The American duo Thievery Corporation will be bringing the chicest downtempo to Space Ibiza in the form of a concert this Friday while The Subs, Lazer Sword, Jacob Plant and Dub Elements make up an artistic counterpoint – a perfect combination with each artist having their own independent rhythm and style.On July 27th Beat & Raw continues to offer quality concerts, this time bringing the Washington duo Thievery Corporation to Space Ibiza, who along with 12 session musicians will demonstrate their renowned performance on stage with a combination of the most sophisticated electronic downtempo and dub, acid jazz and ethnic music rhythms from around the world.
Rob Garza and Eric Hilton have seven studio albums under their belt, and having established themselves as the leading representatives of the "lounge" sound, they give high quality, eclectic performances surrounded by the best musicians and different voices. Their lyrics reflect their political activism – which is very critical of the policy of their country, especially with the war in Iraq.
“We’re probably more radical in our political beliefs than most of the hardcore punk bands”, Hilton says, “but at the same time, we’re realistic about what we can actually do. We feel like our role is to be commentators.” Garza adds: “The best thing we can do is try to open people’s minds.”
And open up people’s minds they do, publishing their work under their own label, Eighteenth Street Lounge, which gives them a broad creative freedom and has seen them challenge, explore, and create some of the deepest, most thought provoking messages through their music, which led to a Grammy Award nomination and the ability to make the masses question the social confinements of society. Powerful stuff. Thievery Corporation’s music has also been part of several soundtracks and video games.
The counterpoint to this special night at Space Ibiza will be offered by groups including The Subs, as the bold Belgian trio bring us an epic live performance full of techno and electro sounds after sweeping the public off its feet in different parts of Europe, including such complicated scenes as the French electronic music landscape. "When it’s live it’s magical, it’s like making love, playing music. It’s an interaction with your audience. You interact with it and that's when the magic happens", says the members of The Subs, also known as Jeroen de Pessemier aka Papillon, Wiebe Loccufier aka DJ Tonic, and Luca di Ferdinando aka Highbloo. Expect the unexpected and a handful of chaos from these guys who have progressed into a fully-fledged, all hands on deck, unafraid of anything force of music.
Also performing will be Lazer Sword, a pair of Americans by the names of Lando Kal and Low Limit who have managed to evolve from their original hip hop sound to the electro, dub step and drum & bass rhythms reflected in their latest work Memory.
The very young artist Jacob Plant, Dub Elements and Beat & Raw residents Allan Ramirez, Daisy Heartbreaker and Ramon Castells complete the line up for this special night at Space Ibiza.
Don’t miss it.