Trevino - 'Tactical Manoeuvre EP' by Jeroen Erosie

Link: Erosie
Link: 3024
Link: Marcus Intalex/Trevino

The latest on Martyn and Erosie's 3024 label features another wonderful sleeve from the latter. Trevino's new EP actually boasts an aesthetic that is both a continuation of earlier releases on the label (with its glimpses of Jacques Greene's 'Ready EP') and also a break from earlier imagery (with that more angular composition).

Trevino, by the way, is Manchester-based producer/DJ Marcus Intalex: a man better known for his drum & bass exploits who employs this alter ego for his techno-oriented output. Assumedly then delivering the kind of recordings that require a sharp-edged visualization.

 

Jeroen Erosie interview at Dummy

Link: Jeroen Erosie interview

“Doing the artwork for a wide range of producers is a nice way of looking for this Gesamtkunstwerk approach. In the end, all of this is concentrated on this plastic disc with a piece of cardboard around it."

JJ DOOM logo by Steve Powers

Link: Lex Records
Link: Steve Powers


Man behind the metal mask DOOM (né MF DOOM) has teamed up with, rapper, Jneiro Janel a new project titled JJ DOOM. The pair's hip hop collaboration culminates in, album, Key to the Kuffs that comes on Lex Records in May. [A taster may be found on 21st February when the twosome DJ together for a Boiler Room session.]

Meantime there's a logo created by Steve Powers: a renowned artist that first gained attention for his graffiti in Philadelphia under the ESPO pseudonym. Previously he also provided the artwork for Tommy Guerrero's Soul Food Taqueria long-player that was issued by Mo Wax back in 2003.

The Fool's Gold Artist Series presents Haze

Link: Haze
Link: Fool's Gold

The third event in the Dust La Rock curated Fool's Gold Artist Series boasts Eric Haze.

Responsible for the iconic logos used by Public Enemy, Stussy, EPMD, LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys, Haze now brings new imagery including limited edition t-shirts and prints to the Fool's Gold label's store at 536 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It all happens 27th January.

The Vinyl Factory by Tom Darracott

Link: Tom Darracott
Link: The Vinyl Factory

Tom Darracott received a lot of attention for the design/illustration work put together for, London club, Fabric. He also devised the art direction for Mark Ronson's Version album and its successful campaign. Plus there's also the identity work for the Vinyl Factory that is featured below [a company, by the way, whose own lovingly crafted output has already appeared in this blog quite a few times).

Hip Hop logos by Eric Haze

Link: Eric Haze

Some seminal hip hop iconography here courtesy of Eric Haze: a NYC graffiti artist whose work also includes marques for LL Cool J and Stussy plus the tidying-up of Chuck D's original Tippex and Xerox-made Public Enemy logo.