I’m very pleased to introduce a record label that has been a huge source of inspiration to me personally, and is one of the most compelling, handsome and consistently excellent labels currently operating – Australia’s own Preservation.
There’s something truly special about this label –…
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This series of articles aims to examine the relationship between design and music. How does one compliment the other? How do different designers solve the various creative problems of this discipline? What makes a successful (if not iconic) solution for music design? And how do creative partnerships in this…
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Key Personnel:
Martin Gore — Guitar/Synth/Vocals/Songwriter
Dave Gahan — Vocalist
Andrew Fletcher — Keyboards
Alan Wilder — Keyboards (1981-1995)
Flood — Producer (1990 – 1993)
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Warhol needs very little introduction.
He simply changed the landscape of art, fashion & celebrity, and left an indelible mark on whichever medium he took his hand to, including graphic design.
He’s most commonly known for his silkscreen portraits, experimental films, and for establishing Continue Reading—
Depeche Mode: taken from the french Dépêche mode, meaning “hurried fashion” or “fashion dispatch”.
Key Personnel:
Martin Gore – Guitar/Synth/Vocals/Songwriter
Dave Gahan – Vocalist
Andrew Fletcher – Keyboards
Alan Wilder – Keyboards (1981-1995)
Inspired by a mutual love of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, cosmic horror, library records, English surrealism, and arts & crafts psychedelia, boutique record label Ghost Box was founded in 2003 by designer Julian House and musician Jim…
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Reinvention. If I had to pick one, unifying word to sum up Massive Attack’s discography so far, that would be it. I can think of few other bands with a profile as big as theirs who continue to take such dramatic risks with their music and design. This is…
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2003. Two years since that fatefull day in New York. The threat of a third world war looms. Weapons of Mass Destruction. Saddam Hussein. Baghdad falls to U.S. troops. North Korea goes rogue. Suicide bombers. Protest. A blockbuster action star becomes Continue Reading—
1998 was quite a year. As the new millennium loomed (making the so called Y2K bug a genuine fear for some) India and Pakistan both conducted nuclear tests, receiving worldwide condemnation. In the U.S, president Bill Clinton was impeached while in the E.U the unified…
Continue Reading—Massive Attack’s second album, Protection, arrived in 1994 – 3 years after their debut Blue Lines. In the same year Nine Inch Nails unleashed The Downward Spiral, Blur released Parklife, Nas dropped the seminal hip hop album Illmatic and Green Day & Offspring saw records breakthrough to the…
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