sundiver “vicious” ep
2012
sundiver is a rock band comprised of celestial soundscapes, science fiction story telling and hard driving guitar riffs. the initial concept to depict their music informationally in a kind of science-like info graphic yielded a participatory process with the bass player designing diagrams for each song on the album. i digitized those and created the final image with the help of ben hlavacek providing the photograph.
the initial 2012 release was digital-only. a physical cd version was released in 2015, necessitating the creation of disc art, back cover, etc.
front cover
inside cover [click to enlarge]
back cover and spines [click to enlarge]
disc [click to enlarge]
song diagram drawn by bassist bobby bayer. timecode runs bottom-up on the left side. dots show shifts in playing patterns, stops, and starts for each instrument. converging lines indicate instruments doing similar things. diverging lines denote musical differences.