I admit, I am a sucker for cover art. My love for graphics has played a major part in my musical selection. The cover art must complement the music; it must be the visual manifestation of the aural summation. They go together like hand and glove. I have purchased music such as Fela Kuti's Expensive Shit, Jazzanova's In Between and DJ Rel's Theme for a Broken Soul just off the visual alone. Call it branding, marketing if you want (and yes, its that too, but thats only part of it), cover art is the first thing excites my senses, peaking my interest, making me want to dig deeper into its sonic roots. And I must say that, my theory of awesome cover art equalling in awesome music has yet to fall short from the truth.
I first became familiar with SBTRKT by a good friend of mine whilst perusing her phone for some tunes. As soon as I cover, I knew immediately that I wanted to listen to them. It stared at me, commanding me to listen and I could do no less. Turns out, A Hidden Place, designed the mask that I must say blends modern, electrifying colors with familiar traces of indigenous art. By the way, the music as awesome too. If you are into Radiohead, Spacek and Little Dragon, chances are you will be digging this too.
JoJo Flores of Jamsteady which also includes Rise Ashen and Rom Zareski posted this today on Facebook and I was too delighted. First off, Hold On is one of my favorite tracks on the album and second, JoJo Flores added his therapeutic flavor. Works well in a house or indie set and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
SBTRKT
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