Ezra Collective // Dance, No One's Watching

Creative Review: The 10 best album art and design of the year 2024

Saxophonist TJ Koleoso explains the concept: “In the picture… no one’s looking at each other, no one’s watching, because that’s what we’re trying to do with the music. We make it so everyone feels like they’re part of this… it’s in those moments that freedom happens.” Drummer Femi Koleoso echoes this ethos, saying the visual motif signals an anti-anxiety message: “The dancefloor encapsulates what life is… Don’t be petrified, because this facade you built up of everyone scrutinising you might not be as real as you think it is… Take the entire moment with both hands for yourself.”

"Photographed by Marco Grey, who worked with Jeremy Ngatho Cole at Yout across the entire album creative, the cover art presents a densely filled dancefloor that sits somewhere between a collage and tableau photography, where every individual is the star and yet they come together as a whole. The vinyl packaging features another beautifully shot image across the gatefold."

Photographer: @greymarco
Creative Direction: @jeremyncole & @greymarco
Executive Producer: @mayyanna_

Movement Director: @kloedean

Stylist: @consgaffe