Only 5,000 bottles were produced. Initial retail price was €180. Current market value: ~€600–€900 per bottle.
Before diving into the 2021 release, one must understand the shadowy figure (or collective) behind the name. Noble Vulchur is widely believed to be the brainchild of Ezra “Vane” Cross, a former session guitarist from Bristol, UK, who disappeared from the public eye in 2018 after a heated dispute with a major label.
Rumors suggest that Cross retreated to a converted sea fort in the Thames Estuary, where he began experimenting with salvaged analog equipment—a 1972 Mellotron, a broken Buchla synthesizer, and a reel-to-reel tape machine fished out of a skip. The result was a series of lo-fi, dark ambient, jazz-inflected demo tapes circulated only to close friends. noble vulchur 2021
By 2020, those tapes had become bootlegged curios. Then came the announcement: Noble Vulchur 2021 would be a proper, limited-run vinyl release. No streaming. No digital download. Just 500 hand-numbered copies.
Only 1,000 pairs exist. Unlike standard sneaker releases, there was no raffle or website drop. Buyers had to solve a cryptographic puzzle hidden in Morandi’s online manifesto. The first 500 solvers received a purchase link; the remaining 500 were distributed to art institutions. Only 5,000 bottles were produced
The Noble Vulchur 2021 sneaker is frequently called “the Holy Grail of post-pandemic sneaker culture.”
The Noble Vulchur 2021 is not a product. It is a performance art piece about value, authenticity, and greed. If you buy the wine, you are buying a superb (if overhyped) Italian red. If you buy the sneaker, you are buying a piece of wearable art. If you buy the NFT, you are betting on the future of brand loyalty. Only 1,000 pairs exist
But if you buy all three? Then you have captured the complete essence of the Noble Vulchur—and you understand that in 2021, being a vulture was the most noble thing you could be.
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The album comprises 9 tracks, running a tight 42 minutes. Unlike the chaotic bootlegs from 2019, Noble Vulchur 2021 offers a cohesive, almost cinematic experience.
Critics have noted that the Noble Vulchur 2021 album captures the specific dread and isolation of that year—between lockdowns, yet fully aware of a world fracturing. It is the sound of someone watching society scroll past on a broken screen.