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b'Thievery Corporation - Barrio Alto \\nDJ Edit By Petko Turner\\n\\nThievery Corporation has taken progressive political stances on various issues, opposing war and what they regard as exploitative trade agreements, while supporting human rights and food programs.\\n\\nIn September 2005, the group participated in the Operation Ceasefire concert, with the objective of ending the Iraq War.\\n\\nFrom their press release regarding their album Radio Retaliation, Garza said:\\n\\nRadio Retaliation is definitely a more overt political statement [...] There\'s no excuse for not speaking out at this point, with the suspension of habeas corpus, outsourced torture, illegal wars of aggression, fuel, food, and economic crises. It\'s hard to close your eyes and sleep while the world is burning around you. If you are an artist, this is the most essential time to speak up.\\n\\n\\u2014\\u2009Rob Garza\\nThievery Corporation are vocal advocates for the World Food Programme, seeing hunger as "...something basic, really elemental, that transcends boundaries around the world\\n\\nThievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C.-based recording artist and DJ collective consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists Rob Myers, Loulou Ghelichkhani, Natalia Clavier, Frank \'Booty Lock\' Mitchell, Mr. Lif, Jeff Franca and Ashish Vyas. Their music style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, hip hop, electronica and Brazilian, including bossa nova.'