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Bonobo ‘Cirrus’ zoetrope 12″

Finally, after a couple of teases by Ninja Tune, I can show this beauty off, something that’s been in the pipeline for a while now. Today is Bonobo‘s big gig at the Roundhouse, a full day of music curated by Simon Green and rounded off with a performance by him and his band. With the [...]

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Does album art still matter?

Shortly after Storm Thorgerson died I did an interview with Matt Meuse of CBC Music about why sleeve art matters and where it will go next. Also in the interview are Jeff Jank who designs for Stones Throw and David Jones (pictured) who owns the Vinyl Records store in Vancouver.

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DJ Food on Dust & Grooves preview

On April 15th I welcomed Eilon Paz into my studio to photograph some highlights of my record collection for his excellent Dust & Grooves site. 6 hours later I bid him farewell and returned to a decimated room with records everywhere. We went through a lot in that time including my earliest influences, favourite albums [...]

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2 of the 10 Search Engine artworks found

Peep Rooks sent me this photo of one of the zoetrope prints I’d had inserted into the 4×12″ version of ‘The Search Engine’ for Record Store Day. He wrote, “I wanted to let you know that the zoetrope nr. 4 ended up in Estonia. I ordered the record online about a week ago from a [...]

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Record sleeves influenced by Comics

In celebration of Free Comic Book Day here’s a small sampling of my favourite record sleeves featuring comic artists or groups portrayed in a comic setting. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Renegades of Funk by Bob Camp Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Albinoni vs Star Wars by Ron Smith Sinister Ducks – March [...]

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