Eric Hilton - Infinite Everywhere (Montserrat House)
Add Date: 06/23/2020
Focus Tracks: This Strange Daze, Infinite Everywhere, & Tomorrow’s Shadow
FCC: Clean
Formats: Chill, Electronic & World
Artist Info: In a time where much of the world is confined and fearful comes Thievery Corporation co-founder Eric Hilton’s first solo record Infinite Everywhere, an elegant exploration of inner space that will leave listeners feeling replenished and centered. While Thievery painted with a broad musical brush, genre hopping across (and sometimes within) over 20 plus years of albums and live work, Hilton’s solo debut is distilled, focused, and more personal.
"I’m kind of the drum & bass guy in Thievery - I’ve never been much of a player of melodic instruments. Infinite Everywhere is me challenging myself to play more. I started work on a laptop and cheap midi controller; when my engineer Igor Garnier heard the rough tracks, he encouraged me to play more,” says Hilton. “I’ve always been a bit of studio rat, but I've found I really enjoy making music on my own, late night with just me and a keyboard - I’m kind of hooked on that. On this record I played nearly every instrument, which I’ve never done before.”
With Hilton's long established alchemical abilities, concocting unique musical creations with Thievery Corporation as well as birthing acclaimed gathering spaces in D.C., it should come as no surprise that Infinite Everywhere delivers both beauty and substance to the listener. "When you’re making music, you have a responsibility to contribute to music in general, to try to express a unique thought, which is very difficult,” relates Hilton. “I want every record I’m involved with to be beautiful, with empowering vibrations that recognize the spectrum of emotions. I don’t entertain defeatism, and I will always gravitate to positivity and perseverance. Hopefully people get that feeling when they listen to this record.”
Infinite Everywhere is the first of several full-length album projects that Eric Hilton plans to release in 2020, and to what should be no one's surprise, they will be diverse in their musical style. "When you get close to having a collection of songs that make sense, then you know you have an album.” As for what the future holds, Hilton says: Infinite Everywhere is an introduction. The last 25 years of my creative output have been about Thievery Corporation. I dearly love my brethren Rob, and although that project isn’t necessarily done, my solo stuff is what the next 25 years are about."