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Slightly off-topic but still of interest to most of you I think (hope!): I think it's fair to say that IDM has a distinct, unusual and highly interesting set of cover designs for cd's, video tape, LP's, etc. Anyone care to comment on their favourite cover art from recent memory. Here's mine: Autechre - Amber, with Plastikman - Musik as a close second. Dave

On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, David Mackay Ross wrote:

quoted 14 lines Slightly off-topic but still of interest to most of you I think (hope!):

> Slightly off-topic but still of interest to most of you I think (hope!): > > > I think it's fair to say that IDM has a distinct, unusual and highly > interesting set of cover designs for cd's, video tape, LP's, etc. Anyone care > to comment on their favourite cover art from recent memory. > > Here's mine: Autechre - Amber, with Plastikman - Musik as a close second. > > > Dave > > >

TOP 3 ARTWORK COVERS: 1.Dreamfish LP Cover-Rising High Records 2.ISDN Ltd Editon LP(Inside cover)-Virgin Records 3.B12-(Electro Soma)-LP Gatefold inner cover-Warp Records Derek Jordan

i like the emit art work the colors and the animals -John ----ATTENTION PEOPLE OF EARTH---- \|/ / --------LISTEN CAREFULLY--------- (@ @) ------------oOO--(_)--OOo-------------------------------------------------- ``` ''' http://squishy.com/~handi

On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, ...jjjJJJOOOOOOHHHHHHhhhnnnn... wrote:

quoted 6 lines i like the emit art work

> i like the emit art work > > the colors and the animals > > > -John

Its OK, if your baby sister, or in my case, my daughter, wants to look at it and smile...I just wish the Emit series was on vinyl. I think i'm missing some fairly decent wibbles/wobbles. My real love at the moment is the Rising High artwork. This would nonetheless be followed by stuff from Think:Electric(New Electronica/various graphics in DJ & Mixmag) and Designers Republic(Warp) Derek Jordan

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On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, ...jjjJJJOOOOOOHHHHHHhhhnnnn... wrote:

quoted 3 lines i like the emit art work

> i like the emit art work > > the colors and the animals

Somehow, Woob1194 does not make me think of penguins! They are marvelous pictures but would perhaps be better suited to Brian Eno releases or something. Or we could send them to v23 and Vaughan Oliver and Chris Bigg could cut their lil heads off, roll them in flour, hang 'em from the ceiling... My personal favorites at the moment are Autechre _Incunabula_ and Richard Kirk _Virtual State_ ...so I guess it's obvious where *i'm* coming from. :( Also love the pix on the covers of SAW2, Quique, and Slowdive's _5ep_. Actually those aren't idm so never mind. O:) einexile, who thinks platikman is lame too but can't get enough regardless

What about the covers from artists of SILENT RECORDS out of San Fran?

On Thu, 27 Apr 1995, Dean Penley wrote:

quoted 5 lines What about the covers from artists of SILENT RECORDS out of San Fran?

> > What about the covers from artists of SILENT RECORDS out of San Fran? > > >

There's nothing wrong with it, but the art just doesn't move me emotionally to buy it as often as I do the artwork from Think:Electric and Designers Republic. Here's a test: Put the artwork from Sun Electric-Kitchen against the Tox Uthat comp. and you decide which would provoke you to buy... Derek Jordan

anything by vermeer...

Those of you that slag off "Inventures in Wonderland" are obviously smoking something different than what I am, because that's my favorite Warp release from '93. Dancefloor-friendly trance-pants house funk-type stuff, with neato little keyboard riffs galore and God's Own Acid Line in the title track. The remixes of Ad Infinitum also rock nicely, especially the Ali Cooke mix (I like percussion). Whatever happened to these bumbling but lovable devastating beat creators? Speaking of, I have to second Cameron's nomination of Kid Unknown for Most Execrable Warp Artist Ever (although whoever mentioned that the Mojo Rising record sucks bigtime would have my support, as well as anybody who argued that Lex Loofah was a total yawnfest). I'd love to hear somebody argue in the Kid's favor. If they could do it with a straight face I'd give them a shiny new US quarter, but I don't think it's possible. Man, that's some crap rave-a-riffic garbage! The only person I know that would even try to argue that keeping a Kid Unknown record is worthwhile is a certifiable loon who doesn't read this list (Hi Brian!), so I think I'm safe. I am a nightmare walking I am a nightmare walking I am a nightmare walking I am a nightmare walking I am a nightmare walking I am a nightmare walking I am a nightmare walking I am a nightmare walking Yeah, yeah, you tough, now shut up. Man, those old Twitch CDs sure sound humorous now! I sure am glad I discovered real techno and stopped trying to brainwash myself into thinking that all that old rave crap was worth a shit. The day I sold both of my CDs with Interactive songs on them was a happy one in my life. As far as cover art goes, my favorite artwork on a technoish album of recent vintage has to be the gatefold in the new Prodigy album. I want a poster made of this to put on my wall. It sums up my feelings nicely. The back cover on the new new Aphrohead album (summary: buy it immediately if there is a single bone in your body that resonates to a house rhythm or you'll be kicking yourself later) has a fun game of "spot the Jimi" in it. I was disappointed to note that, in fact, Felix Stallings does _not_ have an Afro, though. As somebody already mentioned, "Musik" has a pleasingly simple cover design. But my real favorite for IDM cover art is... <fumbles with envelope>... the cover for the Tournesol 2x12" on R&S. Just when I thought that you couldn't do anything worthwhile with Marvy Markers, these guys show me I'm wrong. But is it just me, or do all of the people on the cover look vaguely like crash-test dummies? In a similar vein, the cover for ART's "Philosophy of Sound and Machine" (yes, that's right, I have a copy. HA HA!!) is also charmingly lo-fi. And Designers Republic does deserve accolades for their years of hard work, especially for those old Age of Chance covers (which I'll never find, sob sob). Okay, I'm done rambling. Man, I hate end-of-semester projects! yrz, ozy ozymandias G desiderata personal info : http://www.mbc.umt.edu/ogd/ discographies : http://www.mbc.umt.edu/ogd/aaxz/discogs Missoula raves: http://www.mbc.umt.edu/ogd/raves/

Sun Electric 'kitchen' 808 state 'ex.el' pretrty much every saint etienne release to date and the inside cover picture in the new Prodigy album...:D mike

quoted 1 line and the inside cover picture in the new Prodigy album...:D

> and the inside cover picture in the new Prodigy album...:D

that picture really got me. It conjures up in my mind dope smoking, aerosmith listening teenagers.

dr g 3 0 3 Couldn't get a barcode on :)

Jeez! Don't get me started! Seefeel's "Succour" (pure, clean and dark, just like the music) Selected Ambient Works 2 (no names, no credits, no nothing) Ambient Dub #3 (small, tasteful typography, great details) Trance Europe Express #3 (nice Photoshop) and, of course, The Orb's "Live 93" (brilliant takeoff on Pink Floyd) Plus a bunch of others. Aside from the herd of annoyingly cliched 3D graphics, IDM tends to foster some beautiful work. -Phil (Get a life. Help stamp out cheesy 3D graphics)