Cartography, land surveying and the general geography nerd aesthetic in 80s record art

maybe also negativland

(back cover of Escape From Noise)

https://i.discogs.com/z6SKgZv9ZJzLs6b0J2IKihmNd4zEeRmgKtm9HA3W9ig/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc5MTcz/LTEzMzM4NjE4MjQu/anBlZw.jpeg

Fragile disqualified due to lack of 80's release date

Inner sleeve of Tormato (1978 though) a better fit anyway.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0287/0434/2095/products/1329918-435507456204b771dc2dc6204b771dc2dd16444762736204b771dc2e1.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/KEbVXN-pKzfZfy29IpuqplQvBQUWjz4VzmXbMG2g3AU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:544/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk3MTg0/MzEtMTQ4NTI3NTI3/My0yNjQ0LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/2jTDH-e9zw5NSF_hXTxDZ_W72MX6y_x6HfLg0ScIHs4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:553/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk3MTg0/MzEtMTQ4NTI3NTI4/Mi02MDU5LmpwZWc.jpeg

ooh yes that 1978 Yes sleeve is it, they always adapted well

Pink Floyd 1987 tour merch got into this

https://tshirtslayer.com/files-tshirt/styles/shirtview/public/user-1211/PinkFloyd_Tour87_M_01.JPG

https://i.discogs.com/999SjD9LvQFh-nU6a5MWWjoV7xmmRP_Pwh0ZDgBY-lo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:584/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExNTE2/MzQtMTU5NTIwNjc0/OC0xOTA2LmpwZWc.jpeg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jJ54vcqlzsc/VOb2TosikcI/AAAAAAAAJFU/qAbxBY4yOJY/s1600/COVER%2BBACK.jpg

https://images.45worlds.com/f/ab/various-artists-fix-planet-3-ab.jpg

Fix Planet!, an international (so yeah) compilation on German electronic experimentalists Der Plan’s Ata Tak label, released in 1981

Thanks for your posts late great, I think you're definitely on to something there. What is October?

― o shit the sheriff (NickB)

the big art theory journal of the day

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_(journal)

thanks! pretty sure the likes of peter saville and neville brody wouldve been keeping up with that stuff, so that makes a good deal of sense.

brody did the cabaret voltaire 'crackdown' sleeve in the first post, but he also did this one in 1979 which seems relevant:

https://i.ibb.co/YBm63c9/brody1.jpg

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Danzindan%E2%80%8B-%E2%80%8BPojidon-Inoyamaland-vinyl.jpg

^ that's a Hosono record from 1983, Inoyama Land – Danzindan-Pojidon

http://i.discogs.com/QhUSJbc10y5_Ize7DUE6bmpg4_CD5OvzktTH4lh-C4g/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMjY4/NTUtMTE5NDE5Nzc4/Ny5qcGVn.jpeg

Colin Newman, "A-Z"

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0238/8053/products/COLIN_NEWMAN_A-Z.jpg

My favorite album from 1999 was

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61ND3bWEd5L.jpg

Cool thread!

I want to claim, without even close to enough thought about it, that it has something to do with the popularity of Foucault (particularly *The Order of Things*) and, particularly, Deleuze & Guattari - *Anti-Oedipus* and especially *A Thousand Plateaus*.

More title than cover art, but I feel like "Demolition Plot J-7" belongs in this thread somewhere? https://www.dragcity.com/uploads/products/284/images/258/large_DC2.jpg

?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu-O-qYYNvM

http://i.discogs.com/M2ADlmPP3MELMJyIn8QzYtI2h9-NtVUYHInP47dvO_U/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzMzQ4/My0xMzc5MTgzNDAw/LTk3NzQuanBlZw.jpeg

https://www.harmonies.com/releases/cover/14018.jpg