MUTING · SILENCE DESIGN SYSTEM
MUTING SILENCE · IDENTITY SYSTEM · APRIL 2026

A quiet
visual language for noise.

One system across everything Muting Silence does: album pages, streaming assets, gig posters, print, Instagram, Facebook events, merch. The point is recognisable restraint — black, bone, and a chromatic split that's been in the catalog since 2012. Nothing new is invented; what existed is named, scaled, and made reusable.

01

Foundations

Tokens & Voice

VOICE

Restrained. Technical without being cold. French-speaking but fluent in silence. Prefers nouns to adjectives; the lowercase to the shout. Never sells; only notes.

PRINCIPLES

  • 01 Black is the background, always.
  • 02 One image per surface, no more.
  • 03 Chromatic split is emotion.
  • 04 Math & field notes over decoration.
  • 05 If it can be removed, remove it.

NAMESPACES

  • --ink text on dark
  • --bg true black
  • --green primary accent
  • --magenta secondary accent
  • --amber tertiary / warm
  • --bone paper white
  • --line hairline divider
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Colours

Pulled from the catalog
BG / PRIMARY
Void Black oklch(.1149 0 0)
INK / INVERSE
Bone oklch(.946 .0124 91.52)
ACCENT · GREEN
Lichen oklch(.72 .18 145)
ACCENT · MAGENTA
Aberration oklch(.62 .22 330)
ACCENT · AMBER
Dust oklch(.74 .13 75)
EXTENDED · VIOLET
Cobalt oklch(.55 .18 290)
INK DIM
Stone oklch(.6763 .0135 91.57)
LINE
Hairline oklch(.2186 .0039 286.08)

LICHEN → ABERRATION — THE SIGNATURE SPLIT

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The catalogue has always moved from green to magenta through neutral territory. Use the ends together for maximum chromatic split (covers, announcements); use the middle for calm interior UI.

DO

  • Pair green and magenta only when they're the point — covers, launch posts, posters.
  • Let amber carry press / "nostalgia" / vinyl pressing updates.
  • Use true black, not grey. The catalog is built on void.

DON'T

  • Don't use accents as backgrounds. They're signal, not ground.
  • Don't introduce saturated red, yellow or cyan outside the scale.
  • Don't use gradients wider than two stops of the scale.
03

Type

Three Voices

DISPLAY · SPACE GROTESK

400–600
Aa
π/5
Use— titles, UI, merch, price
Tracking— −0.02 to −0.035em

EDITORIAL · NEWSREADER

italic
π/5
Use— the signature glyph, quotes, liner notes
Always italic

TECHNICAL · JETBRAINS MONO

MS-009
2012 → 2026
π ÷ 5 = 0.6283
Use— metadata, credits, tags, timecodes
Tracking— +0.04 to +0.22em

TYPE SCALE

hero / 0.88 / -.035 Silence that hums title / 1 / -.02 Nine pieces, forty-four minutes subtitle / 1.4 Remix of π/5 — released April 2026 lead / 1.55 / italic An angle just narrow enough to not quite meet itself. body / 1.5 Body / paragraph / readable anywhere. label / 1.5 / +.08 LABEL · BUTTON · META caption / 1.5 / +.22 eyebrow · section · caption
05

Cover grammar

FOUR TEMPLATES

Every release cover inherits: a 1000×1000 square · a curated background system · one focal subject (glyph, image, or plate) · four tiny corner-ticks in mono caps · no logo. Pick one of four templates and live inside its rules.

MS · 09 VOID RX · MMXXVI 0.6283 RAD
π/5

A · VOID BLACK

Black metal, dark electro, albums.

MS · 09 BONE LP · MMXXVI STEREO
π/5

B · BONE WHITE

Experimental, bright electro, ambient, albums.

MS · 09 FLUID EP · MMXXVI IRIDESCENT
π/5

C · IRIDESCENT

Live performances, compilations, and covers.

MS · 04 ARCHIVE TAPE · SIDE A FIELD REC
LOUP CERVIER
FIELD · 2011

D · ORGANIC FIELD

Post-rock, ambient features, and single releases.

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Components

Buttons · tracks · tags · chips

BUTTONS

Primary = bone fill, ink label. Hover shifts to lichen.
Secondary = ghost with hairline. Tertiary = label only.

TAGS & CHIPS

ambient drone vinyl — shipping jun remix new · apr 2026

Accent-coloured tags signal release-state: green (new), amber (ships/physical), magenta (remix/feature).

TRACK LIST · COMPONENT
  • 01 Nobody Around (rx) 4:02
  • 02 Loup Cervier / Redux 5:18
  • 03 Ratiocination Cramp (rx) 4:18
  • 04 Unadjusted II 6:02
BUY BOX · COMPONENT
NAME YOUR PRICE · SUGGESTED
€ 7

FLAC + MP3 + WAV · €7

CD /200 · €14 · SHIPS JUN

12" VINYL · €28 · SHIPS SEP

07

Social

PLATFORM ASSETS

Every social surface inherits the cover palette and adds a single "platform signal" — a technical note in the top-left identifying the format, and a small CTA in the bottom-right.

INSTAGRAM · FEED (1:1)

INSTAGRAM · STORIES (9:16)

FACEBOOK · EVENT COVER

08

Press & merch

BOILERPLATE · VINYL · SHIRT
PRESS RELEASE · BOILERPLATE

Muting Silence — π/5 (remixed, 2026)

Nine ambient pieces from the 2012 cycle, returned to and pulled apart. Released April 23, 2026. LP · digital · limited vinyl /200.

FFO — Grouper, Rafael Anton Irisarri, William Basinski, Celer.

RIYL — tape decay, field recording, modular drift.

Contact · press@mutingsilence.com · mutingsilence.com/press

new ambient remix vinyl
EMAIL · NEWSLETTER HEADER
VINYL SLEEVE · SPINE
π/5 remixed MS·009
T-SHIRT FRONT
π/5
T-SHIRT BACK
MS · 009 · MMXXVI
  • 01 · Nobody Around (rx)
  • 02 · Loup Cervier / Redux
  • 03 · Ratiocination Cramp (rx)
  • 04 · Unadjusted II
  • 05 · Cicada, Pressed
  • 06 · 36° — Interlude
  • 07 · π/5 (reprise)
  • 08 · Drawer, 2011–2026
  • 09 · Live / Closing
09

House rules

ONE PAGE. READ BEFORE SHIPPING.

DO

  • • True black everywhere. If you need lift, use grain — not dark grey.
  • • One image / glyph per surface. Let it breathe inside at least 12% padding.
  • • Set the italic π/5 glyph in Newsreader italic, with ±2px chromatic split.
  • • Speak in mono caps for metadata (track, duration, catalog nr, year).
  • • Sign every release with a four-corner chrome: MS · NN / type / format / year.
  • • Keep copy quiet. Sentences end; paragraphs stop.

DON'T

  • • Don't add a logo to album covers. The sigil & corners are enough.
  • • Don't centre body copy. Only display & sigils can be centred.
  • • Don't use bitmap font effects (outline, glow, drop-shadow) on Space Grotesk — only the serif glyph gets chromatic split.
  • • Don't use emoji. Ever.
  • • Don't AI-generate artwork for cover imagery. Use field photography, handled plates, or the four cover templates above.
  • • Don't introduce a new typeface without replacing one of the three.

FILE NAMING

MS-NNN_<release-slug>_<surface>_<size>.ext

e.g. MS-009_pi-5-rx_ig-feed_1080.jpg

e.g. MS-009_pi-5-rx_cover_1000.png

e.g. MS-009_pi-5-rx_spotify-canvas_1080x1920.mp4