Thievery Corporation return for a special engagement with guests Raphael Saadiq, Dam-Funk & Master Blazter, live, at the Williamsburg Waterfront, on Friday, June 24th. Gearing up for the release of their 6th studio album, Culture of Fear (out on June 28th on ESL Music), Rob Garza and Eric Hilton are revved up and ready to throw down at the perfect outdoor, summer venue with world premiere performances from the new album.

You can purchase your tickets online via Ticketmaster, or you can pick up service charge free tickets at Best Buy Theater Box Office (44th St. & Broadway) in Manhattan or at Sound Fix Records (Berry & N. 11th Sts.) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.


In 1996 Thievery Corporation released Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi; an album that defined an entire genre of music and crystallized their distinct “outernational sound” aesthetic. Over the next 14 years the duo would write and record four more critically acclaimed studio albums ("The Mirror Conspiracy", "The Richest Man in Babylon", "The Cosmic Game", and "Radio Retaliation"), three remix albums (Abductions and Reconstructions, Babylon Rewound, and Versions), and various DJ mixes and film soundtracks (The Outernational Sound, and the recent Babylon Central Film Soundtrack).

From the beginning, it's been remarkable to witness the growth of Thievery Corporation's fan base as it's steadily grown in such a DIY, organic fashion since the duo's first LP. "We were so inspired by Washington, DC's Dischord and the true do-it-yourself ethos of the DC punk scene that Rob and I both grew up on. A lot of great music reaches fans without the typical hype and fanfare enjoyed by bands on the majors. Music eventually finds its audience through a myriad of alternative routes. And when that connection is made, that bond is strong," says Hilton.

Certainly that bond is so remarkably strong, that Thievery Corporation has been able to sell out the famed Hollywood Bowl, London's Shepard's Bush Empire, the Theatro Vrahon Melina Merkouri in Athens, Greece, and countless other legendary venues around the globe. Spreading their unique sound far and wide, Garza and Hilton were always great admirers and curators of dusty grooves and all but forgotten music styles. They borrow from the classically sensual and blunted sounds of their favorite Brazilian bossa nova, Jamaican dub reggae, vintage film soundtracks, Afrobeat, Latin and psychedelic rock to forge into new sonic territory.




Raphael Saadiq's latest creation, Stone Rollin' has had the entire industry buzzing for some time now. A true master musician, Raphael's deep comprehension of the roots of modern music has allowed him to bring all the soul and nostalgia one craves in a song, and rework it into a fresh rock tinted, modern-vintage soul album that promises to be the soundtrack to your summer.



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