Thievery Corporation is on the Eighteenth Street Lounge record label named after the DC club owned by Eric Hilton, but several of their singles and EP's appear on the 4AD and !K7 labels.
Formed in the summer of 1995 at D.C.’s Eighteenth Street Lounge. Rob Garza and Lounge co-owner Eric Hilton bonded over club life, dub, bossa nova and jazz records, then decided to see what would come of mixing all these in a recording studio. From this, the duo was born and their self started label Eighteenth Street Lounge Music began to emerge on an international level.
The duo caught the ears of underground DJ’s with their first two 12" offerings, Shaolin Satellite and 2001: a Spliff Odyssey. Their 1997 debut LP, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi began to both define a new genre of electronic music and connect with an international community of like-minded souls. Though the terminology has varied (downtempo, chill out, left field and a myriad of other permutations), they have maintained their unique musical standards for the duration of their popularity.
In 2002, they released The Richest Man in Babylon on their ESL label. This fifteen track album is similar in sound and timbre to their earlier 2000 release, The Mirror Conspiracy, and features performances by vocalists Emiliana Torrini, Pam Bricker, and Loulou.
In 2005 they released The Cosmic Game, which has a darker, more psychedelic sound than The Richest Man in Babylon. The album also featured more high-profile guest singers on it, including Perry Farrell, David Byrne, and Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips.
In 2006, the group released Versions, a selection of remixes done by Thievery Corporation for other artists and toured the United States, playing at Lollapalooza.
The group released their fifth studio album, Radio Retaliation, on 23 September 2008.
The language of the group's lyrics are as diverse as English, Spanish, French, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian and Hindi. This reflects the group's global feel and collaborative structure.
They were the opening act on August 1, 2009 for Sir Paul McCartney at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
On July 27, 2010, Babylon Central, the cinematic directorial debut of founding member Eric Hilton, was released. Set (and shot) in Washington, D.C., the film follows tripwire events in the interconnected lives of its characters, each influencing power brokers' schemes to manipulate international currencies.
In June 2011, Thievery Corporation released their sixth album, Culture of Fear.
In January 2012, Thievery Corporation launched a remixes contest in conjunction with Dubspot.
Sola in Citta
Thievery Corporation Lyrics
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E tu mi hai portato qui
Ora sei andato via
E non riesco a trovarti
Ti cerco nella strada
Ma non ti trovo più
Perché mi hai portato qui?
Dove stai?
Non conosco nessuno qui
Sei andato via
Sono sola in città
Ti cerco dovunque
Vieni e portami con te
Dove sei?
Ho bisogno di incontrarti
Dove stai?
Ho bisogno di stare con te
Una città che non conosco
E tu mi hai portato qui
Ora sei andato via
Ma non riesco a trovarti
Voglio sentirti vicino
Voglio tenerti vicino a me
In questa folla di sconosciuti
È il tuo viso che vorrei incrociare
Dove sei?
Ho bisogno di incontrarti
Dove stai?
Ho bisogno di stare con te
Sei andato via
E non ti trovo più
Ti cerco dovunque
Vieni e portami con te
The lyrics to Thievery Corporation's song "Sola in Citta" depict a sense of loss, loneliness, and yearning for love and companionship. The singer finds themselves in a city they do not know, brought there by someone they loved but who has now left them. The singer cannot find their loved one anywhere in the city and feels completely alone among the throngs of strangers. The chorus repeats the questions of where their loved one is and why they brought them to the city, expressing a desire to be reunited with them and to feel their presence once again. The singer longs to meet their loved one, to be with them, to hold them close, to see their face once more, but their whereabouts remain a mystery.
Overall, the song encapsulates the universal human experience of feeling lost and alone in a new place, separated from people we care about, and yearning for connection with them once more. The song offers a poignant meditation on loneliness, separation, and the power of love to bring us together and overcome distance and disconnection.
Line by Line Meaning
Una città che non conosco
I am in an unfamiliar city
E tu mi hai portato qui
You brought me here
Ora sei andato via
You have left now
E non riesco a trovarti
And I can't find you
Ti cerco nella strada
I look for you on the street
Ma non ti trovo più
But I can't find you anymore
Dove sei?
Where are you?
Perché mi hai portato qui?
Why did you bring me here?
Dove stai?
Where are you?
Non conosco nessuno qui
I don't know anyone here
Sei andato via
You have left
Sono sola in città
I am alone in the city
Ti cerco dovunque
I search everywhere for you
Vieni e portami con te
Come and take me with you
Ho bisogno di incontrarti
I need to meet you
Ho bisogno di stare con te
I need to be with you
Voglio sentirti vicino
I want to feel you close
Voglio tenerti vicino a me
I want to keep you close to me
In questa folla di sconosciuti
In this crowd of strangers
È il tuo viso che vorrei incrociare
It's your face that I want to see
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ELIN MELGAREJO, RICHARD ERIC HILTON, ROBERT MANUEL GARZA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Λάζαρος Πολυμενάκος
No words can match this beauty...
JEB slept
that first bass!
Laron Williams
I wish this song was longer
Asrın E
Una città che non conosco
E tu mi hai portato qui
Ora sei andato via
E non riesco a trovarti
Ti cerco nella strada
Ma non ti trovo più
Dove sei?
Perché mi hai portato qui?
Dove stai?
Non conosco nessuno qui
Sei andato via
Sono sola in città
Ti cerco dovunque
Vieni e portami con te
Dove sei?
Ho bisogno di incontrarti
Dove stai?
Ho bisogno di stare con te
Una città che non conosco
E tu mi hai portato qui
Ora sei andato via
Ma non riesco a trovarti
Voglio sentirti vicino
Voglio tenerti vicino a me
In questa folla di sconosciuti
È il tuo viso che vorrei incrociare
Dove sei?
Ho bisogno di incontrarti
Dove stai?
Ho bisogno di stare con te
Sei andato via
E non ti trovo più
Ti cerco dovunque
Vieni e portami con te
Senccc
"Chilling in Italian"
Norma Briffe
❣
Eullin Alexander
Bello
Filippo Lapenna
Grazie per questo omaggio all'Italia
mrc sgn
Dove sei?
casey allison
Hi P, P was