The Marble Grape | LP Cover Design

"Without music, life would be a mistake"

so Nietzsche described the importance of music in our journey on planet Earth, and I do totally agree with his quote. I do listen to a lot of music, to every available genre, at times light years different one from the other: all jazz variations, brit-pop, Italian songwriters, French songwriters, rock, hard rock, metal variations, goth, instrumental, electronic and many others.

Over the last years, I discover a genre that influenced my personal and professional daily routine because of its unique sound, it went from an underground niche to a worldwide phenomenon, also it has been largely implemented in the advertisement as well: synth-wave music. Sadly I can't discuss here the roots of synth-wave therefore I just strongly suggest you to give it a try.

There are many talented synth-wave musicians out there, not all of them have the success they deserve, they don't have a manager and mostly their works are recorded in a small amount from independent record label...perhaps that could be the reason why they can explore freely the boundaries of their compositions in a way that hardly can become mainstream:

Marble ( the marble grapes) is one of them.

Marble is a she, a visionary polinstrumentalist: for the design concept of her first LP she calls out a competition among her listener, there was no typical prize, just a LP copy from a limited printed amount: needless to admit that it has to be mine.

I believed an hand-draw portrait was a must so I started the draw of her with the intention of reaching visually something like a sparkle but, also obscure and fragile at the same time. The second phase included arranging the draw in photoshop, and the LP's layout via InDesign.

The final output is the one you are visioning now, which still on road.

Enjoy, I hope this helps you find a little daily inspiration.