Digipak Covers

We still yet have to design our own digipak covers, however below are some tohers, which have given my group inspiration. The first example is the actual digipak for the single of our song, 'Let You Go' by Chase and Status.


This front digipak cover by Chase and Status immediately catches our attention for a couple of reasons. The colour yellow is very striking compared to the contrasting dark background and catches our eye. The colour yellow tends to be linked with hazard signs and some emergency vehicles. The use of an iconic emergency colour may create excitement for the viewer because of how much it stands out. However we can also notice a very sharp and clear extreme close up of a bulldog behind the writing. Bulldogs are strong and intimidating when things are linked with this animal we do think of power and dangerous situations. Possibly C &S are showing that this album is dangerous in a good way, it will let you become a metaphorical bulldog, by being hard and fearless, and the fact that the bulldog is there creates a statement that it means business.

Another artist in the same genre who we could relate 'SMAK' too, is Asian Dub Foundation. They are a British electronica band that plays a mix of rapcore, dub, dancehall and ragga, also using rock instruments, acknowledging a punk influence. Their distinctive sound also combines indo-dub basslines, searing sitar-inspired guitars and ‘traditional’ sounds, shot through with fast-chat conscious lyrics. They have recently broken through with some drum 'n' bass tracks. Below if their album cover. This cover, shows us the type of music and the genre. 

However another artist, Dizzee Rascal, portrays the same star image, we wish for our star 'SMAK' to portray. The 'badman' and 'hardcore' image. Dizzee is known for being outrageous and bad. This is the same image we would like our star to have. Below is a the digipak for Dizzee's first album 'Boy In Da Corner'. Strangely enough, it has the same colour scheme as the Chase and Status album cover. Portraying the same image and message. However, due to this being his initial breakthrough he is pictured on the4 front, using some hand gesture to symbolise how, he may be known as an 'animal' as in the derogatory term for his behaviour.