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Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by RKM » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:22 pm

who's got the best 12" art, and whose is fucking shit

i loove skull disco, dmz and tempa too

gotta give shouts to road as well, love their design

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and the always underrated berkane sol

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is it surprising to anyone else that the artwork for most of the good tunes is usually good

disfigured dubz sticks out to me for having crap artwork on their releases
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by Harkat » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:30 pm

the very obvious answer for best is Skull Disco so I wont even mention that further

tempa is slick as hell too

keysound is very nice too
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by CreamLord » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:55 pm

Wheel n deal usually have pretty jokes/decent artwork
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Deep medis EPs and albums are usually pretty nice
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+1 on Tempa and Skull Disco
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by jrkhnds » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:08 pm

Tempa is the most obvious choice. I think there's a thread somewhere dedicated to the best Tempa artwork.
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by mason666 » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:18 pm

worst is that one of benga sitting on a throne lol
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by baddis98 » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:21 pm

obvious choice for ugliest: Tes La Rok - Them

i think the artwork for KM - One Of Us LP is absolute peng.
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by RKM » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:30 pm

holy shit that tes la rok one is bad

(i have a feeling i started that tempa labels thread :corntard: been working too hard lately haah)

i really like the earwax labels, really simple and effective
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by DrGatineau » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:43 am

innamind's artwork is pretty sick

personally wheel & deal is the only one that sticks out as being not so good to me. that may just be my personal taste though. although disfigured dubz is not great either after a quick browse. most others that don't have good artwork (tempa, skull disco) are usually just themed fonts/basic designs which is perfectly fine for me (DMZ, System, Punch Drunk, Lion Charge, etc)

wild card goes to medi - love the faces theme
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by sixs » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:41 pm

however 'iconic' the dmzs are, grunge fonts are shit
taters on that as we jack it

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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by RKM » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:46 pm

i really like em, maybe that's just cos i have associations with kinda obsessing over those records anyway

i thought the bootleg 7 looked sick

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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by wilson » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:58 pm

Love the Feel It EP cover. This one also.

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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by leyenda » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:15 pm

baddis98 wrote:obvious choice for ugliest: Tes La Rok - Them
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by Harkat » Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:15 pm

RKM wrote:i really like em, maybe that's just cos i have associations with kinda obsessing over those records anyway

i thought the bootleg 7 looked sick

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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by jrkhnds » Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:52 pm

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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by CreamLord » Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:00 pm

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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by Riddles » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:54 am

nahhhhhhhhhhhh :corncry: :corncry: :cornlol:
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by Shum » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:51 am

zeke clough continues working his magic for shackletons' woe to the septic heart! label
tube10 recordings had nice label design and pretty coloured vinyl
the punch drunk swirly label text is iconic
quite like the screenprinted bandulu artwork
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by RKM » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:58 am

i really like the punch drunk design

but gotta say when you're holding the plate it does look baare cheap

but i'd rather have a label that puts out great music on cheap looking labels and actually represses for demand than an expensive first run silk screen

the bandulus do look really cool, particularly

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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by RKM » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:59 am

vaguely ln topic who here rates full sleeves, i honestly prefer plain cardboard/paper with a nice centre label than ones like the first press fuck mountain

i just end up using the paper ones and find the cardboard outers lying about
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Re: Best/worst dubstep artwork

Post by ultraspatial » Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:27 am

surprised noone mentioned hyperdub and 3024. their artwork is usually on point. tectonic has some nice ones too.
not exactly dubstep but i really liked the artwork/labels for dnuos ytivil and that last asusu one.
planet mu had some sick ones over the years.

apple pips manages to pull off the simple logo thing, but it's designed by give up art, the same guys who do tempa shit.

that tes la rok is not that bad, at least not compared to most disfigured dubz and wheel & deal. i think innamind's a bit shit as well.

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