O.B.F.
LAVA

20 years in
the sound system game, 20 years of musical back
-
catalogue, 20 years setting fire to
dance floors and elaborating their unique dub sound heavily soaked in reggae and bass music. Since
the 70s, much like reggae, dub has been through non
-
stop mutations leavin
g its impact on the course
of music evolution, and
O.B.F Sound System
are spearheading the genre’s recent growth; a style
born from the underground that has discretely influenced the development of electronic music.
Straight outta the French Alps, stemming
from the core of Geneva’s alternative scene, one of the
most warrior sound systems of the continent has established itself as an irresistible magnetic
phenomenon.
On “
LAVA
” O.B.F continue their sonic ascension. Reaching a new milestone in their endless q
uest
in dub music, unmistakably forward
-
thinking and bursting with modern influences. At the crossroads
between contemporary urban sounds, bass music, club music and dancehall, LAVA's dub is heavy,
undiluted. No half
-
stepping, O.B.F demonstrate how they wh
ip up sound matter, how they fry up
music in order to make big sound systems smoke.
‘LAVA’ is the O.B.F crew in fusion; consisting of its stellar team of MCs and renown solo
-
producer
Rico
; together concocting spontaneous studio eruptions. It’s the raw en
ergy of a tight
-
knit family, a
collection of 16 tracks of pure volcanic matter slapped onto wax. One after another or as a duo
Belén
Natalí
(Argentina),
Charlie P
(UK),
Sr. Wilson
(Spain),
Junior Roy
(France) and the late great dub
poet
Nazamba
(Jamaica) take turns blowing fire into the microphone. English, French, Jamaican
Patois and Spanish collide, affirming O.B.Fs transnational identity.
An uncontrollable crew that controls the dance, their unity,
clashes, sweaty sound system sessions
are all put together into one project. O.B.F paint their vision onto a range of musical canvases; "LAVA"
brazenly portrays new facets of one of the most exciting dub sounds in existence: the O.B.F Sound.
Ah O.B.F ting
dis!