Black Time Release Double Negative

This is Black Time's third, yep third LP and their second on In The Red. X~R~V had the pleasure of working on the jacket with lots of input and prodding from the enigmatic Lemmy Caution.

I wouldn't necessarily call Double Negative an out and out concept album, but there is a lunar theme that seems to run through this. I've had the pleasure of immersing myself in this LP and I can state that this effort is by far thee best yet! There are moments of lucidity on the LP, this is then shattered by a caterwaul clank of a jarred lunar rhythm.

Late 60's/early 70's electronica sleeves were an inspiration in the creation of this design, especially groups such as White Noise and Silver Apples, heavy use of photocopiers and the Life Science book Man And Space also proved invaluable. Fonts were chosen and rejected. The 'star' background behind the moon was created by rolling ink onto acetate, then back lighting it and photographing it in a black box.

The back had to work in stark contrast to the calmness of the front. There is a ton of bumph, info and ramblings shoehorned onto the back, much in the vein of a lot of 60's LP's, that means you Loog Oldham!

From the left over bits of photocopied spacemen etc, I created the promo poster shown above.

The sleeve is two colour offset litho, print black and silver.
(Poster Artwork © X~Ray Vision. No reproduction without prior consent)