Psychedelic Superbeast 67 Posted February 9 Deviant Electronics - Brainwashing is Childs play ( The print on the CD is insane...it makes me agressive every time i see it) Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom (wtf is that??? PS1 screenshot?) Infected Mushroom - BP Empire (its Ok but the music on it is too Awesome for that picture. One of my favorite albums ever) Four Carry Nuts - Mechanical Age Asia 2001 (basically all of his 100 Album covers are looking strange) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kokanje 3 Posted February 9 Any cover that is just a fractal that is mirrored to make it symmetric. That was okay up until around 2005, but it looks so utterly lazy these days. It's a generic cover and my brain associates it with generic music before I even hear the first track. Producers spend so much time perfecting their tracks - is it asking so much to spend more than an hour on the cover? Maybe we should have a companion thread to this to discuss amazing cover art! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ma05683 37 Posted February 17 DJ Ari*, Alien Project – Cosmic Communication Various – Limitlessness 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psychedelic Superbeast 67 Posted February 17 43 minutes ago, technosomy said: all lol...ok thats intense! I "love" the colors and Font variation here... Microsoft Paint on his limits xD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psychedelic Superbeast 67 Posted February 17 7 hours ago, technosomy said: Thats a 100% Proof that Psytrance invented Dark Souls... but yeah...you got the point Technosomy xD. I hope that you will post some more of these tresures...but the first one is sick. It makes me angry! What do you think about that cutie? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
astralprojection 345 Posted February 17 One of my "favorite" covers :p 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
recursion loop 495 Posted February 17 One of the worst covers ever. Really, WTF? Great music tho 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psychedelic Superbeast 67 Posted February 17 Sorry Cronomi... xD oh sh*t i forgot the Topic....GOOD Albums with cheesy Covers. The second and third one arent Good but look stupid and not even Psy related! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BogzBinny 48 Posted February 18 The 2nd one would be great if there wasn't some oiled up dude on the alien camel 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
astralprojection 345 Posted February 18 that asia2001 cover was really funny. looks like someone with no computer graphics experience at all had a deadline; panicked, and desperately tought himeself how to do it via Altavista in 2 hours; then used the last 2 hours of the deadline to actually produce it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
technosomy 255 Posted February 19 On 2/18/2020 at 1:40 AM, Psychedelic Superbeast said: Thats a 100% Proof that Psytrance invented Dark Souls... but yeah...you got the point Technosomy xD. I hope that you will post some more of these tresures...but the first one is sick. It makes me angry! What do you think about that cutie? i own it great album but yeah worst cover ever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
technosomy 255 Posted February 19 On 2/18/2020 at 2:08 AM, astralprojection said: One of my "favorite" covers :p but said music had to be good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
technosomy 255 Posted February 19 18 hours ago, astralprojection said: that asia2001 cover was really funny. looks like someone with no computer graphics experience at all had a deadline; panicked, and desperately tought himeself how to do it via Altavista in 2 hours; then used the last 2 hours of the deadline to actually produce it have actually always liked that cover but back in 1996 it looked pretty cool in fact if some of you lot commenting wern't activley listening to goa back in the 90's you prob shouldn't judge, technology was alot different back then and remember goa was very underground Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
astralprojection 345 Posted February 19 3 hours ago, technosomy said: have actually always liked that cover but back in 1996 it looked pretty cool in fact if some of you lot commenting wern't activley listening to goa back in the 90's you prob shouldn't judge, technology was alot different back then and remember goa was very underground You almost sound insulted lol And for reference, im 37 and bought the first goa cd in 95, am I allowed to comment sir? And it wasn't really underground where I come from (Malmö) in fact it was pretty much mainstream from 96 and onward, until about 2001-2003 when it died out in favor for progressive psy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Veracohr 109 Posted February 19 Most of them, in my opinion. Old and new both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acid-brain 120 Posted February 23 I think the Asia 2001 cover is great, even today! It stands out with the pink blue yellow and has some fractals and Om stuff. Whats not to like? On the other hand, I'm with technosomy: what is up with Miranda - Phenomena cover? Originally I was going to say that it's just nothing.. but the more I look at it, the more I see; like a Rorschach. Strangely all I can see now is the inside of blood-soaked tent and I'm trying hard not to disappear down a Lake Bodom rabbithole... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstralSphinx 51 Posted February 23 Savage thread roflmao One thing to have in mind though, besides those covers that are simply lazy/poorly made. Some stuff was cutting edge back then, simply because 3D graphics was not very advanced at the time. You see this across different mediums. Not just in cover art for goa trance. Think about it, one common thing some of you mention is that some of the art is ps1 levels. Well ps1 was cutting edge, and had the very best 3D animators of its era working on the games. 3D-rendering in particular was and still is a very time consuming and CPU-intensive process. And the home computers at the time were not particulary strong. So in the best scenarios it was someone who worked at an advertising agency with access to the best stuff of the era who did the artwork. Same goes for the early rave flyers. So besides some of the more hideous looking stuff, I would say for example that Infected Mushroom-Classical Mushroom had a really impressive cover to me back then. And probably to a lot of other people as well. It was actually above average. And if you think about it, it’s not worse than for example the CGI used in the music video to Eiffel 65-Blue (Da Ba Dee). But yes it has not aged well, but looking through the prism of the era it’s forgiveable. It really went well with the theme of the album. The handdrawn style on The Gathering cover art has aged better due to handdrawn artwork beeing a more timeless technique. And yes I agree let’s make a sister thread for the best cover art, or dig up some old thread which fits the bill. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsotsi 138 Posted February 23 On 2/17/2020 at 5:30 PM, Psychedelic Superbeast said: This is Legit one of my favorites, have stared at it for at least a total of 45 minutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstralSphinx 51 Posted February 23 I don’t think this album is any good, but I did think it was once a long time ago. And since I guess it’s kinda well regarded within the Nitzho community, I guess it fits here. https://www.discogs.com/Luminus-Journey-Into-Your-Dream/release/230242 I mean look at those long finger nails, whats up? A big witch came out of space and abducted what looks like a bad cgi? Band? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
