Thievery Corporation is a Washington DC-based production and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their supporting artists. Their music can be characterized as downtempo/electronica with influences of dub, acid jazz, indian classical and brazilian styles fused together with a lounge aesthetic.

They have been in London with their touring band, including a full horn section and sitar player, dropping gems off their recent album ‘Radio Retaliation’, a disc full with strong humanitarian and political messages. The usual worldbeat influences still working really well, Jamaica, India, Brazil, Nigeria, Arabia, featuring world-music artists Femi Kuti, Seu Jorge, Anushka Shankar, Jana Andevska and Sleepy Wonder.

They have played on thursday 16th October at Shepherds Bush Empire, check it out!

Thievery Corporation web site

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