Eric Hilton’s Babylon Central: Washington, D.C. Release Party on July 25!
On July 27, ESL Music and Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation bring us Babylon Central, a dramatic film written and directed by Hilton himself. Here’s the synopsis:
Sebastian James is a courier by day and aspiring DJ by night. When he forgets an important delivery, Seb finds himself an unwitting participant in an economic powerplay with a Saudi Prince and his attempt to change the currency for oil. As Seb begins to fall for the Prince’s daughter and his friends are dragged into the conflict, the powers that control modern-day Babylon – Washington, DC – are exposed, and the US Empire is called into question.
Accompanying the DVD release is a seventeen-song soundtrack to the film, featuring heavyweights like the Bad Brains, El Michels Affair, Dorothy Ashby, and Thievery Corporation. Get a taste here.
You can pick up your copy two days early at the Babylon Central release party on July 25 at the Eighteenth Street Lounge in Washington, D.C. Doors are at 8PM, and there’s no cover. DJ sets by Hilton, Ocote Soul Sounds, and John Bowen of Video Killers.
The Eighteenth Street Lounge is at 1212 18th Street, NW. Call ‘em at: (202) 466-3922.
The first twenty-five people in attendance receive free copies of Babylon Central and the latest issue of Wax Poetics!
RSVP to info@eslmusic.com to skip the line.
Here’s a trailer for the film:
And check out an interview with Hilton:
