This Is the End: Cover Art By H5

248 page softback book with accompanying 10"! Since the mid-1990s, H5 have realized numerous record covers and visuals for small and major labels (Sony, V2, BMG, Naive, Virgin, Denote Ltd, Small, EMI, Prototyp Record, Diamond Traxx, Island), thus accompanying the development of French electronic music - what the British critics called the "French Touch."



Ludovic Houplain and Antoine Bardou-Jacquet (H5's founders, soon joined by Herve de Crecy) started by making sleeves for their friends Etienne de Crecy and Alex Gopher, using typography rather than photos and an economical two-color aesthetic - which finds one of its most striking example in the Superdiscount cover for Etienne de Crecy.

Their video clip for The Child by Alex Gopher, a typographic animation, soon became a reference of this new style and brought them to collaborate with Royksopp, Goldfrapp, and Massive Attack.

The book focuses on their work for music, and especially with bands associated with the French Touch moment. It includes their major realizations in the field as well as several essays and an interview discussing their work politics and aesthetic breakthrough.