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Pinhole image of record playing

Colin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:36:45 +0000

Very nice:

Image by Shanghaisoundbites. See other images by this photographer on Flickr.

Seen on Smashing Magazine

New book on cover art of UK reggae label Greensleeves

Colin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:45:50 +0000

Deeply wonderful:

Lengthy article at the Creative Review blog.

See also: Reggae’s got soul here on Hard Format.

Cosmetics – Sleepwalking/The Cries

Colin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:30:58 +0000

Nice 7″ cover:

Seen on capturedtracks.com.

Chubby Wolf – Ornitheology

Colin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:35:54 +0000

Artist	Chubby Wolf
Title	Ornitheology
Label	Foxy Digitalis
Year	2010
Designer	HMSlatex
Music	Enveloping ambience (excerpt)
Desktop	Download image
Notes	Chubby Wolf was the solo project of Celer’s Danielle Long. Ornitheology is part of Will Long’s series of posthumous releases of her work. The combination of dreamy music, soft latex and the cassette cover’s downturned face makes for a subtly unsettling experience. The design was commissioned by Danielle from the Parisian latex designers HMSlatex and it makes for another wonderful, unusual object that takes its place alongside Celer’s pyramids. Thank you Will and Dani.

Binned in Soho

Colin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:28:22 +0000

Enough to make a grown man weep…

Seen on the Creative Review blog.

New Eno, luxury edition, etc.

Colin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:27:00 +0000

Small Craft On A Milk Sea.

Available in all the usual formats: Limited Edition Box Set, Collectors’ Edition Box Set, CD & High Quality Download. Collectors’ Edition Box Set preorder live at 3pm UK, Wednesday 25th August only from Bleep.com. Collectors’ Edition Box Set (Unique signed, numbered screen print by Brian Eno, Heavyweight vinyl, 2xCD). This strictly limited edition of 250 worldwide includes everything in the Vinyl Edition with the following, one-of-a-kind additions:

A one-off, entirely unique and customised 12″ square silkscreen print by Brian Eno. A print application of the generative process that Brian has been developing throughout his career, each print will be be a unique combination of screen printed elements by Brian Eno and Nick Robertson. Printed on 330gsm Somerset Radiant White stock, signed and numbered in pencil by Brian Eno. There are no duplicates. The printing process will be fully documented.

A real copper plate, etched with the title and edition number embedded in the slipcase spine.

£250.

Full details on the Eno website.

Just one little question… what’s the music like?

Sacrilege?

Colin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:05:12 +0000

Scott Marr’s work: hard-carved, but their sound lost forever…

Via boingboing

Map, Douglas Quin (Taiga Records)

Colin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:48:09 +0000

Artist	1-4: Map; 5-9: Douglas Quin
Title	1-4: Fever Dream; 5-9: Fathom
Label	Taiga Records
Year	2010
Designer	1-9: Loaf Nest; 5-9 drawings by Mitchell Dose
Music	Improvisation, underwater soundscapes
Desktop	Download image
Notes	Two lovely releases from Taiga Records. The quality of materials is highly impressive, super heavyweight card sleeves and heavy vinyl. The Map album is a double vinyl with the fourth side etched on both vinyl and the label itself. The Daniel Quin sleeve, as I hope you can tell from the photographs, features custom letterpress embossing. Also included is a sealed envelope which contains a further print (image 7). Truly impressive quality. This post took a long time to sort out, thanks to Andrew Lange for his patience.

Jonathan Barnbrook mix-tape

Colin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:02:24 +0000

As the author of this blog post observes, if you’re of a certain age and a music fan you’re likely to have been responsible for production of at least one mix-tape – if memory serves, I’m responsible for quite a few. In fact, I produced custom cases that refused to sit neatly alongside each other because they were so jagged or strangely proportioned. I wonder whether any survive now. Anyway, here’s a rather delicious example by the designer Jonathan Barnbrook.

Visit the Barnbrook blog for more details.

Inteview with Vaughan Oliver

Colin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:24:50 +0000

Well worth reading: Imprint Magazine – particularly for the passionate engagement of the man’s views:

It’s all an intuitive process. I wouldn’t say it always comes from there, but I feel my way around the job. It’s poetic.