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Uncovered: 'Fever Dreams' by Villagers

Written over the course of two years, Villagers' fifth studio anthologyFever Dreams album cover was created by Brighton artist Paul Phillips. Nosotros were lucky enough to have a chat with Paul to get an insight into his inspirations and creative process for the cover art and accompanying alternative iii record comprehend artworks.

Villagers' Singer/songwriter Conor O'Brien explains, "I sent [Phillips] nigh half the anthology I think, nosotros discussed the themes and I told him I wanted something that reflected some idea of scale, particularly in that song 'Song In Seven', where it's talking about lying in the sea looking up at the universe, and thinking virtually the intellectual marvel that that might inspire. Then he returned with that bear prototype and it blew me away instantly, because it connects with the Ursa Major constellation that is mentioned in one of the songs. Then he went and did the other 3 covers with the constellation idea and how we can put patterns onto our lives."

Paul Philips told usa, "I was incredibly excited to be approached by Conor's team, I think it was Bart from Domino Records who made initial contact after Conor's management had seen my work and suggested me. Initially Conor sent me a few tracks and the anthology championship which was 'The More I Know the More I Care' at the time which is a sort of totem that runs through the album if you heed advisedly. Initially I came up with three sketches based on this a young child reading a book sat on a tabular array in a library that's filling up with water, a giant boy's head poking out the sea with waves crashing confronting it, I forget that third idea but after some consideration Conor's squad came back and said he had changed his heed with regards to the anthology title and information technology would now be chosen 'Fever Dreams' and asked if I could come up with some more ideas."

Phillips continues, "The strongest idea that came from the new batch and the one Conor seemed to similar the well-nigh was the Bear by the swimming pool, He liked the way it fitted with the theme of Ursa Major on the tape which was serendipity as I had not made that connection myself. I had the idea through my dear of playing with scale, I like themes of beguilement and being overwhelmed as I've struggled over the years with my own mental health and the subjects of anxiety and existence overwhelmed are prevalent in my work."

"Conor had mentioned he wanted the cover art to convey a mix of serenity juxtaposed with a feeling of threat. I started my usual artistic procedure which is to repeated the concept in my caput whilst looking at pictures, I will look through books and images online, not fine art just photos, travel blogs, nature blogs, typing random words into the search bar on Flickr and seeing what interesting images the world throws out at me, I then effort to make mental connections between the image I see and the concept I'm repeating in my head, when I notice an paradigm where the connection works I save the image as a reminder, I collect a few images then I go back to them and play with them in photoshop, playing with scale and adding things that besides connect with the themes until I detect a composition that makes me feel good, I utilise this rough photoshop composition every bit a footing for the analogy. I felt a giant sleeping bear was perfect for this concept, I added the man and the doe to hammer home the scale of the Bear and so the yellow dots are the dreams themselves, I liked the idea of all 3 being asleep as if the image is a dream itself simply its open up to interpretation every bit to which one is the one dreaming information technology, is it the acquit dreaming of a human and the doe or is it the man dreaming of the doe and the comport etc, I liked the playful nature of this idea and felt it was a complete slice of work every bit information technology connect with the themes on the anthology in many ways, which is ever a goal I have in mind when creating artwork, I want it to connect and represent more than annihilation else."

"After having completed the initial artwork and sending it off to Conor he came back with a lovely enthusiastic e-mail and wondered if I would do iii more covers then we could make it a big projection and take dice-cutting interchangeable sleeves, evidently I jumped at the chance as it was a bit of a dream job as a designer, Conor specified he wanted i of the images to be an Hawkeye in mid-air with someone on, I forget what this was inspired past but I idea maybe every epitome should be a scenario with an image that contains a fever dream of animals that are represented past constellations so I did some research and chose the Elk, and the Serpent to get with the Eagle and Behave."

"Then it was just a case of getting down to it and drawing them. It was a big project and some late nights were needed simply I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it and accept enjoyed a working relationship with Conor and his management on a few things since, they have been a pleasure to work with and Conor is a smashing client in that he knows what he wants but besides gives you the space to notice information technology on your own rather than trying to control every attribute, I guess the process almost became symbiotic which is bang-up because information technology allows y'all both to get excited virtually the projection which is a prissy feeling."

Fever Dreams by Villagers on Domino Records is nominated for All-time Fine art Vinyl 2021 Artwork by Paul Phillips at Truthful Spilt Milk Designs. Design by Matthew Cooper, assisted by Paul J Street.

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Uncovered: Thunder 'All the Right Noises'

We were lucky enough to take hold of up with Thunder's guitarist/songwriter, Luke Morley and photographer, Jason Joyce to find out more about the shooting of the album embrace for All the Right Noises, the thirteenth studio album by English difficult stone band Thunder. Enjoy below time lapse video footage from the shoot itself. The team were there all solar day and night, shooting in different light. The dawn shot is the one that fabricated the final embrace shot.

Luke gives us his insights, "The album'due south championship inspired me to search Google for 'baroque musical instruments' and it threw up a photo of the Singing Ringing Tree sculpture which was immediately very hitting. I too loved that it sat on top of a hill in England making these strange, eerie sounds while watching the town below (Burnley) like some sort of alien guardian, or possibly near to blow it up; information technology could exist benign or it could be very dangerous! Jason captured information technology beautifully and in that location was no photoshop involved although nosotros did get very lucky with the sun coming up through the clouds at 4am when the shot was taken. The BMG team did a great job adding the finishing touches sympathetically but equally I'm sure they'll concede when you have an prototype that'south and so strong it makes the whole process a lot easier.

Jason explains, "Creating album artwork is definitely one of the best parts of my job. I love the collaboration and the freedom of creativity it brings. From starting time to finish the creative process on this projection with Thunder has been enormous fun. Luke told me nigh the Singing Ringing Tree sculpture in Burnley and how he idea this could be the cover. As soon as I saw information technology, I but knew information technology was going to be special. Later a lot of research and drawing up rough ideas, Luke and I were off to Burnley. Fast forward the four-hour bulldoze and there we were, standing in front end of the regal SRT. It was captivating from every angle. I can't believe how lucky we were with the weather. Nosotros had clear blue skies, dramatic clouds and a flat white sky, only we decided that sunrise could exist the way forward, check the united nations-retouched album comprehend for the finished result."

Luke told us, "Information technology's great that the artwork has been recognised by this contest and hopefully even more people will get to look at information technology now."

All The Right Noises by Thunder on BMG is Nominated for the Best Art Vinyl 2021 Award Cover photo by Jason Joyce, Blueprint past Neel Panchal.

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Uncovered: 'As the Beloved Continues' by Mogwai

Cardiff-based designer and illustrator DLT (Dave Thomas) has been creating record encompass art for many years and has consistently found his work shortlisted for the Best Art Vinyl Accolade - nominated in 2008, 2011 and 2014. No surprise then that his cover art for Scottish post-rock band Mogwai's tenth studio album As the Love Continues plant its manner to the last 50 for All-time Art Vinyl 2021. We defenseless up with Dave to sympathise the inspirations and artistic process behind his artwork for this tape.

DLT explains, "I have a long relationship working on Mogwai'south album artwork stretching back to around the 'Mr Animal' album in 2006. Each album, whether information technology is a new studio album or a soundtrack to a Tv set series or film, comes with a different set of challenges and ways of representing the albums visually. Initially information technology'due south always a collaborative process where I talk to the band to pick upwards on any themes, subjects, ideas that accept driven how the music for each release is created. I call up we've built a level of trust over the years which has meant that they pretty much requite me freedom to interpret the music in any way that fits. Even before working with the band I was a fan of their music, correct from the early releases, so it'due south still an honour and and then exciting to exist involved in the office of the procedure of creating their albums. I tend to listen to the tracks as the band is writing and recording to get a sense of what might fit in terms of visuals. As the majority of the music is of course instrumental and the track titles tend to be decided on later in the process, it actually is about coming up with a direction for the artwork that captures the right feeling or mood. I guess I always endeavour to imagine it almost as if I'm reverse engineering a moving picture in my mind from the soundtrack and the artwork could be a yet from that."

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"For this new anthology, As The Love Continues', I wanted to further develop the idea of making the artwork more textural and multi layered, a way of visually representing the intricate layers of sound the band creates. The championship 'As the Beloved Continues' to me, evoked ideas of retentivity and images capturing a moment in time.  I have a big collection of old photos, drinking glass negatives and slides sitting around in boxes, found in house clearances or antique markets.  A lot of these plant photos are damaged or scratched and I dear those little things you notice between the damage where you lot see a detail, a place or an object or an emotion on someone's face coming out from the background. I wanted to capture those moments by overlaying images, digitally reimagining how I might chemically process photos or how they'd look projecting them over the superlative of each other in a dark room for the first fourth dimension - all the supposed errors, scratches, colour bleeds and cracks left in to grade part of a new image.  I like the idea that the images had the feeling of little snapshots that only existed for a moment before the flick melted or the chemical degraded information technology out of all recognition."

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"The arctic fob on the cover image I actually sourced from an online archive of Russian glass negative photos from the tardily 1800's, it was an image I beginning saw years ago and e'er found it actually striking. I just kept coming back to this image as there was something almost information technology that captured the intensity and feeling that I wanted to capture for the album, then I felt it would be perfect to use. So I incorporated the image of original glass negative and processed it into other colour layers and textures I had from my other collections to create the final comprehend, the fox appearing through the layers of textures. The typography was likewise created to match the overall feel of over-layed and slightly out of line layers."

"I always attempt to incorporate lettering into the style of the imagery rather than it being treated equally a separate entity, so this fourth dimension the letter shapes were quite crudely sliced up and repositioned by hand equally office of the dense layers of the artwork."

As the Love Continues pastMogwai on Rock Action Records in the U.k. is nominated for All-time Art Vinyl 2021. Cover art by Dave Thomas aka DLT

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Uncovered: 'Search Party' by Interloper

Cleveland, Ohio based artist and graphic designer, Caelan Stokkermans gives us an insight into the artistic process for his stunning artwork for progressive heavy metal band, Interloper'southward debut full-length anthology 'Search Party', that has been nominated for Best Art Vinyl 2021.

Caelan Stokkermans started out as a freelance artist in the music manufacture working with metallic bands designing logos, artwork and merchandise, he has since worked with hundreds of talented bands and record labels. His cover artwork for 'Search Party' presents the Interloper symbol hovering amidst greyness and stormy clouds, serving to represent the ring long into the futurity. The tumultuous weather condition symbolises underlying themes of overcoming the darker elements of existence and human condition.

Caelan explains further, "The concept for this album was based on motifs proposed to me by the band. They wanted a waterfall spilling off the edge of the earth with a woman carving the ring'due south symbol into stone. We wanted to capture the feeling of becoming lost and leaving behind signs for those who are searching for you."

"I was profoundly inspired by the works of the Romantic era painters, specifically Caspar David Friedrich's "Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog." Released by Nuclear Nail Records in 2021."

We asked Caelan about his process and mediums, "My work is inspired by a variety of things from books, movies, games, the occult, mythological stories and theology. My creative mediums include Photoshop, Illustrator, Aftereffects, Lightroom, Wacom Cintiq sixteen' Hard disk and Canon EOS 80D."

Search Political party by Interloper on Nuclear Blast Records is nominated for Best Art Vinyl 2021. Cover art by Caelan Stokkermans

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Uncovered: 'Humanist' by Humanist

Nominated for Best Art Vinyl 2020, we speak to Rob Marshall aka 'Humanist' and the artist Andrew J Millar whose piece of work features on the embrace of the album. Additional comments from Humanist's director and the sleeve'due south graphic designer Kate Smith, to proceeds an insight into the thought behind the striking album cover artwork.

Orchestrated by multi-instrumentalist/songwriter and producer Rob Marshall, the debut eponymous album Humanist on Ignition Records, showcases the vocal talents of Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Mark Lanegan (Queens of the Stone Age) and Mark Gardner (Ride) among others - masterfully conducted past Marshall who wrote, played and produced all the music and chose Millar's artwork to entirely represent the tape.

Marshall explains, "I was introduced to the polaroid art of Andrew Millar past my managing director, who had worked with him on a previous projection. I was struck immediately by the iconic nature of his images. We'd been looking for an paradigm, which somehow totally represented the tape, which is fundamentally about our humanity; our birth, beingness and ultimately our death. The image we somewhen used for the cover, after existence presented with various other options, just totally encapsulated everything I was trying to say, which together with the other graphic design elements created an iconic look and experience."

The anthology singles artwork for 'English Ghost', 'Shock Collar' and 'Ring of Truth'  also carried Millar'southward unmistakeable artwork. A process where he applies leafage of precious metals and sometimes acrylic colour in the finishing process by hand, thereby creating a unique piece with each artwork. In that location is an elegance to his detailed works, which brand them seem like archetype orthodox icons of anonymous saints or posters of forgotten movies and heroines.

Graphic designer Kate Smith tells us,  "I'd worked with Andrew's images before, for another ring, and knew we could make something amazing with his piece of work.  I wanted to create something very simplistic for the embrace, and cutting abroad the edges of the original slice, in a favour a bold blackness border with just the logo, seemed to requite information technology a very classic feel. I've always been obsessed with classic album covers, and for me simplicity is the primal. For the interior fine art, I wanted the ii sided vinyl to represent the journey you're taken on Rob's record: from birth to life, and then I chose a golden etched / sun-drenched confront for Side A/B and a darker more heart-searching image for side C/D, which concludes with the song 'Gospel' which is literally a vocal about passing to the other side.  I chose not to feature all of the lyrics from the record, and instead simply the lyrics by Carl Hancock Rux from the track Mortal Eyes, which are then reflective of the tape every bit a whole. The line which runs in a chaotic nature around the lyrics, is supposed to represent the chaos of each person's lifeline - no specific pattern, just a self perpetuating line which keeps coming together itself to infinity, hence the way it re-joins itself on the liner art. I love the finished upshot, and it'south Andrew's art which makes information technology so special".

Millar tells united states, "This slice was intended to present an empathetic, androgynous saint like figure that represents both darkness and low-cal, and which therefore speaks to all. The piece could not piece of work amend with the anthology for me, and I was actually happy for it to be featured on such a corking record."

Humanist by Humanist on Ignition Records is nominated for Best Art Vinyl 2020. Cover art by Andrew J Millar. Graphic pattern past Kate Smith.

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Uncovered: Islet - Eyelet

Nominated for All-time Art Vinyl 2020, Psychedelic pop trio, Islet's near contempo album Eyelet, is the product of sweeping life changes for each of the trio: Emma and Marking Daman Thomas having their second child, and fellow band fellow member, Alex Williams, recently losing his mother. Emma Daman Thomas has always created the band's sleeve fine art and talks us through her artistic process for the striking cover of their 2020 release.

Emma explains, "When I started on the artwork for this tape the offset thing in my mind was that it had to exist rooted to our location. Hither, the hills of Radnorshire (Wales). Nosotros recorded the album in the back room of the house. At that time the ring was all living under 1 roof: myself, my hubby Mark, our friend and bandmate Alex. And our two children who are very much not in the band, just who are very much nowadays. I had given birth to both our children in forepart of the open up fire in midwinter in the front room of the house, and at the fourth dimension of recording the youngest was just a year old".

"The personal and geographical was very much intertwined for me, and I retrieve at that place'due south a sense of isolation and upheaval in the lyrics I was writing. The album was very much overshadowed past the nascence of our children and the expiry of Alex's mother in the previous months. I had a sense that the hills we were surrounded by, were a place of comfort and healing but too of isolation and the unknown. That'south where the thought of slicing open up the hillside came from. I'd tried versions of this on a previous commission that never fabricated it to print."

"Up until the birth of my starting time child, I'd simply ever lived in towns and cities. Mark is the 1 who comes from a sheep farming family, and I always find the picture-book perfect rolling hills circular here faintly ridiculous. I'd go out with my camera, snapping the well-nigh triangular hills that reminded me the most of what a child would depict if asked to draw a hill. Newchurch, Glan-twelvemonth-afon, Disgwylfa all figure - I see them all every day".

"I stretched them out on Photoshop to emphasize their Mr Men curves and layered them to make an exaggerated version of our habitation. Tried various colourways, near all warm, until I settled on the reds, pinks and orange of the final version".

"The inside had to be gold. Whatsoever y'all find in these hills has to be hidden, precious and beautiful, a symbol for what the music we made huddled away in the hills, meant to the 3 of us.  Luckily for me Fire Records were well up for the die-cut packaging and golden printed inner sleeve. The outer sleeve is printed on reverse board and the gold inner on coated so it has a slight sheen".

"I've washed all the Islet album sleeves so far and I feel satisfied with the job Eyelet does in reflecting the lyrics and music of the record contained in information technology. It all makes sense, if merely to me! I feel enormously glad that I become to make music and the images that go with it."

Eyelet by Islet, artwork by Emma Daman Thomas on FIRE Records. Nominated for Best Fine art Vinyl 2020.

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Uncovered: Zara McFarlane - Songs of an Unknown Tongue

The search for the all-time record cover design of the twelvemonth is underway with Best Art Vinyl 2020 and we focus on some of the nominated sleeve designs in more than detail: In-house Art Director at Brownswood Recordings gives the states an insight into the creative procedure for Sajjad's artwork on the comprehend of Zara McFarlane'southward 2020 album release.

Since Zara McFarlane's concluding release in 2017, she'southward been on a journey into the spiritual traditions of her ancestral motherland, Jamaica. Songs of an Unknown Tongue, her 4th album, explores themes of early on Jamaican folk rhythm, electronica and Black British heritage, a deep dive into the esoteric history of the Caribbean isle. The cover art by Sajjad compliments and represents the spirit of Zara'southward dearest Jamaica.

In-firm Art Director at Brownswood Cerise Savage explains the artistic process behind the cover fine art in testing times, "Nosotros set out to produce Zara McFarlane's quaternary studio album artwork right at the start of the showtime Covid lockdown. With challenging limitations in trying to create new work without anyone existence able to exit their abode we opted for a collaged homage to Zara's Jamaican heritage, composed from vintage images which were elegantly brought together past the nostalgic touch of visual artist Sajjad's paw. Placing Zara in this dreamy world beautifully connects the vinyl fine art to the deep rooted spirit that is found in the anthology recordings".

"The album comprehend is one of 3 works called Hibiscus that culminated in this latest album. Ahead of the album we released two singles, each with their own private artworks. For each unmarried nosotros wanted to create a new earth that would atomic number 82 up to the revealing of the anthology embrace artwork. It was important that there was a direct relation to the subject area matter discussed inside the anthology and the artwork. Images of Jamaica such as the Blue Mountains and the Hibiscus flower were symbols that had a personal significance to Zara and her experiences within Jamaica, which gave Sajjad a strong signal of direction to pb his work with".

"The artwork for the first single Everything Is Connected is inspired past The Cotton wool Tree, a place where some of the Jamaican death celebrations are held, a place where life and expiry congregate and intertwine. The tree in the prototype became a symbol of roots and heritage alongside the dazzler and celebrity of the hibiscus blossom."

"The second unmarried Black Treasure used the epitome of the Jamaican hummingbird. The superstition that surrounds them, as birds that are reincarnations of expressionless souls, related to the subject matter of the vocal likewise every bit the paradigm beingness beautiful iconic impression of Jamaica."

"The primary album encompass uses Zara's face and images of the Jamaican Blue Mountains, and the hibiscus flower. The collage artist Sajjad found an incredible manner to comprise all these elements and was truly able to translate her vision. It is dreamy, bawdy and other worldly."

"When we got to designing the final front cover nosotros spent quite a fleck of fourth dimension searching for the right type/font to fit the art and institute that quite worked. The artwork was so strong and simply spoke for itself. And so we moved all the titles to the back and kept the cover equally it was. A somewhat bold move to make merely we felt confident information technology would work."

"The title was designed to a sticker, which would remove with the shrink-wrap, leaving you lot to relish the artwork in all it's glory."

Zara McFarlane : Songs of an Unknown Natural language. In-house Art Director at Brownswood: Ruby Savage. Original Artwork: Sajjad. Packaging Blueprint: Mark James

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Uncovered: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Blue Moon Rising EP

The search for the best record embrace design of the yr is underway with Best Art Vinyl 2020 and we focus on some of the nominated sleeve designs in more detail: Artist, Gareth Halliday talks us through his collaboration with Noel Gallagher to create the artwork for 2020's Blue Moon Rising, evolving from his creative for Loftier Flying Birds' earlier releases.

Halliday explains, "Blueish Moon Rise was the third E.P released between March 2019 and March 2020. The cover artwork for all 3 was created very much with a collaborative spirit between Noel and I. Noel would send me the demo and lyrics and we'd bounce ideas back and forth.

The leftfield and more electronic feel to the title tracks were definitely inspiring in terms of what direction the visual direction could become. I tried to create a visual world for the music, much like the manner we created the artwork for the anthology Who Congenital the Moon? in 2017."

"For the Blueish Moon Rising E.P I was start asked to create an additional artwork for the ii^nd rail Wandering Star. The fundamental subject area Noel wanted to include here was a hot air balloon. Nosotros finally came up with an artwork which was used for the digital release and as a limited edition motion-picture show disc. Information technology was the skyline in this work which led on to the narrative for Blueish Moon Rise".

"Noel had already decided on the cardinal figure and then I had quite a defined frame to work within. I remember we came upward with the idea that the effigy should be larger than life, a giant. So I guess the final work is an interpretation of the effigy rising upward through these skyscrapers, nigh reaching upwardly into the ether. Which for me is perhaps symbolic narrative around escapism, and the ability music can take, particularly the vibe of this rails, the euphoria that society civilisation and electronic music can have.

The creative process really fascinates me in respect that some artworks tin can accept what feels similar forever to get anywhere near to the final piece, and others, occasionally just flow really well and accept no time at all. The Wandering Star image took 3-iv weeks and Blue Moon Ascent near a calendar week.

The foreground is created from vintage kodachrome photos, collaged to create a new paradigm of a skyline. Gala Gordon is the model in the middle ground. Photography past David Newton".

"The background sky is one of my photographs. Over the years I've become obsessed with taking photos of the sky and clouds during my day chore as a postman. Information technology's good to look upwards every at present and then".

Noel Gallagher'due south High Flying Birds - Bluish Moon Rise nominated for Best Art Vinyl 2020. Artwork by Gareth Halliday.

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Uncovered: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets - Live At The Roundhouse

The search for the all-time tape cover design of the year is underway with All-time Art Vinyl 2020 and we focus on some of the nominated sleeve designs in more detail: Next up is the stunning blueprint for Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse LP by Chris Peyton who gives us the back story for the concept for the cover fine art.

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets formed in 2018, after quondam Blockheads guitarist Lee Harris and bassist and Pink Floyd collaborator Guy Pratt approached Stonemason with the thought of forming a band to perform Pinkish Floyd's early material. They were joined by singer and guitarist Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet, and keyboardist Dom Beken from the Orb. The band wanted to bring Floyd'south early on years to a wider audience and the LP's psychedelic cover art for the band's live gig at London's Roundhouse reflects this menses.  Designer, Chris Peyton explains,

"The whole project was rather fun - quite a ride from the original poster to the album artwork. The album actually was the side by side evolution of the design and information technology was used and modified for posters, merchandise, website, live properties - and each needed to be unique and play to the formats strengths.

I happened to be in San Francisco (literally walking effectually Haight-Ashbury) when the call came in for this. I had picked up some posters and book of Fillmore posters, and so in that location'southward a chunk of influence there (it helps I'g a huge fan of that menses/fashion of graphics anyhow). Nick was slap-up to make it stand aslope the Floyd stuff as its ain thing, not in the same style or competing with the archetype Storm covers but very much from The Saucerful Of Secrets menses, so a lot of inspiration came from UK counter culture - Hapstash/Oz/60s/psychedelia - they all played a role.

That's how it all started anyhow, it sort of went off on its own - pretty much put all the in a higher place into a cement mixer, and this is what came out!"

Chris continues, "You can see the bones story of the design - the original Dingwalls poster for the one-off gig, to the extended Euro tour poster, Special round Roundhouse poster (only available on the night), second Roundhouse poster for 2019, then the album artwork. It changes, simply elements of the previous parts show though".

Nick Bricklayer'south Saucerful of Secrets - Live At The Roundhouse. Artwork past Chris Peyton for VVVOID. Nominated for Best Art Vinyl 2020. See more than designs by  VVVOID

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Uncovered: Shura - 'Nothing's Existent' - a unique sleeve pattern explored

The search for the best record cover design of the twelvemonth is underway with Best Art Vinyl 2016 and we focus on some of the nominated sleeve designs in more particular: Adjacent up is the brilliant design collaboration for Shura's debut album, 'Nothing's Real'.

Built-in, Aleksandra Denton to a British male parent and Russian mother, Shura's debut album draws inspiration from the sounds of the 80s and 90s and the likes of Madonna and Janet Jackson. The record has been described by Consequence of Sound equally working from a framework of 'honesty, simplicity, and transparency'.

This removal of pretense is perfectly represented by the artwork on the anthology cover and accompanying colouring book by award winning creative consultancy, Big Agile. Art Director, Mat Maitlandexplains, "We wanted to explore the idea of culling realities past stripping back the facade to reveal an alternative universe under the surface. Who'south to say which one is existent? We worked very closely with Shura along with creative person Louise Pomeroy and photographer Andrew Whitton to achieve the imagery."

Shura herself comments; "I call back that now I've get a far more honest songwriter, lyrically," she explains. "I try to say exactly what it is that is on my heed in the way that my mind thinks it instead of consciously trying to turn it into something that sounds profound similar a song lyric."

The original photography is past Andrew Whitton and the illustration is by London based graphic artist and illustrator Louise Pomeroy.

Pomeroy's detailed and frequently surreal works are hand drawn with pen and ink, occasionally adding digital colour. A series of drawings accompany the Nothing'south Real LP.

It's non the first time Pomeroy has produced artwork for Shura. Back in 2104 she was asked to re-work an old analogy for Shura'south new single 'Indecision' featuring a 'Total Remember' style prototype that looks surprisingly like the music artist.

Shura 'Nothing's Existent' - Art Direction and blueprint by Mat Maitland at Large Active. Photography by Andrew Whitton. Analogy by Louise Pomeroy. Nominated for All-time Fine art Vinyl 2016. See more than designs by Big Active

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