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bbd_4_record sleeve

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back cover
vinyl mockup
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record sleeve for the los angeles-based band, big black delta.
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the record cover for big black delta's fourth LP was made in collaboration with the photographer and filmmaker matt sundin.

in the fall of 2019 matt, jonathan bates (singer and songwriter of big black delta) and caspar went to death valley together to take some time off. later when jon had finished his latest album he expressed an interest in using the images from that trip for the album's accompanying artwork. thus every image you see through the album's packaging and the digital singles that went with it, were images taken from this trip. in particular the cover image was taken by caspar, whilst every other image was taken by matt.
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bigblackdelta.bandcamp.com/album/4
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sonoio_fine_record sleeve

cover
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record sleeve for the berlin-based band, sonoio.
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for this the third and final sonoio release, alessandro cortini asked us to produce artwork that offered a more cinematic visual than last time. after much discussion we landed on the idea of building a film set, lighting it and photographing it. we then reached out to long-time collaborator, the photographer matt sundin, and got to work sourcing all the necessary materials. the final cover offers both a commentary on the dual translations (italian and english) of the album's title, 'fine,' and a visual suggestion of the sonic and lyrical nature of the music. 

the record is available through dais records on vinyl, cd and all streaming services. if you have the means, we cannot recommend a physical copy of the record enough. it offers a rich accompaniment to what is already a really beautiful listening experience.
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sonoio.org
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protomen_light up the night_short film

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title sequence 1
title sequence 2
title sequence 3
title sequence 4
title sequence 5
title sequence 6
title sequence 7
title sequence 8
title sequence 9
title sequence 10
title sequence 11
title sequence 12
title sequence 13
title sequence 14
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writing, directing, title design and poster design for the short film, light up the night.
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executive producer john la valle approached us with idea of making a film of a section of the protomen's second record, act II: the father of death. the band chose light up the night as the song, and caspar approached friend and collaborator matt sundin to co-direct the project with him.

development of the project took some years. the end result, shot in new york city and starring james ransone, you can see here. the work is a testament to the band and everyone else involved. the film pays homage to many of the recording artists, films and video games that inspired us to do the work we do today.

caspar and the band collaborated once again with john delucca on the film's storyboards, production design, set decoration, title sequence and its poster design. josiah newbolt and joey ciccoline handled the bulk of the post-production motion graphics and compositing work.
_link
protomen.com
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sonoio_thanks for calling_music video

album cover
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music video for the los angeles-based band, sonoio
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sonoio is one of the many side projects of alessandro cortini. fine was the third and final album from this particular musical outfit, and thanks for calling was its first single. the moment alessandro sent us a demo of the track we set to work devising a music video treatment that we felt did the song justice, psychologically and tonally.

alessandro was keen not to be in the video this time, so matt sundin and caspar took the opportunity to devise a story that spoke to some of their own personal experiences. the result is a hitchcockian / felliniesque flight of fantasy.

the film stars daveigh chase and marshall allman, and was produced by katharine o'brien. you can read more about the making of it here.
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sonoio.org
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protomen_a night of queen_record sleeve + tour poster

cover
tenacious d show poster
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record sleeve for the nashville-based band, the protomen
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here's another one of the many fruits of our on-going collaborations with the protomen. the band played a tribute night in nashville, TN, back in late 2010 and the recordings came out so well they decided to release it. performing as 'queen' for the night, we decided to recreate the iconic 'queen II' record cover in a studio in brooklyn. the photography is by long-time (v) collaborator matt sundin, and the logo work is by M L hope. we handled the art direction, post-production + layout duties. 
_link
protomen.com
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sonoio_enough_music video, record sleeve + print

print
album cover
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music video + print design for LA-based band, sonoio
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we'd been aware for a while that sonoio (alessandro cortini) intended to follow up his unique and well received experimental synth debut, with a 'sequel' record of some kind. furthermore alessandro was toying with the idea of a music video this time and asked that we might pitch a few ideas to him for a couple of different songs on the record. we came up with 3-4 ideas he chose the most 'live performance' based concept that we had and soon things were under way. the video was for the song enough, which to us was one of the songs that immediately jumped out on the record when hearing it for the first time. once more we recruited the talents of matt sundin (who helped us shoot the 65daysofstatic and war widow album covers) and soon after alessandro was flying to new york to shoot the video with us in brooklyn.

you can read more about making the artwork + video here.
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sonoio.org
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war widow_record sleeve

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back cover
detail
wide
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LP artwork for the LA-based band, war widow
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after accidentally hearing a clip from this band's new record, we sent some designs through that caused them to cancel the print job they already had running. sourcing photographers from as far as eastern europe, the resulting 12 inch vinyl artwork proved to be a very fast, very exciting collaboration between people in los angeles, new york and the ukraine. you can read more about the creation of the artwork here.

a huge thanks to photographers alex alekseenko and matt sundin, without whom this project would have never come about.
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warwidowmusic.com
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65DOS_we were exploding anyway_record sleeve

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back cover
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artwork for 65daysofstatic's fourth album, we were exploding anyway.
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65dayofstatic's fourth LP is to date their most confident and evolved expression of how they feel about themselves as a band. they've often said they've struggled to capture their monumental live sound on the record, and we were exploding anyway is a step closer to that.

the record sleeve we made for the album—with the help of matt sundin—is, as front-man joe shrewsbury put it, "a beautiful expressoin of human love." please read the full story on the making of the artwork here. all photography by matt sundin, except the heavy sky EP.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_Exploding_Anyway
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