Ministry of Sound: Clubbers Guide To 2007
When I saw how awful the latest MOS cover looked with it’s gold and green I realized I was sent their previous compilation and forgot to post it. And it’s much better looking with a better back story. I apologise for being a few months late with this.
I like the little birdy as the record needle. It’s a nice simple touch that might have been forgotten. I also like that the cover is quite quite restrained while the rest of the packages is packed to the brim with doodles.
Here’s the entire package. Lucky there’s stuff all copy to incorporate.
I can see this cover being one of the more popular ones for MOS fans. They can come home and stare at this for ages tripping over the characters they see until they eventually fall asleep the next day. It sure beats looking at a minimalist type execution or a over polished photo of a chick in a bikini.
Here’s some original artwork Kristofer sent me. I’m pretty sure that’s him in the bottom left of the middle image.
If the style looks familiar that’s because the cover was done by Kristofer Strom. The genius behind that animated clip earlier in the year for Minilogue.
MOS also commissioned Kristofer to create a TV ad for the cover. Which at 22 seconds must have been a walk in the park compared to his previous epic.
If someone asked me to create a clip for MOS I would have somehow worked in a bunch of bikini clad hotties into it. Next time Kristofer!
Menomena’s Friend or Foe is another cover that’s covered in doodles. Which makes a change as most “doodles” in the music industry are behind the scenes :)
Jason:
How Dreadful…..
# 31 Dec 07 at 7:38 am
lmk:
+1 jason
also, cf: http://www.jeroendiepenmaat.nl/engels/work/index.html
# 01 Jan 08 at 3:24 pm
matt:
zawada designed that new ministry cd.
# 03 Jan 08 at 10:57 pm
Ryan Y.:
Imho it is good to see mos experimenting somewhat and actually employing an illustrator. Although personally I dont like the style but thats just me.
# 05 Jan 08 at 12:37 am
Mark:
More bird as record needle:
http://www.angelfire.com/stars/twink/info_broken.html
# 17 Jan 08 at 12:53 pm
chantelle:
best albums ive eva heard
xx
# 20 Mar 08 at 1:43 pm