53. MASAKI KOIKE

Clarita’s guest for episode 53 is multi Grammy Award-winning graphic designer, artist, and founder of Phyx Design – Masaki Koike! 

We discuss his projects: WOODSTOCK: Back to the Garden-The definitive 50th anniversary archive and What It Is! and Funky Soul and Rare Grooves boxed sets for Rhino Records. Both earned Grammy Awards for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package and he’s also racked up multiple Grammy nominations for Black Sabbath –The Dio Years, Phish – The Clifford Ball, The Smith Tapes and Grateful Dead – Get Shown the Light 

Masaki shares the fascinating process behind the LOU REED / WORDS & MUSIC / MAY 1965 packaging – working with Laurie Anderson and Light in the Attic Records. A truly inspiring guest and a delightful conversation! 

 

Masaki discussing concepts behind the packaging for Lou Reed WORDS & MUSIC MAY 1965 on Design Freaks

Men of Good Fortune

This Light in the Attic podcast is a companion piece to Words and Music, May 1965, an album of previously unreleased songs recorded by a young Lou Reed with future Velvet Underground bandmate, John Cale. It includes first known recordings of such iconic songs as "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Heroin." These recordings will be released to the public for the first time on Light in the Attic Records.

Our host, Tunde Adebimpe sits down with Matt Sullivan (co-owner and founder of Light in the Attic Records) and Lou Reed archivists Jason Stern and Don Fleming to get their insights into how the tape was discovered and how the songs were recorded by Cale and Reed in the spring of 1965.

Listen along with Matt, Don and Jason as they share their appreciation and knowledge of these extraordinary recordings. Produced by Light in the Attic, Ruinous Media and Dann Gallucci.