Pilcrow Pabulum

What’s up with the type foundry/music connection? Recent years have brought us P22’s release of the William Caslon Experience compilation and the Amerikanische Badneß album, which accompanies the Blaktur typeface, from the House Industries guys themselves.
Now let’s add another of my own personal favorites to the lineup. František Štorm has quietly added a link to his own musical project, Airbrusher, to his website where he describes the musical output as “cheap, unpretentious, kitsch melodies [and] a heap of malicious lyrics, with no purpose whatsoever.” There is a sample download of songs available from the site, which I grabbed and listened to immediately. When loaded into iTunes, the tracks show up with the genre listed as “DiscoMetal.” I’m no hardcore metalhead myself, so I was able to find the juxtaposition of sonic styles refreshing. My fellow-student, Dan Reynolds, found the same mix to be “an abomination.” As with everything, taste is subjective and Mr. Štorm states that, “Vulgarity and bad taste against the established underground! That’s what Airbrusher is.”
If you can appreciate the bald-faced honesty and tongue-in-cheek humor of it all, the full album is available boxed together with four original, signed woodcuts, also by Mr. Štorm. Only 200 copies are available so order soon.

While you’re at it, you might to pick up one of the best font compilations there is, the Storm Open Library, which has been newly updated and is currently on sale through the end of this month. You can’t beat prices like this for impeccably crafted type.