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“THERE’S MORE DESIGNERS THAN MUSICIANS”

“ANDY and I had a practice of sharing things that we found interesting. When Tony Wilson told me that a demo tape had come in from some people calling came from a book my then girlfriend was reading by David Watkin, called . With , I had a gallery catalogue of the work of [] Edward Wadsworth. One of the images was . The combination of ‘dazzle ship’ and Liverpool made me mention it to Andy, and the concept of the title slipped in at that point. The idea of geometric camouflage, as opposed to land camouflage, is so clever. It’s about the kinetics of ocean movement and light. The technique is incredibly effective disrupting the shape of the object on a marine horizon.

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