Shepherd Interactive

A few weeks back I had thought of doing a post about my most recent favorite band Kashmir. The only real reason is that I have always fueled design with great music and wanted to share this epic Danish band. Fortunately, with their release of “Trespasser’s” there’s a lot more to blog about like the use of the new website at Kashmir.nu , a nine episode video diary on YouTube following the tour, and Twitpics added daily from fans. 

Aside from the use of social media, I find the graphical approach to this CD release equally interesting. The simple graphic arrows, use of colour and fonts have created a graphic language the connects the tour.  I’ve seen international posters, video, wild postings, and t-shirts all in various languages all held together by the simple graphic arrow. Even a band member’s mom gets into the scene holding up the album cover.

So, a bit more about Kashmir. They are a Danish Band, which instantly makes them cool. Originally named Nirvana, since another small band had taken that name they settled on Kashmir. The lead singer is Kasper Eistrup, a typical godlike lead vocalist that has his own personal art online at Kaspereistrup.com and it’s very a very raw, pure, simple style. There is album art Kasper has designed releases like “No Balance Palace”.

Here’s a few links to Kashmir Live recordings on YouTube to get you started. On the mellow side “Curse Of Being  a Girl” is a good one. “Petite Machine” is more of a rocker that’s also live. The released video of “Rocket Brothers” or “Still Boy” are classics. Since these are all imports, Kashmir CD’s are a bit more expensive and hard to find…but damn good for design motivation.