Maps

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

Hello there Maps friends,

Maps’ new album ‘Turning The Mind’ has hit the streets and is out on CD and download (out October 20th in North America). Here’s the tracklisting for this blinding electronic odyssey:

1 Turning The Mind

2 I Dream Of Crystal

3 Let Go Of The Fear

4 Valium In The Sunshine

5 Papercuts

6 Love Will Come

7 Everything Is Shattering

8 Nothing

9 The Note (These Voices)

10 Chemeleon

11 Die Happy, Die Smiling

12 Without You

You also might be interested to know that if you download ‘Turning The Mind’ from iTunes, you get a free bonus track ‘From Here’s to Bliss’!

Plus, the album is available to download at a bargain price of £5, for one week only, at 7digital.

Here’s some of our favourite quotes taken from a couple of recent reviews:

“Kaleidoscopic, vivid, sensual and spangled up to the eyeballs.” – The Word
“Bordering on genius.” 9/10 – Clash Sept
“A complex and intriguing record you’ll want to keep coming back to.” – Independent on Sunday
“Following up a Mercury Prize short-listed album is no mean feat, so it’s good to see that it hasn’t stopped Maps, aka James Chapman, from continuing to build on the sound that grabbed our collective ear back in 2007. From the first, delicately oscillating chords of the opening title, it is clear this is something rather special… A must have album.” 4.5 stars – The Sun
“Even better than his impressive 2007 Mercury-nominated debut, James Chapman’s second is a delirious, mind-melting musical journey.” 4 stars – The Mirror
“An album you’ll want one-to-one time with.” 4 stars – Metro

If you’ve been keeping track of the 30 second film clips that we’re uploading all over the interweb, then I’m sure you’d like to know that we’re now up to ‘Nothing’. Directed by the wonderfully talented Russell Weekes of Warp Films, there are currently 8 available to view on the Maps widget, with more to follow soon.

If you’d prefer to use YouTube, they can also viewed here too. Hope you like them.

And finally, please don’t forget that we have announced a UK headline tour. Full details are up on the Maps MySpace.

Speak soon.
Mute HQ

Order your copy of Turning The Mind, out now (October 20th in N America), at
Mute Bank (signed copies)
Amazon UK
Rough Trade

Dear all,

You can hear a sneak preview of the new Maps album ‘Turning The Mind’ exclusively on Myspace all this week. Please go to www.myspace.com/mapsmusic to hear James Chapman’s glorious electronic odyssey in full.

Also the rather talented Russell Weekes of Warp Films has made a series of stings based on each track from ‘Turning The Mind’. New clips are being added every couple of days, please have a look at this link to find out more
www.widgetbox.com/widget/maps

‘Turning The Mind’ is out next week in the UK.

Many thanks

Mute HQ

Hey guys!

‘I Dream Of Crystal’, the new single by Maps is out TODAY!!

Pleeeease buy it! Thanks for all your support my friends!!

James xxxx