Time Dey Go marks the debut release of L¥O, reimagining one of Africa’s most powerful protest anthems: Sorrow, Tears & Blood by Fela Kuti.

Originally written after the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Fela’s anthem stood against apartheid oppression. Today, L¥O brings that spirit into the 21st century — layering Fela’s defiant voice with hypnotic rhythms, breakbeat grooves, and cinematic piano. The result is both a respectful tribute and a bold, modern reimagining — a dialogue between past and present.

Time Dey Go is a call to remembrance and resilience, keeping alive Fela’s timeless message against injustice while reshaping it for global dancefloors.

This recording contains a licensed sample from Sorrow, Tears & Blood performed by Fela Kuti under license from Partisan Records.

Time Dey Go

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New York Sunday (Sequence Six Extended Remix)

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Mellow My Mind (2025 Remaster)

“Bite Your Lip” reimagines Curtis Mayfield’s timeless classic “Move On Up” for the 21st century, transforming its spirit of resilience into a powerful club anthem with a modern, driving edge.

Move On Up is fundamentally about hope, perseverance, and self-belief. Written during a time when Black empowerment and social progress were central themes in American culture, its lyrics encourage people to rise above struggle and keep pushing forward:

“Move on up, toward your destination / though you may find from time to time,
complication.”

"MOVE ON UP"
By Curtis Mayfield
Published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
All rights administered by Warner Chappell North America Ltd.

Release Date: 28.11.2025
Label: UNDEFINABLE
Release Number: UNDF002

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Magic Island Deep Session Episode 89

Tracklist:

01, Cirez D - Black Hole (Original Mix)
02, Cirez D - The Tunnel (Original Mix)
03, Leaving Laurel - Her Certain Uncertainty (Extended Mix)
04, Cristoph - Feel (Original Mix)
05, Sasha - Trigonometry (Original Mix)
06, Read the News - Rocks (Dyzen Remix)
07, Einmusik & Solee - We Talk About Dreams (Joris Voorn Remix)
08, Kölsch - Home (Original Mix)
09, Maxi Meraki & Derun Feat. The Anahit - Too Much Pressure (Original Mix)
10, Pablo Say - Bring The Lows Up (Original Mix)
11, Frank Sonic + Dist_42 - Silberschwein (Original Mix)
12, Rafael Cerato & Glowal - Power (Original Mix)
13, Enamour & Anyasa - Bazaar (Original Mix)
14, Evans Feat. Shawni - Through Her (Original Mix)
15, Melawati - Daliah (Maceo Plex Remix)
16, Matthew Dekay - Heimreise (Adriatique Remix)
17, Ed Ed - You (Original Mix)
18, Upercent - Leira (Original Mix)
19, Buka - Hot 2 Deff (Original Mix)
20, Madben - Night Sequence (Original Mix)
21, Riccardo De Polo - Melancholia (Original Mix)
22, Filippos & Dimp - Stray Man (HARDEN Edit)
23, Brigado Crew & Cler Letiv - Talk (Original Mix)
24, Guy J - Alive Again (Original Mix)
25, Amari - Cult Vision (Original Mix)
26, Culoe De Song - Mount Zion (Jonathan Kaspar Remix)
27, Jonathan Kaspar - Her (Original Mix)
28, Raxon - Believe In Mi (Original Mix)
29, Buka - One Touch (Original Mix)
30, Robag Wruhme - Ratibor Numida (Original Mix)
31, Anyma & Solomun - Till I Die (Original Mix)
32, Time - Not Alone (Original Mix)
33, Maceo Plex - When The Lights Are Out (Late Night Mix)
34, Lopezhouse & Paul Deep - The Black Rocket (Extended Version)
35, Maxi Meraki - Wanna Make Love (Original Mix)
36, Kölsch - Sad Makes Me Happy (Original Mix)
37, Kölsch - Nacht Und Träume (Original Mix)
38, Fred again.. x Ca7riel x Paco Amoroso - Beto’s Horns (fred remix)
39, Âme Feat. Busiswa - Pha Na Pha (Original Mix)
40, Echonomist - MS20101 (Original Mix)
41, Cirez D - On Off (Original Mix)
42, Christian Nielson & Pavel Petrov - Blame (Original Mix)
43, Good Guy Mikesh - Boiling (Original Mix)
44, Pig&Dan - Lost Another Angel (Original Mix)
45, CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace (Four Tet remix)
46, Klangkarussell - Netzwerk (Super Flu ReDings)
47, Map.ache - Seis (Original Mix)

Brian Laruso Magic Island Deep Session Episode 89

L¥O is the visionary, anonymous DJ/producer reshaping global electronic music by transforming cultural legacies into bold, modern club journeys. Drawing from world music — Bollywood, Hip Hop, Afrobeat, Latin classics and more — he reimagines timeless voices through hypnotic rhythms, cinematic textures, and powerful electronic energy.
His catalog already includes collaborations with icons like Fela Kuti and Curtis Mayfield, with upcoming releases alongside the Lijadu Sisters, A.R. Rahman, and Dead Prez. His remix of Drake & Smiley’s “2 Mazza” earned major recognition after OVO cofounder Oliver El-Khatib featured it in his 2025 Summer Selection.
Over the past year, L¥O has gained consistent support from Keinemusik’s &ME, further solidifying his rising influence across the global Afro House and Melodic House community, and now he’s here with his debut mix.

Tracklist:
1. L¥O - Never Be Afraid 
2. Smiley & Drake - 2 Mazza (L¥O Remix) 
3. L¥O - Trouble In The Streets
4. L¥O - Time Dey Go 
5. L¥O - Bite Your Lip
6. L¥O - You Need
7. L¥O & Dead Prez - Bigger Than 
8. L¥O - Sanjay Dutt

Sonvos Radio by L¥O Episode 013

Magic Island Deep Session Episode 90 (Special Progressive & Trance Classics Set)

Tracklist:

01, Brian Laruso - Selina (Extended Mix)
02, Brian Laruso - Flowjob (Original Mix)
03, Brian Laruso - Entertain U (Original Mix)
04, Global Experience - New Life (Shah & Laruso Areeena Dub)
05, Global Experience - Fox & Koi (Roger Shah & Brian Laruso Original Mix)
06, Global Experience - Zanzibar (Original Mix)
07, Sunlounger Feat. Zara - Lost (Club Mix)
08, Reeves Feat. Alanah - Lonely (Original Mix)
09, Arty & Mat Zo - Rebound (Original Mix)
10, Dash Berlin - Man On The Run (Original Club Mix)
11, Binary Finary - 1999 (Original Mix)
12, Midway - Monkey Forest (Original Mix)
13, David Forbes - Questions Must Be Asked (Original Mix)
14, Push - Strange World (2000 Remake)
15, Ferry Corsten - Anahera (Extended Mix)
16, Ferry Corsten - Out Of The Blue (Original 1999 Extended)
17, Filo & Peri feat. Audrey Gallagher - This Night (Dash Berlin Remix)
18, Tiësto - Suburban Train (Original Mix)
19, Noemi - In My Dreams (XXL Mix)
20, Gouryella - Gouryella (Extended Mix)
21, Cygnus X - Superstring (Rank 1 Remix)
22, Armani & Ghost - Airport (Original Mix)
23, Aalto - Rush (Original Mix)
24, Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Version)
25, Mojado feat. Mr Sam - Naranja (Dimitri Andreas Vision)
26, Nalin & Kane - Open Your Eyes (original mix)
27, Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Extended Vocal Mix)
28, Ralphie B - Massive (Original Mix)
29, Aly & Fila meets Roger Shah Feat. Susana - Unbreakable (Original Mix)
30, Marc van Linden - Sturm Der Nacht (Nur Für Dich) (Sasha De Vries Club Remix)
31, Apoptygma Berzer - Kathy's Song (Ferry Corsten Remix)
32, Tiësto - Flight 643 (Original Mix)
33, Kane - Rain Down on Me (Tiësto Remix)
34, Energy 52 - Café Del Mar '98 (Original Three 'N One Mix)
35, Marco V - Simulated (Original Mix)
36, Plummet - Damaged (Antilllas Remix)
37, Tiësto - Traffic (Original Mix)
38, Kosheen - Catch (Ferry Corsten Vocal Remix)
39, Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Original Mix)
40, Plastic Boy - Silver Bath (Original Remastered Mix)
41, Rank 1 - Awakening (Original Mix)
42, Roger Shah & Signum - Healesville Sanctuary (Roger Shah Mix)
43, Roger Shah & Brian Laruso Feat. JES - Higher Than the Sun (Aly & Fila Remix)
44, Midway - Amazon (Original Mix)
45, Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Remix)
46, Tiësto & FORS - Bring Me To Life (Extended Mix)
47, Delerium - Silence (DJ Tiësto's in Search of Sunrise Remix)

Hope you will enjoy :-)

Magic Island Deep Session Episode 90 (Special Progressive & Trance Classics Set)

SLOW DOWN 									(03:25)

Trying to escape her mind
She keeps forgetting about the time
Ignoring the signs
Never shed a tear, no
She never don't cry

She's got to slow down
This girl, she's got to slow down, yeah

Never expecting the outcome
Just give her that rum and she'll take it away
Hey hey, hey hey
Mistake after mistake

She's got to slow down
This girl, she's got to slow down

Once she starts she can never stop
The consequences are never enough
All she wants to do is take the easy way out
But she knows deep down in her head

That she has got to slow down
This girl, she's got to slow down, down
Ooh, down
Or she is gonna go down

She's gonna slow, slow down
Yeah, yeah
Oh, she knows she's got to 
So she's gonna slow down
Oh, down, yeah

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Packy Lundholm - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Dan Moulder - Piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Synths

RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG
 ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Ain't Gonna Run

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Kara Cavanaugh is a singer-songwriter based in Chicago.

Her debut album "Ain't Gonna Run” produced by Packy Lundholm (I Fight Dragons) and Dan Moulder (Tom Schraeder & His Ego, Free Space) is a diverse collection that features her musical influences ranging from Laurel Canyon folk, powerful piano ballads, sultry R&B, and cinematic soundscapes.

With this new material, Kara is poised and excited to introduce you to a side of her yet unseen.

 "You nailed this album...sounds phenomenal." 
     ⁃ Meagan Panici, WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago

"I am really impressed with the production and your powerful voice. I think you are ready for the next chapter in your life."
     ⁃ Melvin Seals, Jerry Garcia Band

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