Twenty-five years into their genre-defying electronic music career, Thievery Corporation’s
founding principles of D.I.Y. and inclusion have become key themes in mainstream social
conversation. After a dozen highly acclaimed full-length albums, remix LPs, concert recordings,
and over two decades of incendiary live performances that have thrilled audiences worldwide,
Thievery Corporation’s music and message is more relevant and important now than ever.
That lack of filter enabled Garza and Hilton to mine their musical inspirations and create one of
the most unique bodies of work in electronic music, respectfully incorporating tastes of
international cultural styles, without ever falling into the trap of cultural appropriation. “We
always wondered: with so much incredible music in the world, why would anyone limit
themselves to one genre? Well, we found out — it’s far easier to stay in one lane than to genre
hop!” laughs Hilton. Garza elaborates: “When we started, we were influenced by music from all
over the world, flipping through bins in second hand record stores for LP’s from Brazil, India,
Iran, Jamaica, jazz records…..we wanted to make music where you didn’t know whether it was
recorded today or a decade ago.” Thievery Corporation’s music has always looked toward the
future while paying homage to the past, starting with their groundbreaking debut LP, 1996’s
“Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi,” which both introduced the world to Garza and Hilton as
producers and set their course as pioneers of song-based electronic music with wildly diverse
vocalists.