Thievery Corporation

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“Our deepest source of inspiration comes from our record collections,” says Rob Garza; an apt reference to their collective nom de plume. Always great admirers and curators of dusty grooves and all but forgotten music styles, Thievery Corporation borrow from the classically sensual and blunted sounds of their favorite Brazilian bossa nova, Jamaican dub reggae, vintage film soundtracks, and psychedelic rock to forge into new sonic territory.

Recording at the Consulate studios in Washington D.C., Thievery Corporation have managed to blossom in the heart of the empire, a city the duo often refer to as “he real Babylon.” The group is a major presence in a scene legendary for fierce independence, musically and politically from genre-defying pioneers as Chuck Brown and Fugazi to grassroots organizations such as Positive Force and the Future of Music Coalition. Formed in the summer of 1995 at D.C.’s Eighteenth Street Lounge – the now world-renowned venue that is still a creative incubator for DC underground music - Rob Garza and Lounge co-owner Eric Hilton bonded over strong drinks, dub, bossa nova and jazz records, then decided to see what would come of mixing all these in a recording studio

Hilton grew up in suburban Maryland, playing guitar under the influence of punk and all it ushered in — first rocking around with a pre-teen garage band, then warmed by the glow of the District’s hardcore revolutionaries, Minor Threat. (read more)

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Track	Time	Listeners	Download
Add this track to your playlist Until the Morning	0:30	70,205	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist All That We Perceive	0:30	63,430	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Facing East	0:30	56,834	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist The Richest Man in Babylon	0:30	56,656	Buy mp3

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1	1	Add this track to your playlist Lebanese Blonde	2,455
1	2	Add this track to your playlist Until the Morning	2,421
–	3	Add this track to your playlist All That We Perceive	2,210
–	4	Add this track to your playlist The Richest Man in Babylon	1,975
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Facing East	1,834
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Liberation Front	1,773
–	7	Add this track to your playlist The State Of The Union	1,742
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes	1,631
2	9	Add this track to your playlist Holographic Universe	1,617
2	10	Add this track to your playlist A Gentle Dissolve	1,570
2	11	Add this track to your playlist From Creation	1,568
2	12	Add this track to your playlist Resolution	1,531
–	13	Add this track to your playlist The Cosmic Game	1,040
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Omid (Hope)	887
–	15	Add this track to your playlist The Outernationalist	857
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Interlude	855
1	17	Add this track to your playlist Indra	813
1	18	Add this track to your playlist Shadows of Ourselves	796
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Exilio (Exile)	761
3	20	Add this track to your playlist Le Monde	743

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Lebanese Blonde	31,932
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Until the Morning	27,140
–	3	Add this track to your playlist All That We Perceive	25,085
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Facing East	21,128
–	5	Add this track to your playlist The Richest Man in Babylon	21,023
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Omid (Hope)	20,677
1	7	Add this track to your playlist The State Of The Union	19,749
1	8	Add this track to your playlist The Outernationalist	19,521
2	9	Add this track to your playlist Liberation Front	19,361
3	10	Add this track to your playlist Resolution	19,148
2	11	Add this track to your playlist Holographic Universe	18,728
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes	18,610
1	13	Add this track to your playlist From Creation	18,099
4	14	Add this track to your playlist Interlude	17,904
–	15	Add this track to your playlist A Gentle Dissolve	17,880
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Exilio (Exile)	17,484
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Meu Destino (My Destiny)	17,379
–	18	Add this track to your playlist The Cosmic Game	12,609
–	19	Add this track to your playlist The Cosmic Gate	12,053
2	20	Add this track to your playlist It Takes a Thief	10,636
1	21	Add this track to your playlist Indra	10,631
1	22	Add this track to your playlist Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Feat Gunjan)	10,542
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Marching The Hate Machines Into The Sun (Feat The Flaming Lips)	10,509
2	24	Add this track to your playlist Amerimacka (Feat Notch)	10,164
1	25	Add this track to your playlist Heavens Gonna Burn Your Eyes	9,997
1	26	Add this track to your playlist Un Simple Histoire (A Simple Story)	9,931
1	27	Add this track to your playlist Warning Shots (Feat Sleepy Wonder And Gunjan)	9,875
3	28	Add this track to your playlist Shadows of Ourselves	9,794
1	29	Add this track to your playlist Un simple histoire	9,432
1	30	Add this track to your playlist Revolution Solution (Feat Perry Farrell)	9,337
4	31	Add this track to your playlist Doors Of Perception (Feat Gunjan)	9,316
1	32	Add this track to your playlist The Heart's A Lonely Hunter (Feat David Byrne)	9,205
2	33	Add this track to your playlist Le Monde	9,134
–	34	Add this track to your playlist Treasures	9,075
3	35	Add this track to your playlist Samba Tranquille	9,070
2	36	Add this track to your playlist Wires And Watchtowers (Feat Sista Pat)	8,990
2	37	Add this track to your playlist Ambicion Eterna (Feat Verny Varela)	8,900
2	38	Add this track to your playlist Focus on Sight	8,896
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