This CD package and illustration of an irritated rhino was created for a sprawling and powerful 12-piece band from Oakland, California. Picking up where the revolutionary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti left off, Albino! is all about “Heavy Heavy Afro-Beat”.

The producer came to Calyx Design with a general concept, a visual meant to evoke both the thumping power and political consciousness of the band: “I want a lonely rhino on an African plain”. This image, together with the music, inspired the visual style of the whole piece. Through use of textural tricks and emulation of batik or off-register screen-printing, it evokes the hand-made. Both roughly textured and densely detailed, it simultaneously evinces an aura of rawness and sophistication.