Poster designed by Ishaq Fahim to promote a Spoon concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco.

The two band names, Spoon and Geese, are both set in Phaser Thin. The secondary type at the bottom is set in Gotham.

NaN Success’ first Use, a few months before its official release at NaN, was for the third LP of Berlin-based music artist Helmut called My Interstellar Love Life. The design plays at the intersection of the shiny artworks featuring luscious slugs, the intense colorimetry, organic shapes of Success Titling and glossy paper finish.

We can see some differences between this early version of Success Titling and the one later released at NaN, among the ones the tear-drop shape for the ascenderon the f – which was replaced with a simpler and sharper wedge in the final version.

NaN Jaune Mini was used for credits and small-sized copy.

A very early version of NaN Success Text is used in all caps for the lyrics and end credits in the music video of the track called “Enough”.

Artwork by Lucia Barlanga, typography by Studio Triple, the designers of Success and Jaune.

single record artwork for “Killing”

The artwork for Raphael Gualazzi’s new album, designed by Leonardo Pellegrino, is an ode to the Bar del Sole in Urbino (Italy) where the pianist began his career. The typefaces chosen – Brass by Fantasia Type and Blitz Script by Out of the Dark are a tribute to the vernacular typography common to Italian signage from the 1950s and 1960s.

Photography by Paolo Zerbini. The album was released by Sugar Music.

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Paul Anka is a Canadian singer, active since 1955, whose biggest hits include “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”, “Lonely Boy”, and “(You’re) Having My Baby”. He later would pen English lyrics to the music of a French-language song “Comme d’habitude”, and release it as “My Way”, later a major hit after being recorded by Frank Sinatra (1969) and Elvis Presley (1977).

The singer's name is presented in Mierop Ginger Snap, specifically Ginger Snap C, designed by Craig Mierop in c.1969 for PLINC. Modifications include the shifted middle of the U to the far left and the K that looks as though it may have been constructed from an N (see how differently proportioned the actual K is here). Despite recoloring the text, the counters of the P’s and A’s were left black, and the 3D shadow that should be left by the diagonal cut in the top of K is absent. This also appears on the back cover, albeit in grayscale.

Below this is an overly-swashed, oddly-colored album title set in an unknown rendition of Bookman, of which the only character left without ornament is the a, leading to an odd amount of spacing between the two words.

The song titles and legal information on the back cover look to be set in two weights of Linotype's Times.

This 1974 compilation album had similar cover artwork in every country it was released in, save for the United Kingdom and Germany. The UK release used outlined red-and-blue Granby Elephant over a picture of Paul sitting on railroad tracks, and the German release, oddly enough, used a picture of a copy of the US release sitting on a table, beside a photo of Paul in a frame, jewelery, an ashtray, and a glass of liquor, among other affects, with titles set in University Roman.

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Front cover of a Mexican release

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Back cover of a Mexican release

Ultima Floración is the latest EP of Arcane Prospect, an electronic music (techno) project that seeks to reflect the ephemeral but beautiful melancholy that constant life has. In order to express this feeling I used Arachne that, thanks to its serifs, reflects the melancholy. I modified it, turning it into a more vertically extended version that will occupy the entire format to signify a statement of this moment. At the same time a superposition of the letters u and f set in Sword will generate a relationship with the Artificio record label which produced the record. On the back a composition using Telegraf and Fit adds an interesting contrast by dividing each of the songs.

Pang is the debut solo album from Caroline Polachek (of Chairlift). It was released by Sony Music, The Orchard, and Polachek’s own Perpetual Novice on October 18, 2019. The design features Pang Serif, a custom typeface created by Timothy Luke. The use of Pang Serif permeates the designs of Pang’s singles as well as the album’s lyric poster insert – the graphic elements share the typeface’s visual language.

Photography by Hugo Comte.

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Villanelle is used for the titles of the music video for “Hills” by Le Ciel Noir. The video was directed by the talented Javier Lara, and Studio Aufheben from Murcia, Spain, designed the titles. The band name is set in Snell Roundhand, and credits use Helvetica and Serifbabe.

Villanelle is an experimental display typeface designed to feel unpredictable, unsettled and unashamedly self-obsessed. This typeface has been created with elegant curves, razor-sharp edges and plunging descenders paired with high-contrast strokes and confident, unique flair. As loveable as it is dangerous, this typeface is perfect for making bold, unapologetic statements.

Chevalrex – Ultimo compilation cover art

Artwork made by Rémy Poncet / Brest Brest Brest for his own series of digital compilations available on Spotify. The main title is designed with Grandmaster by Lucas Descroix and credits as well as small information are set in the font Molitor by Matthieu Cortat / 205TF.

Crayonette (or probably Letraset’s version named Columbian Italic) with raised caps for Wintergarden. This album of jazz funk library music was recorded by Günter Platzek (1930–1990), keyboard player and long-time member of the James Last Orchestra (1965–1990) as well as of the NDR big band, the Alfred Hause tango orchestra, and the Bert Kaempfert orchestra. Released by Selected Sound ‎as ST 120 in 1979.

From What Is Wrong With Grooving:

The cover looks obscure, rather cheesy but this is actually one of my favourite Selected Sound Library Music albums. Highly recommended is the funky and slightly Brazilian influenced “Midnight Train”. Dope Crime-Funk. Catchy and dance floor friendly Library Grooves with 122 BPM what makes the “For Dancing” label a very good fit.

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Marble peach vinyl edition

The Archer is Alexandra Savior’s second album, released in January 2020 on Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records. Dana Trippe is credited for the photography. I don’t know who did the typography, but the choice of Roslindale is spot on. The heavy blur (or glow) effect dials up its nostalgic side, and makes it an excellent match for Savior’s dreampop. Watch the videos for the title track and “Saving Grace” on YouTube. Roslindale is supported by Albertus for the song titles on the back cover. The same combination was used for a tour poster.

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Back cover

Tour poster, February 2020

Picture disc design with screenprinted PVC sleeve, front.

Georgia Gothic is the latest album by Atlanta, Georgia-based musician and designer Mattiel.

Mattiel also designed the eye-catching album art for the release, which features the title set in Clavichord (artfully thickened with an outline), artist’s name set in Ogg’s expressive Italic, with track names and supporting text in Plaak Extra Condensed (The small type and fine print are set in various versions of Helvetica.)

For the picture disc version, the type is screen printed on a clear PVC sleeve. This sits on top of the striking photo taken by photographer Jason Travis, which is printed directly on the disc. In other versions, such as the Hot Red vinyl, all of the type moves to the back cover where it is set against an arboreal backdrop that relates to the photo on the front.

This design system is carried through to the Risograph-printed liner notes (printed by Risolve), website, and tour poster.

My typeface Clavichord is not a design that sees a ton of use, so it is especially gratifying to see it appear in a design with devilish details that reverberate against the typeface so perfectly. The video for the single “Jeff Goldblum” is already up, and that was enough to get me to pre-order a copy!

Picture disc design with screenprinted PVC sleeve, back.

Hot Red vinyl, front and back

Risograph-printed lyric book, cover

Risograph-printed lyric book, interior

Website

“Jeff Goldblum” single artwork

Cover art for the seventh album by Tim Maia (1942–1998), released in 1976 by Polydor and distributed by Phonogram. Tim Maia was one of the greatest Brazilian voices, contributing to introducing soul and funk to Brazilian music. Most of his albums are self-titled, that’s why this one is also known as Rodésia, after the included hit single of the same name.

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A bichromatic use of Romanesque, with yellow letter bodies and black shadow lines and tendrils, further embellished with flowers, for an album with cover versions of country hits. The descending swash R might be custom. From the back cover:

’71 … the beginning of another year of great country music pleasure. A year when country music will continue to spread its “simplicity” and “honest down-home flavor”.

Recorded by the Nashville Country Singers, Rose Garden: Country Hits of ’71 was released by Mountain Dew Records in 1971.

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