The briefing was very simple: »We like red and black and heavy metal typography.« . The rest just came from listening to the record and trying to find the right images to support the music. I chose the photos that I had taken on my trip to New York as the main ingredients. I scribbled out all the song titles while listening to the songs. The front and back cover were literally made off-hand: illustrated letters and shapes. Then I decided to make an extra cover for every song by combining my illustrations with the black and white photographs.

»PUBLIC TRANSPORT originally entitled Black and Bruised: The Mixtape For Suicidal Lovers. Public Transport is deep blue on the sound spectrum. Like the previous The Tape vs RQM efforts it remains a subtle genre bender. The compositions swim fluidly between acoustic and electronic, between Hip Hop, Neo-Folk and the endless shades of Rock. A whole universe of IDM stutters, clicks, glitches and rewinds forms the space for heart-broken confessions of featured vocalists. Back on vocal duty alongside RQM are the familiar voices of Malte Beckenbach and Sasha Perera of Jahcoozi, as well as new voices:f Elle P and Ira. The emotional depth and the honesty of this record is a rare occurrence in music these days.«

Client: THE TAPE VS. RQM, Berlin – Germany. Task: CD cover design for PUBLC TRANSPORT LP, concept development, art direction, photography, layout & illustration. Technique: Offset, digital Year: 2007