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One day, not long ago, I came home; my sister was listening to a CD, and I asked her, "Who are they?" She replied, "The Thievery Corporation." Never heard of them.
I went online to gather some information and discovered that they are nothing more than a duo of producers/remixers that emerged in the mid-'90s.
The two, Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, met by chance at a club that Eric managed with some friends; from there, the collaboration between the two was born, and within a few months, they already released their first song, presenting them to the world of electronic music.
In 1997, the duo released their first album: "The Sounds of the Thievery Corporation"; in no time, they always strengthened their reputation as producers and remixers so much that they were compared in their field to Kruder & Dorfmeister.
Their work mainly consists of remixing existing tracks, as they do excellently in "Abduction & Reconstruction," the title of their second album. But alongside this activity, the duo also began to produce their own works; such is the case with this album, dated 2000.
This album presents an immense attention to detail and very open soundscapes. The range of action remains primarily set on dub, but in this album, the two try to go a bit further, exploring ambient sounds and at times even manage to introduce reggae elements into their sounds.
The result is excellent, different from Eric and Rob's previous albums but certainly successful. Moreover, with this record, the two demonstrate that they are not just copying and remixing others' work but are actually excellent producers of great music.
To be listened to in silence and complete relaxation, this record represents the pleasant confirmation of a very interesting project.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Le Monde (03:11)
Le monde
Je pense bien que le monde est calculé
Je pense bien que tout est encadré
Que nos pensées sont tracées dans l'air auparavant
Et tu crois que la derniere prise
Elle a mis du ??? à ta douleur
Ouvre les yeux le monde change
Ah oui je sais qu'un jour
Ah oui je sais qu'un jour
Pour voir plus clair
Tu dois oublier tous les mensonges
Ah le monde change, le monde change
Soulage ton coeur, soulage ton ame
Ah le monde change
Et tu crois que la derniere prise
Elle a mis du temps à ??
Ta douleur, ta douleur
Demain est une autre sortie
Ca fait mal à dire mais j'ai peur, j'ai peur, j'ai peur
Ah le monde change, le monde change
Soulage ton coeur, soulage ton ame
Ah le monde change, le monde change
04 Lebanese Blonde (04:48)
Too low to find my way
Too high to wonder why
I've touched this place before
Somewhere in another time
Now I can hear the sun
The clouds drifting through the blinds
A half a million thoughts
Are flowing through my mind
A satellite recalled your voice
Sent me round the world again
All the night you've dreamt away
Sent me round my heart again
One touch upon my lips
And all my thoughts are clear
I feel your smoky mist
Up to the stratosphere
Too low to find my way
Too high to wonder why
I've touched this place before
Somewhere in another time
Now I can hear the sun
The clouds drifting through the blinds
A half a million thoughts
Are flowing through my mind
Too low to find my way
Too high to wonder why
I've touched this place before
Somewhere in another time
Now I can hear the sun
The clouds drifting through the blinds
A half a million thoughts
Are flowing through my mind
( French Version )
Trop déprimée pour m'en tirer
Trop bien pour rien piger
J'ai deja connu cet état
Ailleurs plein d'autrefois
J'entends le soleil
Les nuages par les volets
Un million de pensées
Envahi mon esprit
Un satellite rappelait ta voix
orbite dans le monde pour toi
Tu as revé toute la nuit
En envie de mon coeur
Je t'effleures des levres et puis
Ca me donne les idées claires
Je sens ton suc se dissiper
Jusqu'a la stratosphere
Trop déprimée pour m'en tirer
Trop bien pour rien piger
J'ai deja connu cet état
Ailleurs plein d'autrefois
J'entends le soleil
Les nuages par les volets
Un million de pensées
Envahi mon esprit
05 Focus on Sight (03:47)
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
09 Shadows of Ourselves (03:37)
Coeur Mécanique où sont tes piles ?
Perdu dans un monde, tout etranger
Quelle est la raison pour tous ces mensonges
On a plus le droit de se renfermer
Je n'ai pas le temps de perdre la tête
Pour nous sauver de nous-même
Je n'ai pas le temps de perdre la tête
Pour nous sauver de nous-même
Quelle est cette ivresse qui nous entraine
D'ou vient tous ces mots qui m'attaquent
Plaisirs incomplets qui m'envoutent
On a plus le droit de fermer ses portes
Je n'ai pas le temps de perdre la tête
Pour nous sauver de nous-même
Je n'ai pas le temps de perdre la tête
Pour nous sauver de nous-même
Pour nous sauver de nous-même
Pour nous sauver de nous-même
English version:
Mechanical heart where are your batteries ?
Lost in a world totally stranger
What is the reason for all these lies
We don't have the right to withdraw anymore
I do not have time to panic
To save us from ourselves
I do not have time to panic
To save us from ourselves
What is this intoxication that pulls us
From where come all these words that attack me
Incomplete pleasures that bewitch me
We don't have the right to close these doors anymore
I do not have time to panic
To save us from ourselves
I do not have time to panic
To save us from ourselves
To save us from ourselves
To save us from ourselves
12 The Mirror Conspiracy (03:45)
What I did here
Is in the past
How could we see
We'd never last
And time will tell
And you're all eyes [?]
And now the truth
Is your demise
All my heart
All of your tears
Our whole world
Is smoke and mirrors
All my heart
All of your tears
Our whole world
Is smoke and mirrors
You're here yourself [?]
In wandered eyes [?]
But now I've seen
Through your disguise
From where I stand
A lovely view
Your world unwinds
You come unglued
All my heart
All of your tears
Our whole world
Is smoke and mirrors
All my heart
All of your tears
Our whole world
Is smoke and mirrors
13 Tomorrow (03:44)
Remember there's always tomorrow
Remember there's always tomorrow
Remember there's always tomorrow ...
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