Eric has worked in print design since 1991, even attending old-school press checks and requesting Chromalin keys back in the day. Now, he works through the digital print age with a history and experience with color reproduction which includes the era when the agency where he worked had a color print bureau in house and he was always busy trying to trick out what would fit through a commercial laser printer without breaking it.
The attention to detail with print carries through to the Day For Night Catalogue, which is an edition of 100 CDs/CD-Rs/DVD releases in commercial jewel casing, as well as the Bandcamp limited collection of 7″ EPs, all items from which are printed and manufactured (hand-assembled) on-site by the artist himself.
The commercial print portfolio of work by Eric Scott, where featured as Art Director includes:
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design In 1995, Sony Music International, in association with Toto‘s representation Fitzgerald-Hartley, issued a powerful comeback campaign directive for the band; the first result was “Tambu“… Inspired by the band’s fascination in invented word-hybrid… “Something which could mean something brand new unto itself,” a cross between “taboo” and tamboe, a […]
Brand Strategy, Art Direction, Design & Marketing Promotions Zebra Records’ artistic director Ricky Schultz commissioned a specialized “out of the box” approach to marketing his portfolio of A&R recruitment and jazz consultancy. The result: a tailored approach with customized rubberstamp, 3 inset postcards and Digipak®-style print package for a Portfolio/CV, hand-made in time for the […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design In 1995, Sony Music International, in association with Toto‘s representation Fitzgerald-Hartley, issued a powerful comeback campaign directive for the band; the first result was “Tambu”… Inspired by the band’s fascination in invented word-hybrid… “Something which could mean something brand new unto itself,” a cross between “taboo” and the tamboe, an […]
CD | Download The term anamorphosis refers to a form of distortion and perspective viewing. Consider the divergent methods of painter Hans Holbein and his painterly occlusions, which, when viewed upon a skewed angle, revealed a secondary visual agenda that was all his own. The release “Musical Anamorphosis No. 1” (Day 025) assembles five pieces composed […]
CD | Download Eric Scott describes “50 minutes from Paris” (Day 031) as “a collection of piano miniatures. At the time I was composing much of “Paris: A Musical Overpass,” my musical attitudes were to embrace methods of formal composition formerly unexplored by me…so I was researching listening to the entire Satie catalogue, looking for […]
CD | Download A thematically-varied cross-section from Eric Scott’s early instrumental music, “Postcards From The Elephant” (Day 023) has elicited equally colorful responses from its many listeners since its first release in 1994: “music for a Romanian beach festival,” and “cartoon music for the mind”. The composer adds “I only hoped it would shatter any illusions […]
CD | Download NIGHTlink Rail Station 021 – “Overpass” – is a stop along its newly-evolving underground network. And “Paris: A Musical Overpass” (Day 021) expresses a cinematic quality that creates vivid images of transition, through intervals-based chord sequences. From the opposing movements of the aggressive “Le 7eme,” to the orchestral ambience of “Gare De Lyon,” […]
CD | Download In the late 1980s, and on into the year 1990, Rhythm Factory remixed a total of 11 tracks by Eric Scott, as “Play House!” (Day 012). These tracks signaled, for Eric, a shift away from indie-pop songwriting, pushing him further into the realm of the underground club mix. Vocal takes originally recorded were stripped […]
Book (Words: Eric Scott) + CD In Day 030 “Addictions” first two volumes, “Simple words,” “Hazy memories,” Eric Scott joins verse and graphic images. Printed in 4.75″ square format, this very-limited release is housed in a double-cd jewel case, accompanied by a hand-picked selection of finished songs and recordings, most of which were the by-product of these […]
CD | Download The brooding “Waterfalls” (Day 016) is an odd diversion from a mostly instrumental legacy, but Eric Scott puts the record straight: “I’ve always been attracted to dark songs. I wrote this one to be slow, evem though I’m truly not into ballads. After having played all the instruments, sang all of the parts, […]
ePub | Interactive Catalogue “Need a Journey Idea or an Away-Day? All Trips Leaving From This Spot Are in the Mind!” warns the billboard at NIGHTlinkRail Station 007. Make the connection to the Outpost (Day 007) – the perfect spot to start a Mystery Tour… Just begin by choosing a Station ID at random from […]
CD | Download The Von Trapps was a one-off project created by singer / lyricist Doug Green and instrumentalist / producer Eric Scott. Sporadic recordings made in the early 1990s culminated with “Sculptured” (Day 015) – foreshadowing ample breakbeat loops, and foresaken electronic drum sounds, disappearing for another ten years or so.
CD | Download The archival release “Ghosts & Masks” (Day 013), collects some of the best – and earliest – instrumental demos and experiments recorded solo by Eric Scott, during the period between 1984-1990. Precipitated by a continual demand and search for new film-score ideas, much of Ghosts & Masks was recorded while Eric completed an […]
CD | Download Eric Scott “Tunes & Mythologies” (Day 005) is a collection of 100 keyboard miniatures improvised from a set of (previously unlistened-to) patch tones. “Over the course of two days, I created this odd little collection of pieces, each theme originally performed improvisationally as a reaction to hearing three notes and through a […]
CD | Download For the “Reprise” (Day 011) single and sampler, we revisit 3 top tracks from composer Eric Scott’s themes for keyboards and ensemble. Fill your next audio journey with the icy mood swings and modern classical counterpoints of “Chapala St. – 9 pm – Westbound,” “Angel In My Arms” and “Breathe / 3 Mains […]
CD | Download Rhythm Factory’s 1991 “In The Acid” (Day 004) brings Middle-Eastern modalities into a meeting with abrasive samples and stabs, to create two pieces of a cinematic, albeit coarser, exotic flavor. Eric Scott: “These formed at a time when my interest in Belgian New Beat and Hardfloor aligned with release of the first […]
CD | Download The sixth release “14 Friends” (Day 006), released solo by Eric Scott in 1991 represents some of the sharpest of his early song output aimed at college radio. Recordings from these germinal new wave years 1985-1988, feature Eric on vocals (today this would be a rarity), guitars, bass, percussion and keyboards. “14 Friends” […]
CD | Download Inspired by mythical performance art ensemble The Theatre Of Panic, “The Performing Man” (Day 003) was conceived by Eric Scott as the experimental ambient, world-indie, synth-pop-influenced soundtrack for a “fictitious live spectacle,” in which all stage performers were meant to follow a set of open-ended instructions to accompany each piece. To contradict the […]
CD | Download Rhythm Factory’s “Technopolitan” (Day 002) was realized in 1991 as a solo remix endeavor for producer/composer Eric Scott, in which he recontextualises 15 of his favorite self-penned indie pop tracks. Fueled in equal parts by obsessions with Belgian New Beat, Electronic Body Music and Acid House, the mix becomes a single work of […]
Art Direction Eric Scott, Art & Musical Director for Day For Night: “With instrumental, and especially textural electronic music, the primary relevance of music is clearest – namely, that music doesn’t really mean anything – it doesn’t need all sorts of lyrics and words and gimmicks in order to be successful.” Therefore, it feels appropriate that […]
CD | Download 1991 saw release of the first disc in the Day For Night imprint, introducing composer Eric Scott to new music circles with “3 Mains” (Day 001). A collection of fifteen suites and miniatures arranged for piano and ensemble, these recordings are constructed and emulated via lo-fi synthetics and samples in lieu of a proper […]
Immediately prior to launching a full-time career in 1998 as Creative Director with Day For Night, Eric Scott was Art Director with WorldWest Communications, and worked with recording industry clients Sony Music International and Zebra Records, to produce packaging design for some of their top artists. In 1995, Sony Music International, in association with Toto‘s representation Fitzgerald-Hartley, issued a […]
Work: BBC Motion Gallery Event Logic (book) Andy Lakey “Unencountered” (book) Andy Lakey “Angel Magic 108” (book)