Eighteenth Street Lounge Music (ESL Music) is an independent
record label
"Big Three" music labels
A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...
based in
Washington, D.C.
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founded by
Rob Garza
Thievery Corporation is an American electronic music duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. Their musical style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop, electronica, and Brazilian music, ...
and
Eric Hilton in
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
. The duo, as
Thievery Corporation
Thievery Corporation is an American electronic music duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. Their musical style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop, electronica, and Brazilian music, ...
, heads the label's roster of artists.
Roster
ESL Music's current artists include:
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Afrolicious
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AM & Shawn Lee
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Ancient Astronauts
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Chris Joss
Chris Joss is a French multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
Early life and education
Chris Joss was born in France. When he was 14, he received an acoustic guitar and taught himself to play. In 1981, he founded his own band at high schoo ...
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Congo Sanchez
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Dust Galaxy
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Federico Aubele
Federico Aubele is an Argentine singer-songwriter whose music blends a variety of genres and styles.
Biography
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Aubele started playing music at age 12. He moved to Berlin in 2002, where he lived for several years. ...
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Frank Mitchell Jr.
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Joe Bataan
Bataan Nitollano, also known as Joe Bataan (born 5 November 1942) is a Filipino and American Latin soul singer, songwriter and musician best known world-wide and in the Hispanic and Latino music scene as the "King of Latin Soul".
Early life
Bat ...
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Kabanjak
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Natalia Clavier
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Nickodemus
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Novalima
Novalima is a Peruvian band. Novalima's style blends Afro-Peruvian music with Electronica, Latin American beats, and other contemporary genres.
Novalima is a Latin Grammy nominated band formed in 2001 by four childhood friends, with music based ...
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Ocote Soul Sounds
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The Archives
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The Funk Ark
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Thievery Corporation
Thievery Corporation is an American electronic music duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. Their musical style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop, electronica, and Brazilian music, ...
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Thunderball
See also
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List of record labels
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References
External links
Eighteenth Street Lounge*
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Record labels established in 1996
Music companies based in Washington, D.C.
American independent record labels
1996 establishments in Washington, D.C.
American companies established in 1996