Nippon Connection – Exchanging Tracks

CD packaging

Nippon Connection – Exchanging Tracks, a three-CD compilation presenting re-interpretations of traditional Japanese music, is the debut of the music label. It is the result of a cooperation between the label and Frankfurt’s Japanese film festival Nippon Connection. Coming with an exceptional packaging inspired by movies it contains a flip-book with a sequence of a kendo fight. The Japanese swordfighter is a parable for the three musical levels of the project: Kigen (tradition), moku so (meditation) and shikake (attack). Crossing diagonals symbolize the intercultural exchange, the all-over visual concept communicates the musical aspiration of the project.

Client / Manufacturer

das modular music and publishing

Hattersheim, DE

Design

Christina Grasmann

Bad Vilbel, DE

dreizueins architekturdesigngrafik banozic bergmann seitz gbr

Frankfurt am Main, DE

Daniela Mladenic

Frankfurt am Main, DE

Fachhochschule Mainz Seminar bei Prof. Pape

Mainz, DE