Perhaps most astonishing of all is Perry Farrell's echo-saturated performance on the turbulent 'Revolution Solution'. (Unless you're one of those pro-Hate Machine nutcases.) Though Coyne never does actually get around to informing us who the real enemy is, the track is nevertheless an appropriately melted stunner of tripped-out, progressive Dark Side of the Moon dub.Д«abylon continues to come under fire on tracks like the sternum-rattling throb of 'Warning Shots' or the driving roots reggae of 'Wires and Watchtowers', on which the sultry Sista Pat asks, 'How can the wicked smile while the world is burning?' as acres of humid, Black Ark horns surround her with their insistent reverberations. 'Let's start by making it clear who is the enemy here,' sings the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, opening the album with 'Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun)' a title that everyone should be able to get behind, regardless of political persuasion. Marking an invigorating return to form for the Thievery Corporation production team of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, The Cosmic Game assembles a stellar cast of guest vocalists and collaborators to help the duo craft their most focused and captivating work to date.ДЄnd 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.

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