Ever Vivid — States of Being

September 2021

Artwork for a double vinyl album in gloss finish gatefold sleeve on Exalt Records.

The first time I listened to this album, before it even had a title, the music gave me images of something broken or smashed. When I found out it was to be called States of Being that idea made even more sense.

Front cover

Back cover

I explored imagery around the broken theme and this library image of broken glass gave me the idea to put a person at the centre of it. The fracture lines radiating out from the figure, a suitable metaphor for the music and album concept. Centre labels are dark for the A/B vinyl and light for C/D to reflect the light and shade of life's ups and downs.

Cover with vinyl

Cover

Back cover detail

Front and back cover gatefold

Gloss finish gatefold sleeve

Inside gatefold

The inner gatefold image is an obscured ghostly figure in a dilapidated hallway

Inner gatefold close-up

Side A label

The single colour labels continue the broken glass theme, sides A/B are dark and C/D are light

Side C label

Side B and D labels

Sides B and D with the track listing

Group shot

I have designed most of the artwork since the label returned in 2018, see more here.

Merchandise design

Covert Four — various artists

Off The Sky — Gently Down The Stream

Auratecture — logo and branding

Logo design and branding

FSOLdigital presents Mind Maps 4

Vivid.Care — print design for rebrand

Neural Network — Excerpts EPs trilogy

Found Sound 3 — various artists

Dyadik — music label branding and artwork

Magnonic Signals — record label artwork

FSOLdigital presents Mind Maps 3

Morphology — Twelve

Rollits LLP – branding and design for print

Exalt Records — record label artwork

Serge Geyzel — Xenophonic

FSOLdigital presents Mind Maps 2

A Positive Life — Synaesthetic

Velum Break — Please Take Care of Me

FSOLdigital presents Mind Maps

Plaid – Stem Sell

Scanner – The Signal of a Signal of a Signal

The Future Sound of London – A Controlled Vista

Found Sound 2 – various artists

Keiss – Urban Utopia EP

Touched Electronix – record label branding

Buspin Jieber – Volcanic/Harmonic/Sounds

Brainwaltzera — Remixed EP

LSS Waste Management — sales brochure

Karsten Pflum – Revealed EP

Velum Break — Bench Manoeuvres

Verdant — various artists

Covert 3 — various artists

Ariadne's Labyrinth — Twisted Up & Turned Around

Payzu – brochure and exhibition stand

Found Sound – various artists

Autechre — JNSN CODE GL16 / spl47

Ron Holmes — All at Sea (poetry book)

Callcredit — CAMEO brochure

Nottingham Building Society – Facebook game