Alex Stuart
Refuge · Album artwork · 2025
Refuge is the fifth album by Paris-based Australian guitarist Alex Stuart, released on June 10, 2025. Svhen, Monart’s art director, designed the album artwork around Roger Stuart’s photography: a lone swimmer in shimmering water.
What we did
- Album artwork design for Refuge (design by Svhen)
- A long collaboration: we also built Alex Stuart’s website and designed the Aftermath artwork
Client: Alex Stuart · Genre: jazz, post-rock · Discipline: album artwork
Refuge (2025)
Alex Stuart · released June 10, 2025 · 9 tracks
An ode to the beauty of the world: the soft light of a fading sun, a western breeze scattering the clouds, a bird landing on a branch. The quintet recorded Refuge after a 2024 residency, mixing jazz, post-rock, minimalism and world music into a true band sound.
Born in Canberra in 1983, Alex Stuart has lived in Paris since 2005. His album Around won the Grand Prix du Jury and the Révélation 2011 title at Jazz à Juan.
The digipak
Svhen designed the six-panel digipak around Roger Stuart’s photographs: the swimmer on the front, the tracklist over the water on the back, a portrait of Alex inside, the credits, and a lone tree on red earth on the flap.
Listen
Watch: Among the Clouds
What the press said
“A vibrant and electrifying album, striking just the right balance between rock and jazz.”
TSF Jazz, Album of the Day
“A haven of beauty in a troubled world.”
La Gazette Bleue
“Ambitious and original.”
Jazz News
Credits
Alex Stuart (guitar), Irving Acao (saxophone, keyboards), Arno de Casanove (trumpet, keyboards, voice), Benoît Lugué (bass), Antoine Banville (drums). Recorded by Emmanuel Gallet at Studio Besco, mixed by Emmanuel Gallet at Studio Z, mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering. Photos by Roger Stuart. Design by Svhen.
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