Rob Garza and Eric Hilton are Thievery Corporation, an outspoken electronic music duo with international flavor based in Washington, DC. And flavor is what they think the world needs, which is why their next effort Radio Retaliation, out September 23 from their indie label ESL Music, smacks a bullseye on Clear Channel's forehead and pulls the trigger.
"Apart from a few independent bastions, there is no musical or informational freedom on the US airwaves anymore," explains Hilton. "They’ve been bought up, consolidated and homogenized. RadioRetaliationis about an exodus of conscious people who are willingto acknowledge something is wrong with the 'official version' in news and culture."
The best part? Those conscious people get to party to chilled grooves as addictive as they are diverse. Garza and Hilton, always the rainbow-coalition collaborators, have signed up Seu Jorge, Femi Kuti, AnushkaShankar, Jana Andevska and many more for Radio Retaliation.
As for those who don't like their music mixed with politics, Thievery Corporation has some simple advice: Wake up.
this audio or video is no longer available"There’s no excuse for not speaking out at this point," argues Garza. "With the suspension of habeas corpus, outsourced torture, illegal wars of aggression, fuel, food, and economic crises, it’s hard to close your eyes and sleep while the world is burning around you. If you are an artist, this is the most essential time to speak up."
Photo: Andrzej Ligguz
