The cover of this album features a pixelated photograph of the artist’s older brother of the same name who died at a young age. The uneasy concept of the album artwork is very much representative of the artist and this particular record. As well as this the digitalised effect on the photograph is an obvious choice of aesthetic considering the electronic genre of the artist. Another possible reason for the pixels could be the technology at the time of production. With digital imaging still far behind the quality of conventional film, Clayton and James could simply have chosen to blow up the digital image past the point of clarity to exaggerate the electronic theme of the artwork.
The reverse of the record contains the track listing. Again in the same theme mentioned, the use of keys to spell song titles fits in perfectly with the record design. I have always liked the way the type is set up and the fact that the sizing and layout of the lettering changes to accommodate the size of the record cover. Apart from being a brilliant collection of music I would definitely say that the design element on this E.P. has made it much more of a cult object.
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