Drum and Bass Cover Analysis

I have been looking at several Drum and Bass CD and Vinyl sleeves and from what i can see the conventions of the genre seem to include quite abstract images that don't relate to a singular concept or subject. But some images might relate to the album title with another message behind it or an included image relating to a completely different subject like the Pendulum album "Immersion" which features two nude people a male and female under the water moving together with more people around them reaching out to them from the coral. The title "Immersion" could relate to the people all being immersed/submerged in the water.


Another convention of the Drum and Bass CD cover is that they are usually abstract images, which relates to the randomization of the beats created in the album. They can also relate to the way the music is best heard which is through multiple sound systems and stereos as the genre itself has a lot to do with the way the sound is melded with the bass allowing the listener to feel the music as well as hear it. The abstractness of the Drum and Bass cover also allows long-time listeners to recognise what they are looking for when they are shopping around giving the genre a kind of exclusivity and a more personal connection when fans buy their CD's.

On the other hand some CD sleeves can be quite simplistic and unconventional of the genre which would relate more to the artists connection with the fans as only they would recognize the CD cover. Our CD cover is most likely going to be either a picture or something abstract to stick to the conventions of the genre, which would take a while to create.






These covers have influenced me because they show that the Drum and Bass album covers are very abstract and don't really have a set structure to them and could be about anything. Due to the genre's focus on the music that is what the covers relate to as the second one is evidence for showing a lot of stereos which are used for enhancing a musical experience. The first and third album covers however are very abstract and don't really relate to the anything except maybe the title of the album.