O.B.F - Lava

Dubquake Records

£28.71

Cat No: DBQKLP08
Format: 2x12" Vinyl LP w/ Gatefold
Release Date: 16 Dec 2022
Genre: Reggae / Dub / Dubstep

a1. Chainsaw ft Charlie P & Belén Natalí
a2. Vampire Dance ft Sr. Wilson
a3. Trees ft Charlie P
a4. Contrôle la Danse ft Junior Roy
b1. Danger ft Belén Natalí
b2. Lava ft Nazamba (Magma Mix)
b3. Lighter
b4. Stay Strong ft Junior Roy
c1. King Ting ft Sr. Wilson
c2. Dub Club ft Junior Roy
c3. One More Puff
c4. Nah Easy ft Charlie P
d1. Erupshan Dub (En Y Mix)
d2. Lava ft Nazamba
d3. Infinito ft Belén Natalì
d4. Melting Dub (Outro)

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 leaving 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 quest 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 whip 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 energy 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!