William Tyler - New Vanitas (RSD 2021) Hamish Hawk Alfa Mist – Mulago

Alfa Mist – Mulago

with the addictive “Emotion” (a collaboration between Burch and her Captured Tracks labelmate Wild

Fat Pop (Volume 1) – Paul adding the “Volume 1” to keep options open for a second volume in the future - is a diverse selection of sounds

Bob Cranshaw’s reassuring upright bass

all in aid of the Nordoff Robbins charity

William Tyler - New Vanitas (RSD 2021) Hamish Hawk Alfa Mist – MulagoThis is a Record Store Day 2021 release. The concept of vanitas in medieval art refers to the juxtaposition of macabre symbols of death with material ephemera in order to illustrate the impermanence of earthly things. What struck me about this was not the representation of death in a macabre morbid way, but rather that very sense of ephemerality and impermanence. Reading an article about the history of ephemera in art led me to the concept of vanitas,