Part of our "Run for Cover-Series"
Run for Cover No. 1 | Phlow Magazine launches a new series dedicated to the art of Netaudio: "Run for Cover". In bulk sequence, wonderful artworks will be presented and discussed. Number one is the disturbing and beautiful cover for GoGooo's "La Forét aux Petites Filles" EP from 2006.
GoGooo is Gabriel Hernandez, a shy Frenchman from the city of Grenoble. Talking about music, he is well-known for his releases at EKO, Zymogen and his own Netlabel Rain Music. Furthermore, "commercial" releases at Baskaru and mOAR are on the list. Due to his musical activities, Hernandez creates impressionist comics and comic-influenced paintings. Together with his brother Nicolas, they publish a nice photocopy magazine of underground comics and scribble art called JETS.
The Artwork of "La Forét aux Petites Filles" for the Mexican Ambient Netlabel Mandorla is created be Gabriel Hernandez himself. The simple b/w drawing shows an unnatural long-haired girl, crouched in the midst of the picture. Like water, her massive black hair flows to the lower right. Hair and water are common elements in Japanese horror, and this figure is probably influenced by certain Yūrei-images. In contrast to the unsettling presence of the girl, a light rose bubble surrounds the name of artist and album, displayed in comic-style letters.
Despite the obvious aesthetic reasons, this discrepancy is the most notable thing about Hernandez' drawing. Unerring in choice of color and composition (note how the bubble resembles the silhouette of the ghost-girl), Gabriel Hernandez manages to leave the spectator in awe and creeps at the same time. Finally, GoGooo's rich textured Ambient music creates a very similar feel and is the perfect content for this outstanding Netaudio artwork herein.
This article was written on 13.March 2008 by Bettina Rhymes.
Bettina Rhymes is the journalist alter ego of Sven Swift. Swift runs the established CDr- and Netlabel 12rec.net and acts as a Netaudio DJ every now and then. Next to his job at Phlow Mag, he writes reviews about free music at RUBored.org. Read more articles written by Bettina Rhymes.
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[...] Run for Cover No. 1 | Phlow Magazine launches a new series dedicated to the art of Netaudio: “Run for Cover”. In bulk sequence, wonderful artworks will be presented and discussed. Number one is the disturbing and beautiful cover for GoGooo’s “La Forét aux Petites Filles” EP from 2006. [more..] [...]
13. Mar 2008 at 8:06 am
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good idea!
13. Mar 2008 at 9:57 am
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this is really a sick cover. at first sight i saw a head upside down. than i read your article and discovered the girl. strange thing. really disturbing and somehow ugly stuff. but it's art, i agree.
13. Mar 2008 at 2:33 pm
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Made with pencil and computer it seems to me.
13. Mar 2008 at 3:52 pm
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ugly, phew! at least it made you post ;)
13. Mar 2008 at 5:17 pm
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Reminds me of "The Ring" film series.
13. Mar 2008 at 6:21 pm
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[...] stands musically between GoGooo’s releases at Mandorla (the epic drones of “La Forét aux Petites Filles“) and his stripped experimental research at “Nuages” (for the bygone EKO [...]
1. May 2008 at 8:56 am
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