Sourcing the immediate styles of contemporary R&B, bedroom indie pop, and noodly folk, Richmond, Vancouver musician Ian Mugerwa — appearing under his bemusing moniker ot to, not to — exudes a heavy air of mystery. But much of It Loved To Happen moves fluidly as air, dotted with near-indecipherable chemical changes and quantum alterations. ‘Luvsfeld I, II, & III’ and ‘Apaixondao’ suggest works of great orchestral movement, but they’re indivisibly tiny, scratchy with slight strings and murmurings of guitar. Nevertheless, Mugerwa’s poetic beauty is in his demand to be heard. Bear the album’s title in mind; this sounds like music that only exists when you’re listening to it.

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- ot to, not to
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- It Loved To Happen
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- New Info
- Catalogue Number
- NIOTLPx1
- Release Date
- February 2019
Digital Track List
- 1 It Loved... ot to, not to 4:15 Buy
- 2 Luvsfeld I, II, & III ot to, not to 5:28 Buy
- 3 New York City ot to, not to 3:21 Buy
- 4 Blanc ot to, not to 3:28 Buy
- 5 Apaixondao ot to, not to 1:57 Buy
- 6 The Sun Lifts The Water ot to, not to 2:28 Buy
- 7 Kamaji ot to, not to 3:30 Buy
- 8 Life & Times ot to, not to 6:44 Buy
- 9 Roxanne ot to, not to 4:23 Buy
- 10 Shenandoah ot to, not to 8:10 Buy
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- Goshen
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- Other People
- Catalogue Number
- OP044
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- Orlando Fitzgerald
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- Extinction 6
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- New Info
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- NIOFLPx1
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Soul, Funk and RnB
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- Gil Scott-Heron
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- We’re New Again – A Re-imagining by Makaya McCraven
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- XL Recordings
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- XL1006
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- Jean & Trevor
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- Back Together
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- Athens Of The North
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- AOTN12008
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- Al Charles
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- Outstanding
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- Athens Of The North
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- AOTN12007
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- Sonia
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- Easier to Love
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- Athens Of The North
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- AOTN12009
- 12"
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- Douniah & High John
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- Dream Baby
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- Melting Pot Music
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- MPM 275
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- Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers
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- Music of Many Colours
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- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR1143-1
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- Various Artists
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- Soul Jazz Records presents SPACE FUNK - Afro-Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84
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- Soul Jazz Records
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- 5026328504490
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- Henry Turner Jr.
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- Music
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- Kalita Records
- Catalogue Number
- KALITA12012
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- Various Artists
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- Speedy Wunderground: Year 4
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- Speedy Wunderground
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- SWY4LP
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- Die Orangen
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- Malka Tuti
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- Malka Tuti LP 008
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- PRAH Recordings
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- PRAH018
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- Dissolution
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- Weird World
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- WEIRD122D
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- Ecstatic Recordings
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- ELP047
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- Kingdoms
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- KDS012
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