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Nação Zumbi · 2016

Radiola NZ Vol. I

Nação Zumbi asked me for the cover, the lettering and the merchandise for Radiola NZ Vol. I, their album of covers. The main illustration is by Shiko.

Role
Cover Art, Lettering, Merchandising
Year
2016

01

The album

Nação Zumbi formed in Recife in 1992, led by Chico Science, and became the central band of manguebeat, the movement that mixed Pernambuco's maracatu with rock, funk and hip hop.

Radiola NZ Vol. I, released in 2017, collects nine songs that shaped the band, by Gilberto Gil, Tim Maia, Roberto Carlos, Marvin Gaye and others, with Ney Matogrosso on "Amor".

Digital preview: the CDs and posters
Digital preview: the CD and its disc

02

The printed disc

The CD as it was printed, with the fold-out poster.

The printed CD with its fold-out poster
The printed CD, open
The poster, front
The poster, back, with the track list

03

Merch

T-shirts from the album art and lettering, front and back. The Radiola NZ shirt is still on sale in the band's shop.

Grey t-shirt with Nação Zumbi lettering
Grey t-shirt with Nação Zumbi lettering
Grey t-shirt with the Radiola NZ box
Grey t-shirt, back
Grey t-shirt, back
Cream t-shirt with the full album art
Cream t-shirt with the full album art
White t-shirt with the green Radiola NZ box
Cream t-shirt, back
Cream t-shirt, back

04

Alternative vinyl layouts

Vinyl layout on orange
Vinyl layout on red
Vinyl back cover with the track list
Vinyl back cover with a turntable