Rubel - As Palavras Vol 1 & 2Take OutKast's Speakerboxxx The Love Below or Primal Scream's Screamadelica, they observe, study, and then flip what an album can mean to a genre or moment in time. From the very first listen of Rubel's Latin Grammy nominated third album As Palavras, Vol. 1 & 2, you can feel its transformative force for the MPB genre. Here we see one of Rio's brightest stars, fusing the contemporary with the classic, soaking up the richness of Brazil's musical

” Berle explains

his debut album

It’s last session was in December 1981

live instrumentation and ethereal strings make a striking backdrop to Karen’s commanding vocal

whilst on the B-side ‘Trayvon’ offers a deeper head-down club track that unfolds inspirational male vocals

that friend who will share their drink with you when you can't afford your own

supplies the keyboard intro on the penultimate track 'Twilight'

brilliant stabs

he was sitting in their label offices in Tokyo

a track based on the incredible Paradise Garage gem called 'Sunshower'

with Romanian favourites Sepp and Nu Zau linking up on remix duties for a special vinyl drop

as Jessica Hundley observes in the brand new liner notes