ISO50 Vs. Bjork

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Stereogum asked me to design a cover for their latest tribute compilation. Entitled Enjoyed: A Tribute to Bjork’s Post, the collection features covers by the likes of Dirty Projectors, Xiu Xiu, and Atlas Sound to name a few. You may remember the post about Drive XV, the REM tribute, this is the follow up to that release.

In the spirit of the tribute album, they asked that I base my cover off the original. I really enjoy this sort of work as it’s a lot of fun to approach an existing composition and try to see it from another perspective.

Below is a taste of what’s in store. Check it out then download the full album for free from Stereogum!

Dirty Projectors – Hyperballad

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26 Comments

  1. Dang! that is really super Scott!

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  3. PT says:

    Stunning work Scotty.
    Nice cover also, Bjork’s songs are fun to play with.

  4. Guto says:

    Welldone!
    I just didn´t understand why there´s not a Tycho Tune in the compilation.

  5. Totally off topic here:

    The documentary about your workshop in Stockholm is now on YouTube:

    Part one:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZWhfA2ZPis

    Part two:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxvV2ceuPR8

    I know, there’s a lot of traveling in there and not so much of the actual workshop, but I guess it would be interesting for some people to hear about Scott’s workshop in Stockholm from this perspective 🙂

    Enjoy 🙂

    Oh, just some quick viewing tips:

    Part one (04:07) – A beautiful view of the wing of the plane bathed in red light from the rising sun, as we land in Arlanda, Sweden. Music: Tycho – A Circular Reeducation [feat. Jianda].

    Part one (05:40) – Psychedelic sequence as we walk through halls of colored glass at Arlanda Airport. Music: Boards Of Canada – Ready Lets Go.

    Part two (00:41) – Footage from the workshop. Music: Tycho – Red Bridge.

    Part two (05:11) – Takeoff. Music: Tycho – Dream As A Memory.

  6. Very pretty, nice use of color, aligns pretty well with Bjork’s style of music too I think. I also like the titling, it’s unobtrusive and is logical in terms of placement.

    Nice vid btw Joaquim!

  7. greg says:

    Nice work!

  8. That’s some serious texture going on here! Nice.

    On the face to the right, it almost looks as if her mouth has been torn open. Yikes 😮 That’s her evil side I guess. But it fits well with her other to faces. Then one to the left, although kind of hidden, could be a representation of her good side. In between these two faces, we find the “completed” Björk. A combination of the before mentioned faces: wild and untameable yet subtle and sensitive in her voice. Gotta love this cover!
    And thanks for watching the vid Alex 🙂 Glad you like it.

  9. tt says:

    ahhh great to see some new work! I’m always surprised when I see something new, you really work your creativity well, Scott. also, I loved the video, Joaquim! Thanks for taking the time to put it together, its a fun watch :p

  10. Jason says:

    You should look into to the following. We have a lot in common when it comes to music:

    Built to Spill – Perfect From Now On/You in Reverse
    Kings of Leon – Because Of The Times
    Metric – Live It Out
    Pavement – Wowee Zowee

  11. Anonymous says:

    dude congrats!
    that’s awesome.

  12. Rae Davis says:

    dude congrats!
    that’s awesome.

  13. Justin Meyers says:

    Pretty slick.

  14. Phil says:

    Album art is amazing.
    Probably my favorite of your work so far :).

    (Which means you keep getting better and better.)

  15. A-ha! I saw that yesterday and I thought it looked familiar. (: Great job, as usual.

  16. Andy W. says:

    Exceptional.

  17. NAVIS says:

    I’d love to know how to create your stained edge effect. It’s so natural. I can do it on canvas with my airbrush but haven’t a clue how to do it via photoshop. Perhaps I’ll invest some cash into a workshop if you ever do one in the LA area.

  18. The new cover was better than the original. Cool work…

  19. Renzo says:

    Great!!!!
    Album cover is awesome, a masterpiece.
    Bjork + ISO50… I’m so impatient to see if we’ll ever see something like “Bjork+Tycho” as a remix or even better on stage… she’s been working with people like mathmos so it’s not such a big leap…
    As venue I suggest the Arena in Verona (it) Bjork seems to love playing there…. by the way it’s a roman amphitheatre that’s where the name comes from.

  20. Bauldoff says:

    Ha! I saw the cover the day Stereogum released the tribute album and thought “how Hansenesque…” sure enough…

    Wonderful.

  21. Ryan says:

    you do good work…your style always impresses.

  22. yaronimus says:

    beautiful art, scott!
    i agree with RENZO.

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