This reflects thegroup’s globalfeel and collaborative structure. The language of the group’s lyrics are as diverse as English, Spanish, French, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian and Hindi. The group released their fifth studio album, Radio Retaliation, on September 23, 2008. In 2006, the group released Versions, a selection of remixes done by Thievery Corporation for other artists and toured the United States,playing atLollapalooza. The album alsofeatured morehigh-profile guest singers on it, including Perry Farrell, David Byrne, and Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips. In 2005 they released The Cosmic Game, which has a darker, more psychedelic sound than The Richest Man in Babylon. This fifteen track album is similar in sound and timbre to their earlier2000 release,The Mirror Conspiracy, and features performances by vocalists Emiliana Torrini, Pam Bricker, and Loulou. In 2002, they released The Richest Man in Babylon on their ESL label. Though the terminology has varied (downtempo, chill out, left field and a myriad of otherpermutations), they have maintained theirunique musical standards for the duration of their popularity. The duo caught the ears of underground DJ’s with their first two 12” offerings, “Shaolin Satellite” and “2001: a Spliff Odyssey” and with their1997 debutLP, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi, they had already begun to define a new genre of electronic music and connect with aninternational community oflike-minded souls. From this, the duo was born andtheir self started labelEighteenth Street Lounge Music began to emerge on an international level. Rob Garza and Lounge co-owner Eric Hilton bonded over club life, dub,bossa novaand jazz records, then decided to see what would come of mixing all these in a recording studio.
read moreįormed in the summer of 1995 at D.C.’s Eighteenth Street Lounge. Rob Garza and Lounge co-owner Eric Hilton bonded over club life, d. havent listened to these guys since The Cosmic Game. cheers all, and about that ethics topic - i mean. Thievery Corporation is on the Eighteenth Street Lounge record label named after the DC club owned by Eric Hilton, but several of theirsingles and EP’sappear on the 4AD and !K7 labels.įormed in the summer of 1995 at D.C.’s Eighteenth Street Lounge. 1st paragraph was a critique on so many inaccessible albums and was complimenting thievery corps ability to break the mold. Theirmusic style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, Indian classical and Brazilian (such as bossa nova) with a lounge aesthetic. Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C.-based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their supportingartists.