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January 2012Buy
The Music Issue
Sleeve design, interactive videos, special edition packaging, festival graphics and more
Feature
Special editionAs HMV moves away from selling physical music releases in favour of tech gadgetry, smaller independent shops and canny labels are keeping the physical product alive and kicking
Feature
Click me, swipe me, love meMusicians and record labels are slowly waking up to the huge potential of interactive websites and apps to help promote music
Feature
Less mud, more artContemporary music festivals have ditched the tie-dye in favour of strong visual identities and collaborations with a host of great artists and designers
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CR presents: your labels of choiceThe majors may be abandoning great graphic design, but independent labels around the world are commissioning sleeve art every bit as idiosyncratic as the music they release. We asked our Twitter followers to nominate their favourites, our pick of which are featured here. In addition, each label has chosen a song for our CR soundtrack: listen while reading
Contents
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January Grid - Hi-Res
Dorothy's Song Map - Feature
Pedal power - Feature
Plectra selecta - Feature
CR presents: your labels of choice - Feature
Click me, swipe me, love me - Feature
Special edition - Feature
Less mud, more art - Crit
When it sounds alike, it often looks alike - Crit
Press play: the future of music magazines - Crit
Loud, vibrant and hep: sleeve art, Jamaican style - Crit
A great symbol for a great cymbal - Crit
Your song? It's just a jingle in waiting
