My first collaboration: Cover Art

Late one evening in my studio, I listened to Ether Rites Bass on loop while working on its cover artwork – a collaboration born from a shared mood more than strict direction. We talked about the atmosphere they were creating: slow, deep, occult-infused. They said:

„This album isn’t meant to impress. It’s meant to haunt. To feel like it was always playing somewhere, even before you heard it.“ – hexed bass beats

The music guided me to an ancient tree – gnarled, massive, and still. A kind of silent witness to countless rites and whispered spells. The final artwork, created from an AI base and refined layer by layer in Photoshop, shows this tree veiled in ritualistic stillness. A place where runes have been carved, where talismans hang, where silence remembers.

This album feels exactly like that. From the first basslines in “Etherbody” to the closing resonance of “Echoes of the Rite”, it’s less a set of tracks and more a sonic offering. You move through dense fog, slow-burning rhythms, distorted basslines. It draws from dark techno, witch house, EBM – but what you hear feels older, untamed. I like it!

I often create art while music plays in the background. But this time, music and image were entangled from the start. One shaped the other. I’m so excited to move on and create the covers for their next playlists.

If you’re drawn to sound that feels ceremonial, textural, and just a little cursed – Ether Rites Bass waits below.

Album artwork by me – inspired by sonic rituals, shaped through AI & intuition.
🎧 Listen to Ether Rites Bass on YouTube