The Earth
With Her Crowns

The Earth With Her Crowns

The Earth With Her Crowns

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The Earth With Her Crowns is an album by composer and performer Laura Cannell, commissioned by The Wapping Project. The ten-track set was improvised and recorded in single takes at Wapping Hydraulic Power Station. This album marks the final project created in response to the iconic building that shaped The Wapping Project’s commissions for over two decades.

Our design draws inspiration from the music and a text shared by Cannell, which describes the power station as a “Waters Deep Cathedral” where “winter light [cascades] upon exposed bricks and marked concrete.” The rough ochre material reflects the rust and brick textures evoked by Cannell’s compositions. The typeface echoes the industrial structure of the building, while its colour references the patina of the power engines and the emerald green of the traditional British tiles inside the station.

2019