KURIO — OHBLIV
There are producers that make albums, and then there are producers who create worlds — sonic architects who know that the space between notes has as much significance as the notes. Ohbliv has always been the latter. Kurio by Ohbliv is a 14 track masterpiece of audio artistry. A barometer for consistent, high-quality instrumentals long before the current wave of beat culture arrived, he’s developed a catalog that inspires respect not only through volume but by a persistent dedication to craftsmanship and vision. Kurio is that vision made true — some fourteen tracks of textures, mood, soul, and jazz samples that’ve got both earth and otherworldly in them.

The album is loaded with Infectious grooves that take control of your body and make your head nod. Throughout, his sample selection is the work of a producer operating at a scientific level. Eclectic, unexpected, and executed with the reverence that comes from decades of digging — you can totally sense each flip being as though Ohbliv imagined it—every flip always existed the way Ohbliv fabricated it. This music’s infectiousness is not by accident. It’s made by someone who knows about the physics of feel.

Ohbliv’s earlier releases–including the glowing Give Thanks, part of the celebrated Baker’s Dozen series on Fat Beats–continue to age with grace, attesting clearly that the music people make with real insight and a real vision prevails. Admired by the underground and co-signed by legends such as Madlib, he has contributed to projects by some of rap’s most notable MCs.
Track 5—“Stanks for Every Thing” and Track 9 “Moor Trust” are at the top of another already elite fourteen-track track run — each carrying that rare property in which the groove takes over and makes you move. Stream all fourteen tracks, go back to the back catalog, and give Ohbliv the respect that this body of work has earned countless times over.

Another masterful cosmic journey. Ohbliv remains untouchable.