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Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C.-based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists. Their music style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, Indian classical and Brazilian (such as bossa nova) with a lounge aesthetic. History Thievery Corporation was formed in the summer of 1995 at DC’s Eighteenth Street Lounge. Rob Garza and Lounge co-owner Eric Hilton were drawn together over their mutual love of club life, as well as dub, bossa nova and jazz records. They decided to see what would come of mixing all these in a recording studio, and from this, the duo started their Eighteenth Street Lounge Music record label. The duo drew attention with their first two 12" offerings, "Shaolin Satellite" and "2001: a Spliff Odyssey" and with their 1997 debut LP, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi. Though the terminology to describe their style of music has varied over the years (downtempo,

Discography

The Mirror Conspiracy
The Mirror Conspiracy


Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi


The Outernational Sound
The Outernational Sound


Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi
Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi


Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi
Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi


The Richest Man in Babylon
The Richest Man in Babylon


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