ATA Records Sleeve Artwork

Our relationship with ATA records started over a pint at a jazz night in our local pub, and we've now gone on to design 6 sleeves for their varied and exciting jazz, soul and funk vinyl releases.ATA is a Leeds record label based in an Aladdin's cave of a studio, tucked away in Headingley. The various groups the record studio work with have a strong and instantly recognisable sound, influenced by the long twisting history of jazz music. The heads of ATA wanted to reflect this in their record sleeve artwork.Each brief starts with a mood board from the client, drawing inspiration from Penguin book covers, to old cereal boxes, through to Soviet film posters. To fit this nostalgic throwback vibe, we often work with a mix of analogue & digital methods. Including setting type and then distressing it by hand or using analogue printing techniques to create elements or textures and scanning them in. The end result is a collection of record sleeves that stand out on the shelves but come together as a cohesive set.