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Accélération

Record Sleeve
1987-1988 (published)
Artist/Maker
ECM Records (publisher)
Rehm, Dieter (designer)
Rehm, Dieter (photographer)
Place of origin
Germany (published)

Cover sleeve for a 12-inch long-play recording of Accélération by Hans Koch, Martin Schütz and Marco Käppeli, for ECM Records. Lettered with titles, credits and 'COVER PHOTO AND DESIGNS : DIETER REHM'.


Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleAccélération
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithography
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Cover sleeve for a 12-inch long-play recording of 'Accélération' by Hans Koch, Martin Schütz and Marco Käppeli, for ECM Records. Colour offset lithograph print. Photography and design by Dieter Rehm. ECM Records, Germany. 1987-88.
Physical description
Cover sleeve for a 12-inch long-play recording of Accélération by Hans Koch, Martin Schütz and Marco Käppeli, for ECM Records. Lettered with titles, credits and 'COVER PHOTO AND DESIGNS : DIETER REHM'.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 12in
  • Approx width: 12in
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with titles, credits and 'COVER PHOTO AND DESIGNS : DIETER REHM'.
Credit line
Given by Manfred Eicher / ECM Records
Historical context
Recordings by European 'chamber jazz' musicians on Manfred Eicher's ECM label were packaged in sleeves that consistently summed-up the rarified, controlled expressionism of their music. This was most often accomplished with photographs of the natural environment which were approximate visual equivalents of the acoustic, meditative sounds within. New Age sleeve design has been much influenced by ECM's approach which in turn ultimately owes something to the photographs of Pete Turner for Creed, the CTI jazz label.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
  • Lamacraft, J. ECM's Sleeves. Direction. May 1991. p.26-27 (illus.)
Other number
ECM 1357 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1635-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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