Compost 100
I realise that my recent posts about the more respectable end of Acid Jazz have met with a deafening silence from you dear reader, however, I’m going to add one more to the list. Following on from my previous post about Raster Noton’s sleeves and the sense of discovery they engender, here’s a rare example (in my limited experience) where this aspect is exploited rather nicely. Compost are the German record label that partnered with Jazzanova to release some rather fine jazz and soul-tinged dance music. Many of their sleeve designs are by aa graphic design, including the rather lovely Jazzanova remixes digipaks. The double CD compilation released to celebrate the 100th Compost release is another favourite. In the image below it doesn’t look that impressive, but the overlaid ‘CC’ motif rendered in dark green against a white background is really attractive:
The reverse view is where it begins to come alive with a lovely collage of people involved in the scene:
Opening out these wings reveals the two CDs and the track listing laid against a background of the cover CC motif .
Visible through the centre of each CD are the words ‘thank you’. The overall design comes across as simultaneously cool and understated, but sincere and fun. Quite an achievement!
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