Album package and visual system for the New York ensemble CLAK. The design treats the record’s core idea as a study of lived experience versus mediated knowledge: appetite as instinct, and technology’s appetite as a force that colonizes it. Anatomical plates, wormhole diagrams, and handwritten marks collide with lyric fragments to ask what remains of the self when culture is filtered through machines. The scope includes all faces for CD and vinyl and a lyric booklet with track-specific images. For the release, two audio-reactive visualizers co-performed with the band, "UP DISCO" & "BLENDRRRR" translating dynamics and timbre into evolving image states that turned the artwork into a live instrument.
Credits
CLAK is Aaron Edgcomb on drums, vibes, percussion, and electronics; Alex Koi on voice and electronics; Yuma Uesaka on saxophone and clarinet; Andres Abenante on guitar; Isaac Levien on electric and acoustic basses. All compositions by Aaron Edgcomb (ASCAP). Produced by Aaron Edgcomb. Recorded and mixed by Andres Abenante at Jaybird Studio in Brooklyn, February 9–11, 2024. Mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering. Singles include Plum, Teach Me, Oh Teach Me (or the Man from Khwarazm), and IHSM. Artwork and design by Laura Isabel TROPIDARKS. © all rights reserved.
