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19/07/2013

'Goat' Glastonbury set with O visuals

This is the complete BBC footage of Rockets very own 'Goat's set at Glastonbury.

This was the first of their two sets of the day, the other was at night on the Hell stage. Both sets featured a very 60's psychedelic video performance from myself.

The lightshow featured pre-recorded handmade authentic oils and slides. Great to see my work showcased on the BBC.

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28/03/2013

Collisions 01 - The Heads / White Hills - Artwork

Still one of my favourite sleeves and a great record. After buying the design book Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State, and with a subtle nod to Barney Bubbles era Hawkwind, the Rocket Recordings 'Collisions 01' record was born.

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Gnod Dropout with White Hills II - Artwork

Another real standout sleeve for me. This time the whole thing came about in collaboration with Rocket band 'GNOD' band member Chris Halsam.

The whole sleeve is part my work, and part Chris's. I adapted some sketches and painstaking built the whole sleeve up as a black & white image, then laid a pattern over the top.

The first press was just black on white but the 'colour' part was finished with a lovely vspot varnish. the 2nd was Yellow, the 3rd was dayglo pink and probably my favourite espeaclly with the pink vinyl.

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The Heads - At Last

The Heads At Last, is a colaboration with Simon Price from the band. This was a very strange sleeve on first viewing and the vinyl in particular. The first time I laid eyes on it it was dark and under house light I was disappointed to see the women in the centre appeared as a negative state, I questioned that I had got the wrong tones around the wrong way.

Then in daylight, I realised I had not as the women in the centre appeared in positive, it was just a simple trick of the eye with what can only be described as I used 2 of the most clashing colours to the eye. A great way to make a flat sleeve vibrate an other 60's trick of optical art.

The LP on Rocket Recordings, came as a rare limited Blue & white and red & white sleeve that were given to the band only, the rest were as standard Red & blue.

Expect some posters of these in the future, but with a twist.

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The Heads - Sessions 02

This was a labour of love, The entire record, which included 10 inserts and a bonus 7" (in the limited edition version) was collaged and created in 2001.

The final wrap around sleeve was printed in sliver in black, some very rare copies exists with the inside just black and white. The promos came with a colour inside as above, but these were very are aswell.

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Serpentina Satellite - Album Artwork

Beautiful blue foiling sleeve for South America 'space rock' band on Rocket Recordings, the delightful Serpentina Satellite. This challenged the printer to push there skills to foil the intricate details of some of the geometry. Another 'Rocket' inhouse job with Chris Reeder layout skills.

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The Heads - Sessions 01 7"

The Heads Sessions 01, my first ever record sleeve back in 1999. Some subtle references to Hawkwind (Barney Bubbles) hidden throughout, and heavy on the 60's influence.

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Teeth of the Sea - Your Mercury

The back silver foiled LP sleeve and Inside digi CD of Teeth of the Sea's great album 'Your Mercury'. Another Rocket Recordings joint effort, this album I hold up very fondly, Chris Reeder at Rocket providing the layout, another long term inhouse collaboration.

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