I looked in to a range of house music artists and their digipaks to look at the styling of them. One I looked in to was Deadmau5 4x4=12 album, the front cover is very simple yet very effective. They have used their iconic mouse logo and placed this in the centre of the album filling up the majority of space, making it the main focus of the cover. In addition they have made the outline of the mouse in a neon green colour to give it the effect that its been lit up, this luminescent colour links with the house music genre as it recreates the colours used on club lighting. The artist names and album name is located at the top of the cover so your eye is drawn straight to it naturally, moreover these names have been placed in the same neon green shade to link with the outline of the image. 
The same mouse icon has been used on the CD design but at a slightly smaller scale, this keeps a consistent link between the cover and the CD so when you open the digipak its clear the designs have been linked. The back cover of the album lists the track names in the same font used on the album and artist name, again creating a link between the two. By using this same typography it allows the front and back to flow, making it easy to follow.
The bands name is printed again on the back, seen on the left hand side, reinforcing their brand identity. Logo's have been used on the back such as bar codes in the typical position for an album; the bottom right corner, this ultimately sticks to the usual conventions of an album cover.
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