Andrew Swainson: Designs on XTC

Illustrator and graphic designer Andrew Swainson has been collaborating with Andy Partridge for over 20 years. As well as working on XTC and Dukes of Stratosphear re-releases, such as Skylarking and The Complete and Utter Dukes, he helped create the distinctive look of records including:

• Powers, Partridge's tribute to abstract electronic artist Richard M Power, made to look like an early 60s paperback book
• Warm Robot by Jen Olive, with its sci-fi fold-out sleeve
• Gonwards, by Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge, complete with Mexican-style loteria card game
• Orpheus: The Lowdown, another Blegvad/Partridge collaboration, with its haunting X-ray imagery
• Fuzzy Warbles, the gorgeous compendium of unreleased XTC rarities 

In this episode, Swainson joins XTC fans Mark Fisher, Sarah Crookall, Laura Wade, David White and Peter Mills – not to mention a brief visit by Andy Partridge – to talk about his mesmerising designs.

More about Andrew Swainson at https://www.andrewswainson.com/

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