The Cover Art of ECM - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3037781572 ISBN 13: 9783037781579

Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Following the success of "Sleeves of Desire," a second publication is now being devoted to the cover art of the label ECM, Edition of Contemporary Music, focusing above all on sleeve design from 1996 to the present. Since its founding in 1969, ECM has been dedicated primarily to jazz and contemporary classical music and is a leading international label in both these fields. ECM has also received acclaim for its unique cover designs, which have always been an integral part of its productions. Over the years, the collaboration between Manfred Eicher, the label's founder and producer, and designers including Barbara Wojirsch, Dieter Rehm and Sascha Kleis has produced an aesthetic of the cover that initiates a dialogue between the photographic image and the music. The search for a cover motif from a storehouse of possible images is presented in a few examples that shed light on how these visual worlds are created and trace their significance for the music. An illustrated catalog of all of ECM's releases completes this publication.

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Review

'Profusely illustrated with ECM and ECM's New Series artwork, they are broadly presented in terms of themes supported by five thoughtful essays...' --Jazzwise, May 2010

'...for those who love the whole ECM aesthetic it is a contemporary photographic and design exhibition between soft covers...a visual, sumptuous treat' --The Jazz Breakfast, 25 April 2010

'...an essential purchase, both for ECM enthusiasts and anyone interested seriously in the poetics of contemporary music and film, art and photography , cover design and graphics' --Jazz Journal, May 2010

Edition details

• Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3037781572
• ISBN 13: 9783037781579
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: ECM