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Last weekend was remarkable for me! My friend Jens introduced me to a group I'd never heard of, Thievery Corporation.
He played their music early in the day on YouTube and I had liked what I
heard. Then we discovered they were going to perform at the Fox Theatre (link below) here
in Oakland that very night. It was about six o'clock and the show
started at 7:30. Well, my first thought was YEAH! Let's GO! Then the
realization of what
was involved hit me and it melted into "maybe not" mode. Then I thought,
"What the hell! Let's DO it!" So, Rees, Jens & I immediately jumped
up and ran out the door to buy our tickets.
And I'm damned glad we did!
Their musical style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop, electronica, and Brazilian music, including bossa nova.
Thievery Corporation was founded by Garza and Hilton in Washington, D. C.,
USA. The DJ duo with passion for latino, bosa nova, jazz, electronic,
middle east music and dub claimed the legendary status right after
releasing their debut album Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
in 1996. Multigenre and multicultural fusion is a key part of the band
as well as cooperation with countless musicians. They released nine
full-length albums, eighteen compilations and tens of singles in last 20
years. All on their own label ESL Music (Eighteenth Street Lounge Music), where they also gathered musicians such as Federico Aubele, Joe Bataan and others. Thievery Corporation just published the new single Letter To The Editor from their new album The Temple Of I & I, released earlier this year on February the 10th.
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