Returning from its hiatus, Synflict came up with some artwork for one of the Petcord releases that fell prey to a chain of events that led to weeks of inactivity. At first glance, one may think that working with a lot of pressure, knowing that something has got to be done to prevent serious damage and disappointed and frustrated artists, is sure way to get to rather uninspired, at most mediocre results. Fortunately, this was not the case with Paolino Canzoneri‘s album i giorni del dimagrimento released on Petcord today. Perhaps this was due to Paolino giving us free reign about the design after having reviewed some of our works (of cause we are always happy if someone likes our graphic output).

The music has clear and distinct structures. Hard opposites colliding at each other without any blurry or ambiguous structures inbetween. Additionally, the music is somewhat lively and powerful, quite the opposite of the rather sombre and sometimes tension ridden tone the average Petcord release is known for. This kind of architecture reminded me of Futuristic paintings and that was the starting point for the main motif. It is based on an old photography of electricity pylons which saw a secret mixture of processing with The Gimp. So in the end, a cover came into existence that pretty much reflects what can be heard on the album.

Result: Both the artist and we are happy about the result :-).