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'Naturally, when something we have slaved over, fought for recognition over, is so easily undone by pop culture, it feels a bit cheap,' he wrote.

U2 ALBUM COVERS FOR FREE

Whereas he and Chartier were invited and endorsed by Hiroshi Sugimoto – and permitted to use his photograph for free – for U2 'it's simply a phonecall and a cheque'. He emphasised the difference between the two groups. He admitted that his soundscapes haven't penetrated the mainstream, writing that 'perhaps if our CD was available to a wider audience, U2's graphic designer would have been aware of it and attempted something a bit different'. Though Brothomstates haven't commented on the similarity, Deupree's online comments take a relatively pragmatic stance. The album, released by Warp Records in 2001, doesn't have an equals sign – but it does have a mysterious white square. Alas, that too recalls the design of Brothomstates's Claro album cover. Of course, the cover to No Line On the Horizon isn't just a Sugimoto seascape – there's a mysterious white equals sign as well. The CD was released in a (sold out) run of 1000. That album was commissioned by the Hirschhorn Museum in Washington DC in honour of a Sugimoto retrospective, and was performed at the opening of the exhibition. Posting on his blog, Deupree – also known as 12K – called U2's cover 'nearly an exact rip-off' of his and Chartier's Specification.Fifteen, released in 2006. All three covers use photographs by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, showing sea, sky and horizon.

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