Yay... I'm so excited to review the first designs.
I chose Entry#6 as #1 because of two main reasons: First, I like the landscape layout, 'cause It'll work better on the spine of a CD. Second, I think that the words Arctic and Records are well balanced - great job. With that said, I'm not a fan of the waveform image, but overall this design is working for me. Check out the Note at the bottom for more of my ideas.
I chose Entry#1 as 2nd because I like the use of the AV imagery. I'm also intrigued by the Yup'ik power symbol, but I wish it was more dimensional; could this one be made more partial spheric? like looking at a backlit top view of a planet, while incorporating the power symbol, or other symbols?
Note: I like the blue, white and gray, but I'd like to see a little color flare to balance out the arctic vibe. Also another image that could be fun to play with is a Yup'ik hand drum. Basically if you take the power symbol and take away three of the outer lines, that what one looks like from the top. Its a circle drum with a handle; just like the power symbol though, I'm not a fan of the straight on look. I want offer a new perspective with this design. When I googled: Yup'ik Drum (images) it quickly came up with a bunch.
As for the not interested ones: I felt the images were too literal. With that said, the microphone intrigues me, but it would have to be more abstract for my flavor.
Wow. This is so cool. I appreciate your super quick and clever work. I hope to see your designs again. Quyana means Thank you in my language:) Alaska out!