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Independent Project Records

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Artistry and distinction in record-making since 1980.

Out now: the stunning vinyl edition of The Ophelias’ Bare Bodkin created by Independent Project Records with The Ophelias's Strange New Glasses
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Out now: the stunning vinyl edition of The Ophelias’ Bare Bodkin
The Party Boys posed for a full-color photograph in a downtown Los Angeles portrait studio and asked Bruce Licher to use this image on their album cover. Licher took this color photograph and conceptualized a way to turn the four-color printing process into an extravaganza of experimental letterpress print expression. By altering the color of ink used on each of the four color plates and by occasionally eliminating one or two color plates altogether, the edition of two thousand LP jackets offered one hundred different color combinations. Licher printed a code on the back of each album jacket that explains the recipe for how the image was interpreted on the front. In looking at an array of these covers one can see a fascinating and unforeseen aspect of this experimentation: the facial expressions of the band members change from cover to cover. The alterations in color create unexpected shifts of emphasis on certain aspects of the image, thus radically changing the emotional character of the band members’ faces. On some covers the band members look peaceful, while on other covers they look intense or even angry. Licher’s treatment of the photograph with his conceptual approach to the No Aggro LP edition transmuted the image of the band in a fashion reminiscent of the work of Andy Warhol, yet also playfully experimented with the conceptual process of full-color printing.
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The Party Boys posed for a full-color photograph in a downtown Los Angeles portrait studio and asked Bruce Licher to use this image on their album cover. Licher took this color photograph and conceptualized a way to turn the four-color printing process into an extravaganza of experimental letterpress print expression. By altering the color of ink used on each of the four color plates and by occasionally eliminating one or two color plates altogether, the edition of two thousand LP jackets offered one hundred different color combinations. Licher printed a code on the back of each album jacket that explains the recipe for how the image was interpreted on the front. In looking at an array of these covers one can see a fascinating and unforeseen aspect of this experimentation: the facial expressions of the band members change from cover to cover. The alterations in color create unexpected shifts of emphasis on certain aspects of the image, thus radically changing the emotional character of the band members’ faces. On some covers the band members look peaceful, while on other covers they look intense or even angry. Licher’s treatment of the photograph with his conceptual approach to the No Aggro LP edition transmuted the image of the band in a fashion reminiscent of the work of Andy Warhol, yet also playfully experimented with the conceptual process of full-color printing.
The vinyl edition of The Ophelias’ Bare Bodkin arrives on 29th September!
Another day at the office: Caitlin printing outer poly bags for the forthcoming vinyl edition of The Ophelias’ Bare Bodkin on the Chandler & Price platen press.
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