Vertaal s debut double LP Paradigm Shifting was released earlier this year to wide acclaim from the international jazz community and sold out on initial pressings. 2020 s lock down and subsequent cancellation of the band s tour schedule led to extended periods recording in their home studio on a barge on the River Stort near Stansted Airport. The duo comprising keyboard player and producer Theo Howarth and drummer Ajit Gill recorded live - Some of those recordings have now been made available on a special limited edition cassette EP featuring 4 tracks live studio tracks. - Three previously unreleased versions from the album Paradigm Shifting Drop Off Paradigm Shifting and Alcazar and a completely new track NDY Designed to look a box of Swan Vesta matches the tape itself is pink with an onbody sticker of a collection of pink-headed matches. Vertaal have been an increasingly notable presence in the nu-jazz scene over the past 3 years.