Michael Hansen designed a minimalist album cover for the classical composer Allan Gravgaard Madsen. What makes the packaging especially unique is that one side of the vinyl has a “Crystal Tapestry” pattern which correlates to the front of the album. On the other side of the record, concentric dots give the illusion of a wave. “My idea was to translate Allan’s sensorial music into a visual experience with elements of sensuality. The album is separated on the records two sides. There is not an A- or B-side. Each has its own front page; Waves is a visualisation of the music performed by nine trumpets in a line. I made it as simple as possible with nine circles on a line. Crystal Tapestry is a pattern of crystals that has no front or back end, it refers to a crystal that merge into it self. Inside I made a visualisation that combines the two sides, a crystalized wave. On the record i created patterns that gives the design a visual sensuality. I made an analog animation with a 50 Hz strobe lamp and made it interact with the music.” —Michael Hansen
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