Thievery Corporation Live @ Congress Theater (Friday, 6/25/10)
ON FRIDAY JUNE 25th 2010 THIEVERY CORPORATION returned to Chicago with their legendary trip hop, downtempo and electronic live set to pleasure over 5,500 fans at the Congress Theater!
“An evening with THIEVERY CORPORATION live” is a journey with Washington, D.C.-based recording artists Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. Their music style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, Indian classical and Brazilian (such as bossa nova) with a lounge aesthetic and hip-hop influence. The pair’s self-started Eighteenth Street Lounge Music record label soon emerged on an international level, releasing various 12″ offerings and their debut LP in 1997, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi. By that time, they had already caught the ears of underground DJ’s around the world and begun to define a new genre of electronic music often described as downtempo, trip hop, chill-out or other varied permutations. Their songs’ lyrics, diversified in English, Spanish, French, Persian, Portugese, Romanian, and Hindi, along with their often subject of political assertions highlight their global sensibility and international style. Thievery’s catalogue features vocalists of note such as Loulou, Pam Bicker on earlier works to later higher profile guests like Perry Farrell, David Byrne and Wayne Coyne. To fully enjoy a night with these ground-breaking sonic explorers, opening up your mind as well as your ears is highly advised.
This event is brought to you by React Presents, Cold Grums, Kingtello and Congress Theater with partnership from Chicago Reader and Jambase.
Congress Theater
2135 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Doors 7:30pm All Ages
info line: 773.598.0852
$35.00 presale tickets online at www.clubtix.net