In the past, I wrote about how Marco and I opted to use the moniker “Synflict” for creating cover artwork. As of today, we officially added another dimension to our work and released our first common album Prismatine on Petcord – of course as Synflict. How could this happen? It started with some audio leftovers Marco had and experimented with. He sent me the files, I added some stuff to it and eventually it developed to something that seems superior to what we did in our solo projects. Does this sound familiar? It seems, the same synergetic effects were responsible for this as they were for the cover artwork, adding a real life dimension to the phrase “never change a winning team”.

The cover makes use of an unusual amount of red. The colour even dominates the entire canvas, which has more similarity to a pattern than a composition. If red translates to dissonance and the pattern with the degree of abstraction, it may even seem a plausible explanation. Since I’m only reflecting by the time the work has already been completed, not whilst creating it, I cannot really claim there was a master plan. Rarely is there such a thing as strategic calculation, it just happens and if the draft matches the music, it will be used. It might have looked differently on another day, with another mood or under different circumstances. Adjust your interpretation as you see fit for it.