Founded by Israeli-born ex-pats Ori Kaplan (ex-Gogol Bordello), Tamir Muskat (ex-Firewater), the band built their reputation on explosive live shows,becoming an audience favorite and a critic’s darling. 

BBB soon added frequent collaborator Tomer Yosef as frontman – his wild onstage energy galvanizing live audiences ever since.

The three emerged as a cohesive songwriting trio on 2007’s Nu Med – Tamir crafting hard-edged beats, Ori orchestrating melodies and Tomer writing the hard-hitting lyrics – and took their sound to Belgrade and other points East on 2010’s Blue Eyed Black Boy, their first for the Nat Geo Music label.

Their latest album GIVE (Nat Geo Music/Crammed Discs), their most musically intense and lyrically explosive album yet.

Recorded primarily at Tel Aviv’s Vibromonk East studio, Give was conceived of as “a smaller, more introverted album,”according to Ori Kaplan. “It was fun for us to see what just came out of the threeof us while we played with old analog synths and children’s toys”.

Brimming over with handcrafted beats and samples, Give yields up BBB’s most textured sonic palette of their career.

Inspiredby last year’s people’s protest movements across the globe – from the ArabSpring, to Occupy Wall St., to Israel’s own massive social protests Give captures the cautious hope and re-energizedspirit of our time, offering up a complicated, complex message. It’s equal parts anger and hope – forcing us to take a hard, sobering look at theworld we live in now, while pointing to a better world that we can achieve if we choose.