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
- ReleaseProduct
- It Loved To Happen
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- New Info
- Catalogue Number
- NIOTLPx1
- Release Date
- February 2019
Digital Track List
- 1 It Loved... 4:15 ot to, not to Buy
- 2 Luvsfeld I, II, & III 5:28 ot to, not to Buy
- 3 New York City 3:21 ot to, not to Buy
- 4 Blanc 3:28 ot to, not to Buy
- 5 Apaixondao 1:57 ot to, not to Buy
- 6 The Sun Lifts The Water 2:28 ot to, not to Buy
- 7 Kamaji 3:30 ot to, not to Buy
- 8 Life & Times 6:44 ot to, not to Buy
- 9 Roxanne 4:23 ot to, not to Buy
- 10 Shenandoah 8:10 ot to, not to Buy
ot to, not to
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8 Tracks- Artist
- ot to, not to
- ReleaseProduct
- Goshen
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- Other People
- Catalogue Number
- OP044
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- Download
New Info
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14 Tracks- Artist
- Orlando Fitzgerald
- ReleaseProduct
- Extinction 6
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- New Info
- Catalogue Number
- NIOFLPx1
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- Download
Soul, Funk and RnB
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10 Tracks- Artist
- Ego Ella May
- ReleaseProduct
- So Far
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- Tru Thoughts
- Catalogue Number
- TRU384D
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- Download
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Dreamcast / ZDBT
- ReleaseProduct
- On Love
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- Specials Worldwide
- Catalogue Number
- SPECIALS001
- EP
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- Download
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2 Clips- Artist
- K15 & Patrick Gibin
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- Devotion (feat. K15 & Patrick Gibin)
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- Eglo Records
- Catalogue Number
- EGLO66
- 12"
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23 Clips- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Lamp Records: It Glowed Like The Sun, The Story Of Naptown’s Motown (1969-1972)
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- Now Again Records
- Catalogue Number
- NA5180LP
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2 Clips- Artist
- Durul Gence
- ReleaseProduct
- Black Cat
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- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKSP015
- 7"
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12 Tracks- Artist
- Fingers Inc
- ReleaseProduct
- Another Side
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- Alleviated Records
- Catalogue Number
- ML9001LP
- LP
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15 Tracks- Artist
- Patrice Rushen
- ReleaseProduct
- You Remind Me (The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984)
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- Strut
- Catalogue Number
- STRUT205D
- LP
- CD
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Experimental Pop and New Wave
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7 Tracks- Artist
- Fabulous Diamonds
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- Plain Songs
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- Alter
- Catalogue Number
- ALT49
- LP
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11 Tracks- Artist
- Loraine James
- ReleaseProduct
- For You And I
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- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDBCD045D
- LP
- CD
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18 Tracks- Artist
- Anne Imhof
- ReleaseProduct
- Faust
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- PAN
- Catalogue Number
- PAN98
- LP
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13 Tracks- Artist
- (Sandy) Alex G
- ReleaseProduct
- House of Sugar
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- Domino Recording Co
- Catalogue Number
- WIG451D
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- CD
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12 Clips- Artist
- Miss Mauger
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- Operating Theatre
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- Allchival
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- ACOTLPX1
- LP
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46 Clips- Artist
- Section 25
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- Always Now
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- Factory Benelux
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- FBN 3-045
- Boxset
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18 Clips- Artist
- Fad Gadget
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- The Best Of Fad Gadget
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- Mute
- Catalogue Number
- MUTEL7
- LP
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4 Clips- Artist
- Caroline K
- ReleaseProduct
- Don't Believe It's Over
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- Mannequin
- Catalogue Number
- MNQ 130
- EP
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2 Clips- Artist
- James Massiah
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- Natural Born Killers (Ride For Me)
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- Levels
- Catalogue Number
- LEVELS007
- 7"