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I worked with Najma and World Village to design and illustrate this sleeve. There was limited images of the two artists (none taken together) and there was no money for a shoot, so I produced the cover and developed the sleeve from there. “Thank you so so much for your wonderful artistic, colourful, and sophisticated … Continue reading Najma Akhtar / Gary Lucas – Rishte
Sierra Maestra are a Cuban band who play son with the original line-up of instruments: tres, guitar, trumpet, bongo, guïro, maracas and four-part harmony vocals. So the idea for this cover was borne from that line-up. All the instruments were hand-drawn then scanned and edited in Photoshop to give a textured feel. worldvillagemusic.com Buy the album here. Continue reading Sierra Maestra – Sonando Ya
Though predominantly a kora (West African harp) player, Senegal’s Diabel Cissokho played nearly all the instruments, as well as sung, on this, his debut solo album. World Village’s brief for the sleeve design asked for a nod towards 70s LPs and the decoration of classic records of African music from that era. With that in mind, … Continue reading Diabel Cissokho – Kanabory Siyama
