MUSIC PACKAGING
“Independent Project Press was born out of Bruce Licher’s vision of combining music and packaging in a cohesive, artful and economical whole... Using the almost extinct method of letterpress printing and such materials as chipboard and metallic ink, Licher conjures up the sense of the desert vernacular. Each piece is like a relic from a place far from the hustle and bustle of city life and from a time long before computers.
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-- Matt Woolman, excerpt from “Sonic Landscapes” chapter in his book Sonic Graphics, Seeing Sound
Tom Northcott - Sunny Goodge Street, The Warner Bros. Recordings (10 1/4" square CD folder package)
Rhino Handmade - letterpress edition of 3500 copies, 2011.
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Digital design by Bruce Licher, based on an original illustration by Bob Masse.
Record Labels we have worked with:
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THE NUMERO GROUP MERGE RECORDS NEW MACHINE RECORDINGS
R.E.M./ATHENS, L.L.C. ISLAND RECORDS BEGGARS BANQUET RECORDS
A&M RECORDS CAPITOL RECORDS WARNER BROS. RECORDS IN THE RED RECORDS
HOLLYWOOD RECORDS POLYGRAM MUSIC PUBLISHING V2 RECORDS
VIRGIN RECORDS RHINO RECORDS RYKODISC MCA RECORDS 4.A.D. RECORDS
J RECORDS TEEN BEAT RECORDS TOUCH & GO RECORDS
WORLD DOMINATION RECORDINGS ROUGH TRADE RECORDS
ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE MEDIA FIVE ENTERTAINMENT UNIVERSAL RECORDS
Recording Artists we have worked with:
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R.E.M. LIVE STEREOLAB SILVERSUN PICKUPS 100 FLOWERS MERCURY REV
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS / GRANT LEE BUFFALO CHUCK PROPHET GIANT SAND / HOWE GELB CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN CRACKER SAVAGE REPUBLIC SCENIC DAVID SYLVIAN POLVO NELS CLINE TRIO. FOR AGAINST MARK KOZELEK DARLINGSIDE
TISA ADAMSON SILVERTONE PICKUPS ALAN VEGA HUNTING LODGE HUNTING LODGE LANTERNA TOM NORTHCOTT HAROLD BUDD HANK WILLIAMS, JR. JOHN LEE HOOKER
Harold Budd - Fenceless Night (Discfolio CD package, style T2, with Digipak tray)
Polygram Music Publishing - offset litho edition of 4000 copies, 1999.
Digital design by Bruce Licher.
Neef - 23 (7" ep)
Independent Project Records IP012 - letterpress edition of 1000 copies, 1984.
Analog design by Bruce Licher.
v/a - Mai Pen Rai (custom Discfolio CD package with sliding cardboard tray)
4.A.D. Records - letterpress edition of 3250 copies, 1993.
Analog design by Bruce Licher, eight different color combinations printed on eight different colored card stocks.
special
cardboard packaging for Vinyl Records CD's & DVD's!
Polvo - Celebrate The New Dark Age (triple 7" ep)
Merge Records - letterpress edition of 2000 copies, 1994.
Analog design by Bruce Licher.
Half String - Tripped Up Breathing (Discfolio CD package, style D1)
Independent Project Records IP048CD - letterpress edition of 1620 copies, 1994.
Analog design by Bruce Licher, with tipped-on color photo by Ari Neufeld.
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v/a - The New Now Sounds of Today (Discfolio CD package, style A)
Art.Issues Press - letterpress edition of 2000 copies, 2000.
Digital design by Bruce Licher.
Scenic - The Long Sun (10" ep)
St. Ives Records - letterpress edition of 600 copies, 2004.
Analog design by Bruce Licher.
Savage Republic - Tragic Figure, 2nd edition (7" ep)
Independent Project Records - letterpress edition of 1000 copies, 1984.
Analog design by Bruce Licher.
The Dentists - Charms and The Girl (7" single)
Independent Project Records IP041 - letterpress edition of 1500 copies, 1992.
Analog design by Bruce Licher.
Independent Project Records 10th Anniversary 45 (7" single)
Independent Project Records IP030 - letterpress edition of 1200 copies, 1990.
Analog design by Bruce Licher
Red Temple Spirits - New Land (7" single)
Independent Project Records IP026 - letterpress edition of 1200 copies, 1989.
Analog design by Bruce Licher.
Live - 2000 Millenium Gift (Discfolio CD package, style D1)
Action Front Records - letterpress edition of 6200 copies, 2000.
Digital design by Bruce Licher
