Would you see Julian as being Stereolab’s Peter Saville?
We knew him basically through the fact that he did Broadcast. Which was one of the first bands on our label. What’s great about Julian is that we connect on one level about music, we often talk about music when we meet. I’m looking around for ideas and stuff and I bring it in, as more of just a taste of the direction and often he designs the sleeves and he’s never heard the music, as we’ve not had the music finished while he’s working on the sleeve. He never gets given the music until he’s at least half way through or either he’s done it! One time I took him in a collection of early 70’s French art magazines (Artforum, Studio), they had these interesting adverts with funny writing of the period. Then he came back with a few sleeves. He just took a few small things and made them completely original, that was totally him. He is able to keep the feel without making it look retro. My kind of take on a sleeve is something, which is done quick and then you move on, like collage or montage. J
