CD Analysis 3 Pendulum in Silico
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In Silico byPendulumTextual analysis of album 3
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In Siliclo by Pendulum
Released 2008
In terms ofTypography analysis, the
font of this album front cover is similar
to that of, I would say,AIRIAL
ROUNDED MT BOLD. Broadly
defined, the font is highly conventionalto the drum & bass genre as it appears
to be very sturdy, very strong standing
and sharp edged. It is a font that could
connote to masculinity, conventional to
a genre consisting of hard men, hard
sounds, hard raves. Also, the albums
artist Pendulum is of a slightly
thicker and bolder font, this is
conventional to the genre as mentioned
before in the other 2 CD analysis's to
have the artists name larger than the
title of the album.Clearly, it is the image that is far more
prominent than the writing on top of
the circular image. The font stands out
due to its colour, white, over a black
and blue background, however it is of a
highly small font size in comparison to
the image. This is layout analysis, the
image is the focal point of the album
cover, which is very conventional to a
genre where artwork is of the upmost
importance. The image fills around 3
quarters of the entire pane, and
therefore our eyes cannot escape from
it, it is almost forced upon us.
Theprimary image is of, at first glance, a circle that is lit with neon lights, and the
background image just looks to be some sort of design. This is what makes this image so
beautiful and interesting, it is of a fluorescent circle that represents an women's Egg, we can
see the growing child in the center. The background design is of hundreds of sperm cells
making their way to fertilize the egg. An image such as this is very conventional to the drum
and bass genre because it is an image somewhat unrelated to the artist, yet one symbolic and
holding multiple meanings. We will not ever really understand why the artist chose and image
like this to represent them; assumptions can be made, notion of life, music and life, music's
effect on life, nature perhaps, but we will never really comprehend the message fully. That swhat makes drum & bass albums so unique. Front Cover
Colour scheme: I
would describe this as
being a neon colour
scheme. The image
consists of a great deal
of primary colours. The
colours are all bright,
fluorescent, and shine
right off the album. Ithighlights the symbolism
behind the image. A
colour scheme such as
this is very conventional
to the genre as colours
such as this are
associated with the
lightings at raves and the
objects carried by ravers.
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The CD is completely plane. It is a black
CD, no writing, no images, no typography. I
have questioned why they would choose to
use such a simplistic CD, and the only
assumption I can make is that because thiswhole theme of beginnings and taking
things back to their origins is presented in
the album front cover (sperm and the egg),
then perhaps they wanted to take album
designs back to their origins also. When
there was no digital technology to print an
image or writing onto a CD. If so, this is
very conventional to the genre in terms of
implementing originality into a digi pack
design.
Inside pane: Same image as on the front cover,
which is conventional to the genre.
This is the leaflet on the inside pane that folds open. The image that folds across
three separate slides is of an alien space craft hovering above the mountains. This
is an exceedingly conventional image to the drum & bass genre. Notions of outer
space, alien technology, the universe; it is all presented here. Furthermore, the
image has a watercolor finish to it. It looks like a painting; if so, then we
experience the conjunction of digital technology and hand drawn artwork overall
on the album. The illusion of this is very conventional to the drum & bass genre,
as many drum & bass albums look like they have hand drawn images on them.
Very dark image. The atmosphere created is quite sinister
as well as alluring. We also experience the juxtaposition of
colour schemes; dark colour scheme here that contrasts to
the shinning reds, greens and yellows of the album front
cover and image beside it. The notion of juxtapositions is
very conventional to the drum & bass genre.
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When both the album front and back cover are
placed next to each other we can see their
similarities and differences. Same font and colour
in the writing, but there are no bright colours on
the back pane. Perhaps it is for the reason of
juxtaposing the luminous activity that is life with
nothingness and plainness. Juxtapositions as
mentioned on the slide before are highly
conventional to the drum & bass genre.
Back cover: We can see that the colour
scheme from the front cover has not really
been carried forward to this pane. This is
interesting as most drum & bass albums have
a clear revolving theme, however perhaps
pendulum wanted to subvert from the pre-conceived notions of how a drum & bass
album should be to a certain extent.
If pendulum are trying to adhere to
something through the design of this back
cover, I believe they are paying homage to
the old drum & bass albums that were so
simplistic in design. Albums of the late 80s
and early 90s.
Barcode and institutional
information present.
Barcode in the top left
hand corner and
institutional information
in the conventional
position of at the
bottom. The layout also
posses the track listing in
the center of the back
pane. The names of the
songs are very clearly
written, white upon a
black background, wecannot miss them.