30, 2008
Discovered on an Internet radio. I love the "dynamics" rythms.
Some songs make me remind of west indies sounds.
Eddy
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