Next on global swing sublabel, Healing Channel, garrett david taps Ron Obvious to present “More Than This”
It’s Obvious You Won’t Survive by Your Wits Alone.
You’re deep, just like a chasm, You’ve no enthusiam. You’re tired and uninspired, you’re __.
Your day is one of leisure. In which you search for pleasure. You’re bored when you’re adored.
You’re __! While searching for the moon and stars up in the sky, The simple things of
normal life just simply pass you by. You sleep, the sun is shining, you wake, it’s time for dining.
There’s nothing new for you to do… you’re __.

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Canny Records is here! The first release comes from label owner Swin, setting the tone with four deep and dubby house cuts.

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At Curated By Time, we’re heading back into the archives once again, this time revisiting Aretha's Reign by Harold Heath.

Originally released on Sensei in the early 2000s, the three-track EP stands as a great example of the UK tech house sound of the era, built around solid grooves, crisp drums and understated production.

Now reissued on Curated By Time, Aretha's Reign returns to the dance floor just as relevant as ever.

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Brazilian artist Rubel isn’t one to be pigeonholed and typecast into staying in one sound. Casas, the follow-up to his debut album Pearl from 2015, brought a bigger, more epic, and richer production quality to the table. Fusing the worlds of MPB and hip hop, Rubel’s sophomore LP built on the momentum of its predecessor, gaining a Latin-Grammy nomination along the way. Mr Bongo is proud to be giving Casas its first worldwide release on vinyl and CD outside of Brazil and Japan.

The cliché they say is that the second album is always the trickiest; however, Rubel doesn’t seem to have had any problems on Casas. It’s a fountain of creativity and originality, marking an artist in full flow.

Conceived after Rubel spent six months living in Los Angeles, Casas is MPB-leaning at its core but is also driven by a hip hop inspired pulse. There is a clear influence from hip hop’s aesthetic across the 2010s woven subtly but fundamentally throughout. Nods to Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, The Creator can be heard across an album full of playful edge and personality. Luscious string-led arrangements and tracks that explore the rich folkloric rhythms of Brazil, sit next to songs with low-fi drum machines and features from acclaimed Brazilian rappers.

One of the highlights of the album, ‘Mantra’, starts with a traditional Brazilian rhythm that morphs into a hazy hip hop beat. A sublime song with a hooky call and response chorus, it features a guest appearance and verse by the Brazilian MC Emicida. Another highlight is the epic ‘Colégio’ (College) which further showcases the melding of stripped back drum machine beats with cinematic, sweeping arrangements. Elsewhere, ‘Partilhar’ is a swaying, heartwarming hug. A tale of longing and love that has become a singalong fan favourite at Rubel’s concerts.

Casas also shines a light on a string of key players in Brazil’s new vanguard, such as Pedro Fonte, Gus Levy, and Brazilian rapper / poet Rincon Sapiência to name a handful. The record has pop sensibilities yet also feels underground. It beats with the heart of a singer-songwriter, a feeling that was felt so strongly on Pearl, yet this time is bolstered by a level of arrangement and richness of sound that take it to another dimension - soaring horn and string sections elevating the songs from home recording to stadium-ready anthems. Keeping that intrinsic beauty and simplicity of a well-constructed song yet reframing it within a pop context is the true gift of this album.

Casas cemented Rubel’s status as one of Brazil’s leading contemporary talents and a key figure enriching the country’s already effervescent scene.

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Back By Dope Demand…

Player Twenty Six

Limited Edition 12” Vinyl re-release of this Infamous Player Club Classic… where Techno, Hip Hop and Disco collide, sending dance floors into frenzies from Berlin to Kalifornia.

All three trax remastered for 2026.

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Haroumi Hosono, der wegweisende japanische Musiker, Produzent, Komponist und Gründungsmitglied von Yellow Magic Orchestra und Happy End, hat ,in einer Renaissance seiner späten Karriere seine Stimme gefunden", schreibt The Wire. Sein fünf Jahrzehnte umspannendes Vermächtnis wächst weiter und zieht neue Fans an; es wird von einer Reihe renommierter Künstler zitiert, darunter Mac DeMarco, Cameron Winter, Ginger Root, Vampire Weekend und Harry Styles. Geprägt von der amerikanischen Musik der Mitte des Jahrhunderts, findet Hosonos Werk nun seinen Weg zurück zu einer neuen Generation westlicher Künstler - ein bemerkenswerter zirkulärer Austausch. Yours Sincerely, sein 23. Studioalbum und erste Sammlung neuer Musik seit über sieben Jahren, zeigt Hosono, wie er sein experimentelles Songwriting immer weiter vorantreibt: ,Ich bin jetzt 78 Jahre alt, aber von hier an verspüre ich eine wachsende Neugier auf die unbekannte Musik, die mein neues Ich erschaffen wird, während ich gleichzeitig die Musik meines früheren Ichs umarme - als ob ich nun zwei musikalische Welten in mir trüge." In Arrangements, die von zartem Psych-Folk bis hin zu sprudelndem Avant-Pop reichen, reflektiert Hosono das Konzept einer mütterlichen Kraft, die die Erde umhüllt, ,das Verständnis der Menschheit für die bedingungslose Liebe derer, die uns das Leben schenken", sagt er. Die Songs greifen eine kollektive Strömung auf und sprechen die ,tief verborgenen Instinkte an - mütterliches Mitgefühl und Barmherzigkeit, Dinge, mit denen wir uns in unserem Alltag selten beschäftigen."

Tracklist:
1.1NOTE OF MOTHERSHIP
1.2SINCERELY
1.3AYURVEDA
1.4M FOR MANDALA
1.5ROJIURA (WALKING VIBRATION)
1.6HAPPY HOLIDAY
1.7TO A WILD ROSE
1.8HUMMING "DREAM OF LOVE"
1.9FIGLIO PERDUTE
1.10ANEMO WHEEL

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