The new cover for Hooverphonic’s The Magnificent Tree

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. With this edition, Jean-Marc, who a couple years ago moved from Base’s office in Brussels to Barcelona here redoes Belgian band Hooverphonic’s The Magnificent Tree with a photo of the Base Barcelona crew. … more

The Serge Gainsbourg collection classé X, interpreted by art director Pierre Daras. Featured in the image are tights he designed. (photo: Arnaud de Harven)

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. This week, our Brussels-based art director Pierre Daras takes another look at the Serge Gainsbourg compilation classé X. … more

Digital file sharing takes its toll on The Clash’s London Calling

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. Here, an anonymous Baser retools The Clash’s iconic London Calling to reflect the sonic disintegration that comes with multigenerational digital file sharing. … more

Belgian duo Jasper and Ian feature on Dimitri Jeurissen’s take on The Style Council’s Café Bleu

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. For this week’s installment, Brussels-based Base partner Dimitri Jeurissen turns to the Style Council’s 1984 long-player Café Bleu for inspiration. … more

The Blue Nile’s Hats, rethunk by Dani Juandi of Base Barcelona

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. This week, Dani Juandi of our Barcelona studio rewinds 20 years to retool the Blue Nile’s Hats. The folky Scottish band is given an urban makeover, and recontextualized 180°. … more

The White Album, to be known henceforth as The Brown Album?

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. This week, Tom Greenwood of BaseWords takes a new look at the Beatles’ White Album, which celebrated its 40th birthday in November. This simple interpretation reflects the record’s standing as the document of the Beatles’ autumn, … more

Gonzales’s Solo Piano, ReCovered by David Cano of Madrid

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. This week, David Cano, design director of our Madrid studio, gives us a new take on Gonzales’s surprising album Solo Piano. … more

Saturday Night Fever as rethought by Base creative director Thierry Brunfaut. Classy, classic, classical.

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. This week, Base partner and creative director Thierry Brunfaut rethinks The Bee Gees’s music for Saturday Night Fever as if it had come out on classical label Deutsche Grammophon. … more

Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Return to the 36 Chambers, ReCovered by Arno Baudin

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. This week, designer Arno Baudin of our Brussels studio revisits ODB’s 1995 album Return to the 36 Chambers. … more

The Cure’s “A Forest” single, ReCovered by Jean-Marc of BaseMotion

ReCovered is a BaseNow series that revisits records past, and gives their covers a new design. This week’s entry comes from BaseMotion’s Jean-Marc Joseph, who takes a new look at The Cure’s 1980 single “A Forest”. … more