And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by Joe Boyd

From publisher Faber & Faber:

Legendary producer and record label boss Joe Boyd has spent a lifetime travelling the globe and immersing himself in music. He has witnessed first-hand the growing popularity of music from Africa, India, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe since the 1960s and was one of the protagonists of the ‘world music’ movement of the 1980s.

In this sweeping history, Boyd sets out to explore the fascinating backstories to these sounds and documents a decade of encounters with the most extraordinary musicians and producers who have altered the course of music for us all.

The typographic jacket design for the massive tome – Joe Boyd writes that “it’s a bit of a door-stop [and] sherpas will be provided to purchasers to help them carry it home” – is by Jonathan Pelham. He arranged the alliterating main title in four lines, set in a large size of Minérale’s Light weight. Thomas Huot-Marchand’s 2017 design is distinguished by stems with intersecting sides, “originally conceived as a geometrical exaggeration of the structure of traditional serif faces.” [205TF]

Subtitle, author name and blurb (by Robert Plant) are added in Pegasus. This choice is a nod to Berthold Wolpe’s longstanding relationship with Faber & Faber. Originally conceived in 1937 as a text typeface that could accompany his smash hit Albertus, Wolpe’s design was digitally revived by Toshi Omagari in 2017.

David Arthur Brown comments: “Love the design. The typography and the pattern are unexpected but feel rhythmic without being Afro-cliché.”