DICE - Jam Session 2011-2013 「album design」

DICE - Jam Session 2011-2013

The name ‘Dice’ itself was originally a whim, like the music of the band, it carries a ‘sense of randomness’ and ‘uncertainty’. The essence of ‘uncertainty’ runs through naming, style to the band itself. We extended this concept onto tape envelop design. Cutting posters into 60 copies with the same album information hot stamping on each, in this way, each copy stands as an individual yet at the same time forming an integrated system. The whole process of expecting the tape delivery is like rolling a dice, one can’t predict the result, yet not separated from the whole system. We didn’t even print labels of side a/b on the type, but an audio notice at the beginning of the playback, as to also reflect the spirit of ‘uncertainty’.

我们知道，dice这个名字原本是一时兴起的一个主意，而这个名字本身与乐队的音乐一样，拥有着一种“随机感”和“不确定性”，从命名到风格再到乐队本身，这种“不确定性”一直贯穿始终。 所以这次我们也将这种“不确定性”延续到了磁带的封套设计上。我们将海报切割成60份，在每份上烫印相同的专辑信息，这样60份发行是60份不同的独立个体，但同时又是一个完整的系统，等待包裹拿到磁带的整个过程就像一次掷骰子，你不能预估最终的结果，但又不会脱离整个系统。甚至于，我们没有在磁带上印制A面B面的标识，而是在播放开始时放入了声音提示，这也是为了贯彻这种不确定性。