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Here are 12 albums that use type (letters) as the album art. No glossy portraits, no bling-bling, just letters made into artwork. Brilliant! Zipper Catches Skin by Alice Cooper What you get here is just the lyrics from the album presented in block paragraph form on the cover. There is also the very subtle ALICE […]
Some of the bands that get our service, especially the new ones, commit these mistakes during CD manufacturing. They are not really fatal mistakes but they can cause delays and can affect your music career in one way or the other. It Coming in with very tight timelines Some bands come to our office with […]
Artist: Icarus Title: Carnivalesque Label: Not Applicable Year: 2005 Designer: Ollie Brown, Sam Britton Carnivalesque’s CD packaging is a great example of anti-design. They used discarded albums of other artists then scribbled and erased info on each page with a black marker pen. Its presentation is meant to intrigue and confuse. It makes us think […]
Like with every other area of putting together a CD, preparing for the duplication process is one that is just as important. You want to make sure to pay attention to the details and ensure that you don’t have to back track or re-print any of your CDs. Preparing the correct way and knowing what […]
Artist: Various Mute Artists Title: Mute Audio Documents 1978-1984 Label: Mute Year: 2007 Designer: Adrian Shaughnessy How do you organize documents? Hmm…with file cards, of course! And that pretty much is the very literal concept of Mute Audio Documents. It is a compilation of 128 tracks placed over 10 CDs of Mute’s single releases from […]
Do you wonder how we replicate CDs? Here is a very informative 3-minute video (by CDRom2go) showing how CDs and DVDs are replicated. For those of you who want to know a bit more, read the CD replication process below. Pre-Mastering To ensure that the data supplied by the customers meets the proper standards, we […]
Issues with the Master format If you think doing your master content all by yourself is a practical thing to do because it can save you a lot of dollars, well think again. CD duplication complain that many of their clients are mastering CDs in a DIY manner hoping to save a few dollars only […]
When you talk to CD manufacturing houses, the first thing they would ask you is if you want your CD to be duplicated or replicated. These terms are quite confusing especially to new artists and they are often used interchangeably even by those who are already familiar with manufacturing CDs. Well, we cannot blame them. […]
Going green is not easy for musicians and could be a bit frustrating sometimes. I mean, the fact that you’re producing albums is already not green in the strict sense. The chemicals used for the blank discs, the materials used for the CD packaging, the shrink wrap…all of these contribute to the destruction of mother […]
Animal Collective: ‘ Merriweather Post Pavilion’ (2008) No, it is not moving and yes your eyes are still fine. This is the cover image of Merriweather Post Pavilion, the 8th studio album of Animal Collective. The much-anticipated and now celebrated album boast trippy cover art inspired by the work of Japanese psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka. Soulwax: […]
