Maps

Hey there,

Hope you’re all doing well and had a great xmas and New Year. I’ve returned from my break now. It’s good to be back.

“Die Happy, Die Smiling” is released today along with 3 amazing remixes (plus Maxime Dangles Dub Mix). I’m so excited about them.

Maxime Dangles’ remix is the most shiveringly sublime piece of music ever. I just put it up. I urge you check it out, you honestly won’t regret it.

The brilliant APTBS remix is up on the MySpace player right now as well. Distorted and urgently loveable. Awesome band.

Subscape’s mix has one of the sickest basslines known to man-kind. Low-down dirty and beautiful.

Someone just told me that “Die Happy, Die Smiling” was used on a skiing commercial today. Bizarre yet fantastic!

Thanks so much for all your support, I appreciate it all so much. I really hope you like the single and the remixes.

So, “Die Happy, Die Smiling” out today!
http://bit.ly/MapsDieHappyiTunes

Transforming the face of skiing.

Much love,

James xxxx

We’ve armed James Chapman with a flip camera and he’s sending us regular video clips from the Maps roadshow. Do catch Maps on tour over the coming weeks, here’s the first couple of installments:

Part One – setting off for the tour

Maps Tour Diary 1

Maps | MySpace Videos

Part Two – a new electronic version of ‘You Don’t Know Her Name’ in rehearsal:

Maps Tour Diary 2

Maps | MySpace Videos

Keep checking the Maps video channel on Myspace for more on the road antics

Mute HQ

Heeeey ladies and gents!

So, so far we’ve played Oxford which was AWESOME!! It was a pretty small venue but that was cool cos the place was jumpin’! Tomorrow we’re off to Edinburgh – really looking forward to it. If you’re in the area COME ON DOWN!!

Then Southampton and Birmingham, which should be ace. Personally I can’t wait to just get on the road again – I LOVE IT!!

Cargo in London should be immense! We’ve got great visuals now and we’ve put a lot of effort into making the set-up onstage look as cool as possible. This tour is gonna be a proper ‘event’. If I was a hippy I’d say ‘happening’. But I’m not, so ‘event’ will do nicely. I hope ya like it!!

That’s all for now – NOW GO GET A TICKET!!

Speak soon friends!!

Much love,

James xxxx

HA HA!! I bet that blog headline caught your attention!!

Megan Fox has just done a episode for Nylon TV. It’s basically a U.S. on-line modelling magazine which is PRETTY DAMN BIG!!

And guess what….THE MUSIC PLAYING AT THE START OF THE SHOW IS ‘CHEMELEON’ BY MAPS!!!!

Megan Fox is a Maps fan!! WOOO-HOOO!!

But Megan, if you’re reading this, I’m really not looking for anything too serious right now. After my split with Jessica Alba I need a bit of space. But maybe we could hang out and take it slowly. See what happens. There’s a good Pizza Hut near where I live. Let me know when you’re next free….

Here’s the link to the video guys!! MEGAN FOX!!!! If I died today I’d have died a happy man!!

Much love,

James xxxx

Hey y’all!

So we’re getting close to the tour now and I’ve gotta say I truly can’t wait. Myself and August have been rehearsing in the Maps Lab day in day out and it’s sounding sweeeet now (I hope!). It’s gonna be great – really hope you can make it to one of the dates!!

Now, the great people at Converse are down with Maps crew (that’s street talk) and they’re running a brilliant competition to win tickets to one of my gigs! It’s a really cool competition. If you wanna check it out just click HERE

James xxxx