Culture of Fear

Thievery Corporation don't require much of an introduction, the duo release their sixth studio album, 'Culture of Fear' - a cinematic-sounding inquiry into space rock that straddles the sweet spot between funk and soul, with a bit of dub and reggae thrown in for good measure.

'Culture of Fear' continues to address the socially conscious themes that Thievery Corporation have explored since 2002 when they released their third studio album, 'The Richest Man in Babylon', which incorporated protest music into their sound. They followed 'Babylon' with 2005's 'The Cosmic Game', which featured politically minded collaborations with Perry Farrell, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, and David Byrne. In 2008, the duo paid homage to people's resistance movements around the world with 'Radio Retaliation' - setting a think-for-yourself agenda to eclectic sounds from Jamaica, Latin America, Asia, and The Middle East. The album, which questioned the profit-driven mentality of corporate media, earned Thievery Corporation a Grammy Award nomination for Best Recording Packaging.