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LA LA AND THE BOOYA - LIONESS ( Congo Natty Bass )
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La La & the Boo Ya are Marf & Eddie, a sibling collaboration based in West Yorkshire, UK.  They describe the music they create as "songs for dancefloors and kitchen tables".  Music is in their blood, and the eclectic flavours they grew up with have shaped their unpinnable sound.  Be it their dad's John Peel cassettes or their uncle's ska band, family folk songs round the fire or mum's car speakers pumping soul and reggae, big sister's Smiths records or big bro's jungle-mania - it's all there, with plenty more to boot.

They cut teeth with their skills and got hooked on bass music during the latter half of the 90s.  At the tender age of 15, Eddie was resident DJ at a Leeds jungle night and went on to study Music Tech in Huddersfield.  Around the same time Marf was giving her voice it's first proper outing on the streets of Ireland and on returning home fell in love with the UK free party scene and festival circuit.  

It wasn't until the late noughties that the two actually started writing and producing together as La La & the Boo Ya.  It's no surprise to learn that Eddie's introcate rhythmic stylings are thanks to a teenage love of playing the drums, his signature style has beats fall over themselves like a half-cut body popper maintaining impossible balance.  There's a fair bit of genre teasing - flitting between electro, ragga, folk, break-beat, funk, dubstep and tear-out jungle.  The basslines jump from dirty and distorted to bouncy and playful.  It's this sense of fun that binds together the creative flows of brother and sister.  Marf has the lyrical ability to be sincere and tongue in cheek at the same time, part folk songstress and part rude gal - her husky tones pack a punch as, from song to song, she veers from the very personal to the downright political, discussing 21st century environments with sweet melodies and brutal honesty.

LL&BY's first gig was offered by a promoter friend, who'd heard their bedroom produced muckabouts and had faith that they were worthy of entertaining a bass loving crowd.  To have enough material to fill a half hour slot - LL&BY had to write at least two thirds of their set specifically for the gig.  And it's kind of gone that way ever since.  The novelty of decent homemade dance music accompanied by live vocals was enough to secure them regular gigs at local club nights and free parties.  They accrued an underground following through shared mp3s of their lo-fi productions and eventually led to a number of festival slots.

In 2010, a mutual friend introduced Congo Natty to the music of La La & the Boo Ya.  Since then, Marf has appeared on stage at many a Congo Natty dance and his forthcoming album features his own take of La La & the Boo Ya's 'Junglist Soldiers' as well as Marf's guest vocalings throughout the album.  LL&BY's sense of family and music as priority has secured a long lasting working relationship with the Congo Natty Fam and their debut single 'Lioness' is out March 2013 on the new Congo Natty Bass label.  The single is going out as a double A side - the flipside being a Congo Natty / Vital Elements (Serial Killaz) remix featuring the UK's dancehall queen Lady Chann. 

LA LA & THE BOOYA " Lioness " ( CONGO NATTY BASS ) 11.03.13

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