Doughnut Music: Beautiful Cosmos with Diljeet Bhachu
Join Matt Brennan for the second part of his inaugural lecture.
College of Arts & Humanities | School of Culture & Creative Arts
Date: Saturday 25 January 2025
Time: 20:00
Venue: Glad Cafe
Category: Concerts and music
Matt will also be performing a Celtic Connections gig at the Glad Café on Saturday 25 January. This co-headline concert celebrates the release of two debut albums and the launch of Doughnut Music Lab, a new art and research collective that seeks to imagine what shape musical life will take in a post-fossil-fuel future. Beautiful Cosmos is a band whose debut album ‘Dance Of The Atoms’ was produced by the Mercury Prize-nominated band Field Music. Diljeet Kaur Bhachu, a prominent figure in Glasgow’s music scene, also launches her debut album ‘Double Lives’ at the show.
This co-headline concert celebrates the release of two debut albums and the launch of Doughnut Music, a new 'record lab' focused on eco-friendly music formats. Beautiful Cosmos, a band featuring wife-and-husband duo Anna Miles and Matt Brennan, unveils their debut album Dance Of The Atoms. Miles, formerly of Maple Leaves, and Brennan, of Citizen Bravo and Zoey Van Goey, recorded the album with Mercury Prize-nominated Field Music.
Diljeet Bhachu, a prominent figure in Glasgow’s music scene, also releases her debut album at the show. Known for her work with Kapil Seshasayee and experimental duo Velma, Bhachu blends flutes and electronics in her solo project. Doughnut Music explores sustainable music formats inspired by Doughnut Economics, releasing albums in combined digital and paper-only formats to reduce reliance on non-renewable vinyl materials. This gig marks a celebration of creativity and innovation in both music and sustainability.
