COVER VERSIONS
My covers of their covers. from The Beatles to The Beastie Boys, Kate Bush to Kylie, Led Zep to Lizzo, my Cover Versions have gone from a time-passing lockdown idea to being stocked in NY record stores, featured in documentaries and even used as actual record sleeves!
The store is currently on hiatus, contact bentheillustrator@gmail.com for more information.
SORRY! THE COVER VERSIONS STORE IS ON A HIATUS!
SORRY! THE COVER VERSIONS STORE IS ON A HIATUS!
Cover Versions Stories
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The Cure Emoji
To celebrate the 30th anniversary and rerelease of their classic album ‘Wish’, The Cure are using my Cover Version of the album cover as a hashtag emoji on Twitter, any use of #TheCure or #TheCureWish attaches the emoji to your hashtag.
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The Sparks Brothers Feature Documentary
I was lucky enough to have my Cover Version for Sparks’ album ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip‘ included in the feature documentary film ‘The Sparks Brothers’ directed by Edgar Wright and edited by Paul Trewartha.
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Rega X Tim Burgess
As part of our on-going collaboration for Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties, Tim Burgess and I worked with Rega to produce some very special Planar turntables. The turntables were specially printed with a collection of Cover Versions. Only 5 were produced, with them being given away to some lucky Twitter competition winners and one going on display at the Rega turntable factory in England.
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She Makes War
Laura Kidd aka Penfriend and She Makes War commissioned me to create 2 Cover Versions of her own albums to celebrate their limited edition re-releases on vinyl and CD. With the Cover Versions becoming the covers.
Thank you so much to Laura for this opportunity, it’s a dream come true for my Cover Versions to now be real-world vinyl covers!
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Snap Galleries
In collaboration with popular culture loving Snap Galleries, Leamington Spa, Cover Versions are available as beautiful ChromaLuxe prints sized 12”, 24” and 36”, each limited edition and sold with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
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Spin Exhibition
A collection of Cover Versions was exhibited as part of ‘Spin : The Art of Music’, an exhibition at Gallery at the Station in Somerset featuring the work of visual artists working in, and inspired by music. Other artists included The Specials’ Horace Panter, video artist Amy Kilner and Stormzy collaborator Kingsley Nebechi.
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Jade Bird x Microsoft
Deep in the 2020 lockdowns I was asked to produce some illustrated content to promote a very special RE : Surface online concert performance by Jade Bird, powered by Microsoft Surface.
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Tim Burgess Slipmat
My Cover Version of the Tim Burgess 2020 album ‘I Love the New Sky’ was turned into a limited edition slipmat for a lucky select few Twitter followers and fans of Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties.
Photo : Sarah Willcocks
