THIEVERY CORPORATION

'Thievery Corporation' is a Washington, D.C.-based production and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their supporting artists. Their music style is dub, acid jazz, Indian classical and Brazilian (such as bossa nova) fused together with a lounge aesthetic. Thievery Corporation is on the Eighteenth Street Lounge Music record label named after the swank DC lounge partly owned by Eric Hilton, but several of their singles and EPs appear on the 4AD and !K7 labels.
In 2002, they released ''The Richest Man in Babylon'' on their ESL label. This fifteen track album is similar in sound and timbre to ''The Mirror Conspiracy'' and features performances by vocalists Emiliana Torrini, Pam Bricker, and Lou-Lou.
In 2005 they released The Cosmic Game, which has a darker, more psychedelic sound than The Richest Man in Babylon. The album also featured more high-profile guest singers on it, including Perry Farrell, David Byrne and Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips.
In 2006, the group released ''Versions'', a selection of remixes done by Thievery Corporation for other artists and toured the United States, playing at Lollapalooza.
The language of the lyrics to the group's various songs range from English, Spanish, French, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian to Hindi. This reflects the group's global feel and collaborative structure.

Contents

Politics

Appearances in Media

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

Compilations

Featuring Artists

External links

Politics

Thievery Corporation's lyrics are highly influenced by current political events. Tracks such as "Amerimacka" and "Revolution Solution" from their album ''The Cosmic Game'' and '' Richest Man in Babylon'' from the album of the same title reveal the group's opposition to current political events and most notably initiatives taken by the current Bush administration.
In September 2005, the group participated in the Operation Ceasefire concert, with the objective of ending the war in Iraq.

Appearances in Media

★ Their song "Indra", the third track from ''The Mirror Conspiracy'', was featured in the opening shots of ''The West Wing'' season five episode ''Gaza''; in an MTV (India) promo for the programme ''Non Stop Hits''; and the ''Vanilla Sky soundtrack.

★ Their song "Une Simple Histoire (A Simple Story)" is played during a segment in ''Roam'', a mountain biking/free riding documentary.

★ The song "Lebanese Blonde" was used on the soundtrack for Zach Braff's 2004 film ''Garden State''; it also featured in ''Alias'' episode 'Mirage', and included in the best of season 4 soundtrack.

★ The song "Shaolin Satellite" featured in ''The Sopranos'' second season episode 'D-Girl'.

★ Their collaboration with Emiliana Torrini "Until The Morning" was used in a 2003 Lexus RX UK television advertisement.

★ The song "Vivid" was used in the 2002 Honda UK television advertising campaign "What If?"

★ Several tracks from their 1999 '' compilation were used by Dockers as part of their "Nice Pants" TV ad campaign.

★ Their song "Coming From The Top" from their album was used in the BBC's ''Football Focus'' in the 2005-2006 season for their "Cult Heroes" segment.

★ A few of Thievery Corporation's songs from '' Richest Man in Babylon'' and ''The Cosmic Game'' are featured as menu and in-game music on the 2005 EA Sports release ''Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06'' video game.

★ The song "All That We Perceive" from '' Richest Man in Babylon'' is also in 2005 EA Sports release ''Cricket 2005.''

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

★ ''2001: A Spliff Odyssey'' (1996)

★ ''Dub Plate, Vol. 1'' (1996)

★ ''The Foundation'' (1996)

★ ''Lebanese Blonde'' (1998)

★ ''DC 3000'' (1999)

★ ''It Takes a Thief'' (1999)

★ ''Focus on Sight'' (2000)

★ ''Bossa Per Due'' (2001)

★ ''Revolution Solution''

★ ''Warning Shots''

★ ''The Heart's a Lonely Hunter''

★ ''Sol Tapado''

★ ''The Richest Man in Babylon''

★ ''The Lagos Communique''

★ ''Halfway Around the World''

★ ''Incident at Gate 7''

★ ''Encounter in Bahia''

★ ''ESL Dubplate''

★ ''Shaolin Satellite''

★ ''Chaplin Swankster''

Compilations

★ ''Dubbed Out in DC'' (1997)

★ '' (1999)

★ ''Abductions and Reconstructions ''(1999)

★ ''Departures'' (2000)

★ "CloudWatch : A Soundtrack to a Freeform Gathering V2"(2000)

★ ''Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi'' (2001)

★ ''The Outernational Sound'' (2004)

★ ''Babylon Rewound'' (2004)

★ Frequent Flyer: Kingston Jamaica (2005)

★ '' Versions'' (2006)

★ ''Changed To Lo-Fi'' (2006)

Featuring Artists

Thievery Corporation depends on various supporting artists to perform for them. The featuring artists they have invited include:

★ Astrud Gilberto

★ Bebel Gilberto

★ David Byrne

★ Emiliana Torrini

★ Gigi Rezende

★ Gunjan

★ Jim Morrison

★ Loulou Djine

★ Notch

★ Norah Jones

★ Pam Bricker

★ Patrick de Santos

★ Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction

★ Rob Myers

★ Rootz

★ Sista Pat

★ Sister Nancy

★ Sleepy Wonder

★ Verny Varela

★ Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips

★ Zeebo

External links

★ Official Website

★ Eighteenth Street Lounge Music

★ "Straight Men: The Understated Style of Thievery Corporation", story by Sarah Tesla