{"product_id":"thievery-corporation-the-cosmic-game","title":"Thievery Corporation – The Cosmic Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cosmic Game is the fourth studio album by American electronic music duo Thievery Corporation, released on February 22, 2005, by ESL Music. After the success of their previous album The Richest Man in Babylon (2002), the guest artists on \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmic Game\u003c\/em\u003e are of higher profile. The album features various styles of music including club, future-bossa, breaks, rock, and more. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thieverycorporation.com\/portfolio\/the-cosmic-game\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ingredients - electronic beats, dub, soft Brazilian tones, sitars, and women singing in foreign languages - are entirely the same, but Thievery Corporation have never sounded so genuine. Despite the same old sound and a busy release schedule leading up to it, \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmic Game\u003c\/em\u003e comes across as fresh as a debut and surprisingly indifferent toward being the in thing. What it is is music for music's sake, all laid out with the utmost care, giving listeners a fully thought-out album that makes the \"forward\" button on your player purposeless. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEffortlessly flowing from the indie-grooving \"Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun)\" with the Flaming Lips to reggae to samba to psychedelia and beyond, the album is trimmed of all fat. Instrumentals with clever grooves sometimes overstayed their welcome on previous Thievery albums, but here they're whittled down to interludes when need be and positioned as chillout segues between the more striking numbers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe druggy, Perry Farrell-inna-reggae-style \"Revolution Solution\" is one of these stunners, but the superstars don't own all the highlights. As dank, Jamaican-flavored horns echo into the distance, siren Sista Pat lures listeners into the deep world of \"Wires and Watchtowers\" while soulful crooner Notch takes things uptown on the cool \"Amerimacka\" before the Corp turn the tune into one of their stickiest dub outings yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pleasant \"The Heart's a Lonely Hunter\" deserves mention because David Byrne guests on vocals, and while it's very good, it's the most forgettable number on this outing. The track brings a very slight reminder of when Thievery Corporation have let ambition trump the meaningful and meaty, but the otherwise purposeful and certain \u003cem\u003eCosmic Game\u003c\/em\u003e is so darkly delicious you have to admit it's their masterwork. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/the-cosmic-game-mw0000140104\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe downtempo duo's latest features vocal collaborations from David Byrne and Wayne Coyne. Marking an invigorating return to form for the Thievery Corporation production team of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmic Game\u003c\/em\u003e assembles a stellar cast of guest vocalists and collaborators to help the duo craft their most focused and captivating work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd though the Thievery Corp.'s trademark confluence of chilled trip-hop, time-stretched dub, and casual musical globetrotting initially appears as tranquil as ever, beneath this false serenity churns an undercurrent of political anger, disillusionment and alienation that helps charge the album with enhanced fervor and vitality. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/8006-the-cosmic-game\/#:~:text=By%20Matthew%20Murphy,with%20enhanced%20fervor%20and%20vitality.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Thievery Corporation debuted back in 1997 with Sounds From The Thievery Hi Fi, they bewitched headz from Washington to Watford with their dub-wise voodoo and slick downtempo grooves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing two more solid albums (The Mirror Conspiracy, The Richest Man in Babylon), a couple of tasteful compilations (Sounds From the Verve Hi-Fi, Outernational Sound) and a pair remix collections the duo now present what is undoubtedly their best work since The Mirror Conspiracy back in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent interviews the immaculately dressed duo have spoken of being informed and enlightened by various conspiracy theories and \"mind-opening literature\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps this was the motive behind the subversive shtick of the first single from the album, \"Revolution Solution\" - a steadfast blend of soporific dub-grooves matched to the vocals of Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell. While not exactly an inflammatory call to arms, it reminded us perfectly of their pair's gorgeously orotund sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce again Thievery Corporation demonstrate agrandeur and stylistic prowess that remains all but peerless in today's saturated world of downtempo electronica. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/music\/reviews\/hbn8\/#:~:text=The%20album's%20opener%20'Marching%20the,saturated%20world%20of%20downtempo%20electronica.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBBC Music\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5TXP9f2NLMzYoVOfyhAjFO?utm_source=generator\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl Tracklist\u003cbr\u003eA1 Marching The Hate Machines (Into The Sun) – feat. The Flaming Lips\u003cbr\u003eA2 Warning Shots – feat. Sleepy Wonder \u0026amp; Gunjan\u003cbr\u003eA3 Revolution Solution – feat. Perry Farrell\u003cbr\u003eA4 The Cosmic Game\u003cbr\u003eA5 Satyam Shivam Sundaram – feat. Gunjan\u003cbr\u003eB1 Amerimacka – feat. Notch\u003cbr\u003eB2 Ambicion Eterna – feat. Verny Varela\u003cbr\u003eB3 Pela Janela – feat. Gigi Rezende\u003cbr\u003eB4 Sol Tapado – feat. Patrick de Santos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eC1 The Heart's A Lonely Hunter – feat. David Byrne\u003cbr\u003eC2 Holographic Universe\u003cbr\u003eC3 Doors Of Perception – feat. Gunjan\u003cbr\u003eC4 Wires And Watchtowers – feat. Sista Pat\u003cbr\u003eD1 The Supreme Illusion – feat. Gunjan\u003cbr\u003eD2 The Time We Lost Our Way – feat. LouLou Ghelickhani\u003cbr\u003eD3 A Gentle Dissolve\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Primary Wave Music\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2025 \/ Originally Released: 2005\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Latin\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Dub, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/ Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Primary Wave Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46485074378910,"sku":"792755870969","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/71vXDak4eHL-_UF894-1000_QL80.jpg?v=1770444594","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.com\/products\/thievery-corporation-the-cosmic-game","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}