I was fortunate enough to be a part of a very cool project by friend and Moodgadget label mate Mogi Grumbles. The above is the cover art I created for End of Line, a 100% original re-score to the original Tron film from 1981. It doesn’t use any samples from the movie, just pure musical […]
Album Artwork and Music Alex on May 04 2011
Who’s ready for a fresh dose of deep house? Press play, let’s jump in. Pirahnahead & Clara Hill – Badly (Simbad’s Motorcity Remix) – (single) Just caught Simbad on the Freerange Podcast with a really dope remix for some unknown artist named Agape, while I salivate over that remix to come out, I have been […]
Album Artwork and Music Alex on Oct 13 2010
If you enjoyed my mid-century jazz post a couple weeks ago, I’ve got another round of essentials for you to steam on, this time all chosen directly from Blue Note releases, and each accompanied with the corresponding beautiful Reid Miles-directed cover art. I am beginning to think that in order to understand mid-century design style […]
Album Artwork and Music Alex on Oct 06 2010
Just this past weekend, I was treated to a Sunday afternoon with my friend Chris’ massive collection of CDs, which includes a ton of essential jazz albums from the likes of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk and Sonny Clark. I may have mentioned in past posts that some of the most prolific design inspiration […]
Album Artwork and Design and Music Alex on Sep 20 2010
I’ve been slacking on design post content on Blog.H34 outside of my own stuff recently, and finding good album covers especially has been almost a lost cause, but I just read on Wanken about Brian Gossett‘s Heist series of mixes and was blown away. As a huge fan of themed mixes, visual consistency across releases, […]
Album Artwork and Design Alex on Nov 03 2009
Howsa botta litta bitta hip hop, put it on a stove, melt it down and cook it up, with musical herbs and spices to create delicacies of rap, aquired tastes meant only for the seasoned listeners with eclectic palates. Here’s a mix of older and newer tracks that will stick to your ears, not your […]
Album Artwork and Music and Music Videos Alex on Apr 23 2009
I thought it might make for an interesting post to take a look at one of my favorite design projects to date. It appeared most prominently on the cover of the compilation above, No New Enemies Vol. 1, but also on a series of flyers and posters to promote the Moodgadget Fall 2008 Tour last […]
Album Artwork and Design Alex on Apr 01 2009
Album cover #8 for me makes it’s appearance today, it’s Moodgadget‘s Detroit techno-steeped mini-compilation Modetwo, out on Necodo and iTunes, to name a few. This track has gotten a lot of great feedback from listeners, it’s a Librarian track mixed by Teef of Cincinatti-based Race Car Productions. The lyrics are damp and haunting, floating over […]
Album Artwork and Music Alex on Mar 10 2009
Today we see the release of Ann Arbor-based abstract hip-hop producer Charles Trees‘ debut Accepted Truth on Moodgadget. Mr. Trees is Charles Tillinghast, a longtime friend of many of Moodgadget’s recording artists, his addition to the lineup was natural, adding to the eclectic variety of the catalogue, while broadcasting yet another unique slice of the […]
Album Artwork and Moodgadget and Music Alex on Feb 24 2009
An extra special treat for you guys today, Gary Davis’ Chocolate Star EP II is out exclusively on iTunes through February before it hits stores, from our friends Smash Hit Music. Gary Davis, who resides in Camden, NJ is the sort of musician who has been on the scene since before the scene had ever […]
Album Artwork and Music Alex on Feb 19 2009
