This week (February 25), the London-based mixtape label Fanfare launched at Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair, with a series of releases compiled by artists Cali DeWitt, Luke Overin, and Eddie Langham. The limited edition mixtapes arrive on cassette tape, complete with artwork designed by the respective artist.
The tapes themselves represent a variety of genres, ranging from Overin’s ambient
Peninsula – which revolves around a fictional journey across Great Britain during the Solar Eclipse of 1999 – to the harsh disco of Langham’s
The Leather Apron Gave Me Fits, illustrated with AI-generated portraits of the artist.
The aptly-titled
Wet Jazz, by Cali DeWitt, is described as a “salute to the music of the Pacific Ocean”, featuring: “a combination of sharks and sandpipers and jellyfish and seals and dolphins and sea slugs and screeching bros all of whom tap the source in unison.”