Clark - Iradelphic material visualised by Julian House and The Vikings

Link: Julian House
Link: Ghost Box
Link: Clark
Link: Warp
Link: The Vikings

The latest long-player from Clark was released by Warp this week - complete with artwork from Julian House.

Part of the Intro partnership (where he has created sleeves for the likes of Can, Primal Scream and Oasis), House has additionally been busy with his own Ghost Box label. The imagery for the Iradelphic album appears to touch on the hazy memories triggered by his more recent projects and some of that crackled nostalgia recounts elements found embedded in the words and pictures of The Focus Group and Belbury Poly. The irregular 'Clark' text additionally appears to be related to the type he applied to Broadcast's The Noise Made By People.

With a rather different aesthetic, a film featuring Clark's melancholic 'Black Stone' was additionally released today with direction by The Vikings.

Broadcast artwork

Link: Broadcast
Link: Ghost Box Records

The pairing-up of Broadcast with Intro designer Julian House produced some startlingly original artwork. Rather than just being part of some 'job' that shifted from pitch to Mac to invoice, there was a sense that House was completely immersed in Broadcast's output right from the issuing of 2000's The Noise Made By People release. Yet there was evidence of a mutual admiration that manifested via further collaborations. Such as when the Warp act performed an improvised soundtrack to a short film made by the designer and, of course, those subsequent sleeves.

The relationship was further cemented when House launched the Ghost Box label: a lovingly crafted outlet that has followed a similarly haunted approach to Broadcast's own music; where experimentalism has met the kind of lost sounds more usually found on dusty old library records. In fact, following the passing of Broadcast's Trish Keenan yesterday, Ghost Box stated that the band was its "central and primary influence". What's left now is a legacy of beautiful audio/visual work that should continue to inspire for years to come.