Maps

I am very honoured to be involved in the eleventh and final release on the Sonic Cathedral Singles Club! A seasonal collaboration with Mark Peters of the theme to the classic Xmas TV series ‘The Box Of Delights’! Mark Peters recorded a beautiful version of the classic TV theme, and I remixed it for the AA Side. It is released on December 17th! Jingle bells!

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The eleventh and final release on the Sonic Cathedral Singles Club is a brand new seasonal recording by @markpetersofficial
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It’s a cover of the theme tune to the classic kids’ Christmas TV series ‘The Box Of Delights’ – which was first broadcast 35 years ago today on November 21, 1984.
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Part of an incredible soundtrack put together by BBC Radiophonic Workshop don Roger Limb, it is actually ‘The First Noel’ segment of the Carol Symphony by Victor Hely-Hutchinson, but Mark’s version manages to be as sinister as Abner Brown, the show’s antagonist, with a scary Spiritualized-meets-The-Excorcist feel. Over on the AA-side @thisismaps manages to prise open the box and bathes everything in light and magic on his delightful remix.
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This 7” single is pressed on snow white vinyl and comes in a lovely sleeve featuring linocut images inspired by the show courtesy of @howlingkestrel – subscriber copies come with an exclusive outer sleeve housed in a PVC wallet, plus an additional free gift that we will be sealing nearer the time. The singles will be mailed out on or before December 17.
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Subscriptions have now SOLD OUT, but check out the link in our bio about when extra copies of all the Singles Club releases will be available to buy individually.

We had an amazing time playing at Bush Hall last night!! Thank you so much to everyone who came down! And super-thanks to Mark Peters for his beautiful set, James Holden for his expertly crafted soundtrack and Innerstrings for the amazing visuals! Happy 15th Birthday to Sonic Cathedral ! Last night was a blast. (Photo by Sonic Cathedral)

Check out this lovingly-crafted Spotify playlist put together by Sonic Cathedral of Maps tracks past and present in the run up to our headline show at Bush Hall next Monday! https://sptfy.com/howtoreadmaps And also the interview I did for the Crypt fanzine is available to read here: http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/2019/10/28/mapsinterview/

And just a reminder that tickets are still available, you can grab them here: https://www.seetickets.com/…/maps-plus-mark-peters-and-jame… Support comes from Mark Peters and James Holden is the special guest DJ! Plus the majestic visuals of Innerstrings will be illuminating throughout. T’will be a great evening for sure! 

I’m so excited to announce we will be playing our next live show at Bush Hall​, London on November 4th as part of the Sonic Cathedral 15th Anniversary Celebrations!
We also have the incredible Mark Peters supporting us, PLUS very special guest DJ James Holden​! And also the mighty Innerstrings conjuring the visuals. It will be a special evening, we hope you can make it!

Tickets available here: https://www.seetickets.com/…/maps-plus-mark-peters-and-jame…

Sonic Cathedral has been an inspiration to Maps ever since I started out way back in the early days, and a great friend throughout the Maps journey. It’s a real honour to be playing this special show.

These two re-issues are released everywhere today – Ltd Edition ‘We Can Create’ on green glass vinyl, and Ltd Edition ‘Turning The Mind’ on orange vinyl. I know I’m biased but they are rather beautiful 🙂

You can pick them up here: https://mutebank.co.uk/collections/maps

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We Can Create

Catalogue Number: LSTUMM281
Release Date: 23rd August 2019

• Special Edition Vinyl Reissue
• Limited to 1000 Copies on 70’s style green glass coloured Vinyl
• Double Vinyl
• Etching on Side D

A MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE 2007

A hugely ambitious, widescreen and epic record that recalls everything from the far away electronics of Basic Channel and Carl Craig, through the skewed songwriting of Postal Service, Flaming Lips and Grandaddy to the euphoric sound-scapes of Sigur Ros and My Bloody Valentine, We Can Create is a work of heart stopping extremes.

The album was recorded without computers, preferring the painstaking process of splicing sounds together on MAPS’ battered 16 track recorder in his Northamptonshire bedroom, the results were subsequently co-produced by Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bjork) and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Hope Of The States). The critically acclaimed album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2007.

Maps has remixed Depeche Mode, Public Service Broadcasting, Susanne Sundfør, Moby, C Duncan, M83 and more.

This is a limited edition re-press of the album on green vinyl.

Released as part of the MUTE 4.0 (178>TOMORROW) series.

“Gorgeous… really special” Q MAGAZINE

“A work of bedazzling wonder.” WORD MAGAZINE

 “A joy from start to finish.” NME

“Terrific… more resplendent with each listen.”  THE GUARDIAN

“A very impressive debut.” THE INDEPENDENT 12 MAY 2007

“Some of the sweetest, darkest, most heart-meltingly beautiful melodies you will ever hear”. GUARDIAN GUIDE

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Turning The Mind

Catalogue Number: STUMM298
Release Date: 23rd August 2019

• Special Edition Vinyl Reissue
• Limited to 500 Copies on MUTE4.0 Orange Vinyl
• Double Vinyl
• Etching on Side D

Turning The Mind, recorded with Tim Holmes (Death in Vegas) at the Contino Rooms in London, is Maps’ second album from 2009 and followed the release of Maps’ Mercury Prize shortlisted debut We Can Create in 2007. Includes the tracks ‘I Dream of Crystal’, ‘Die Happy, Die Smiling’ and ‘Valium In The Sunshine’.

“The tracks for this album never seemed to stop flowing from the day I began working on them, it is a true statement of Maps’ music at this precise moment.” James Chapman aka Maps in 2009.

Maps has remixed Depeche Mode, Public Service Broadcasting, Susanne Sundfør, Moby, C Duncan, M83 and more.

This is a limited edition re-press of the album on orange vinyl as part of the MUTE 40 (1978>Tomorrow) series of releases.

“A masterpiece that stands with the best” 4/5 OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY

“Kaleidoscopic, vivid, sensual and spangled up to the eyeballs” WORD MAGAZINE

“Bordering on genius” 9/10 CLASH SEPT

“A complex and intriguing record you’ll want to keep coming back to” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

“A Death In Vegas-aided electro stormer” NME