I’m very excited to announce the release of a CD that I have just finished designing. The CD is a digipack design (fancy cardboard packaging) and I designed everything including the cover, backpage, the CD and even the lyric pages. I am very proud of the work and the clients were very happy with the final design.

I’m calling this a sneak peek as I do not yet have the actual CD to take photographs of, just the image that is being used across the internet for the CD’s release. The band is named Mesa and they reside in Portugal. Communication was a challenge due to the language barrier and the 7 hour time difference, and there were many times I woke up at 2am to send off more e-mails. :) Luckily it all progressed quite smoothly, and I’m very pleased to have already received some wonderful reviews about how aesthetically pleasing the CD is. I really enjoyed working on this commission! I’ll share more photographs as soon as I receive the CD.

Title – Para Todo O Mal – (translates as The Evil Within)
Band – Mesa (translates as The Bureau)
Type – Pop/Rock
Release Date – 12th May 2008
Record Company – Sony/BMG

Track Listing (translations in italic)

1. Porta de Entrada (Introdução) Port of Entry (Introduction)2. Estrela Carente Star Carente3. Tribunal da Relação Court of Appeal4. Quando as Palavras Where the Words5. Munição Ammunition6. Biombo Acústico Acoustic Biombo7. Boca do Mundo (Chama) Boca World (Flame)8. Fiordes9. E não vai ser bom And not be good vai10. Paladar Palate11. Para todo o mal For every evil

Here are some great links to find out more about the band. (All links are in Portugese – but the photographs are amazing!!!)

Main Website – http://www.mesa.pt/
Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/mesapt
Blog – http://biombo.blogs.sapo.pt/
Itunes (Portugal Store) – here