While many people might only be familiar with Thievery Corporation for their song “Lebanese Blond,” featured in the movie Garden State, the band, comprised of duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, has been performing a mixture of sounds from bossa nova to electronic to reggae to punk since the mid ‘90s. While Garza and Hilton still perform full-time together as Thievery Corporation, complete with sets featuring guest artists and musicians, Garza simultaneously performs his own solo DJ sets, using the experience to connect to one of his first true loves, electronic music. Infusing electronic music with the same sounds that influence Thievery Corporation (such as dub, trip hop, reggae, etc), Garza has attracted a following for his globally-influenced DJ sets performing around the world.
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