SONIC BOOM & SINNER DC – MAPS
MG143 – MENTAL GROOVE RECORDS
LIMITED VINYL OUT NOVEMBER 2024
1. ALPHA AND OMEGA 8’26
2. ALL SHOW & NO GO 7’26
3. ASK FOR THE MOON 5’00
4. ALL EYES AND EARS 8’24
5. ALL ROLLED INTO ONE 10’44
6. ALPHA AND OMEGA (REPRISE) 2’23
THE M∆PS PROJECT
MAPS IS A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BRITISH ARTIST SONIC BOOM, AND SWISS MUSICIANS SINNER DC. ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2013 FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES AT THE FESTIVAL LA BÂTIE IN SWITZERLAND, MAPS COMBINES MUSIC AND VISUALS TO CREATE AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, INSPIRED BY BORGES’ REFLECTION ON THE LIMITS OF REPRESENTATION*.
MAPS CHALLENGES THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ART AND REALITY, INVITING YOU TO EXPLORE A WORLD WHERE MUSIC AND VISUALS CONVERGE IN AN EXPANSIVE, SURREAL LANDSCAPE. DUTCH ARTIST SPACE IS GREEN CONTRIBUTED THE VISUAL ELEMENTS, WHICH WERE CRAFTED USING A MODIFIED ZDOOM GAME ENGINE.
ARTISTS PROFILE
SINNER DC IS A SWISS ELECTRONIC MUSIC DUO KNOWN FOR THEIR ETHEREAL SOUNDSCAPES AND INTRICATE SHOEGAZE PRODUCTION . THEIR WORK OFTEN BLENDS ATMOSPHERIC GUITARS LAYERS, WITH GROUNDED, RHYTHMIC BEATS, CREATING A UNIQUE AUDITORY EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSCENDS TRADITIONAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC BOUNDARIES.
SONIC BOOM IS A BRITISH MUSICIAN, ORIGINALLY A MEMBER OF THE SEMINAL BAND SPACEMEN 3, CELEBRATED FOR HIS EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO SOUND AND HIS USE OF DRONE-HEAVY MOTIFS AND MINIMALIST COMPOSITIONS. HIS MANY PROJECTS CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE PSYCHEDELIC AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENES PROFOUNDLY.
VIDEO & GAME RELEASE
DEVELOPED BY SPACE IS GREEN, MAPS VIDEO & GAME, OFFERS AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. IT FEATURES THE SAME VISUALS FROM THE 2013 PERFORMANCES, BUT NOW AS AN EXPLORATORY JOURNEY WHERE PLAYERS CAN FREELY NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SURREAL LANDSCAPE OF MAPS. THIS FREE GAME LETS YOU DELVE INTO THE WORLD OF MAPS OR SIMPLY WATCH THE VIDEO, AND IS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH WINDOWS AND MACINTOSH:
DOWNLOAD HERE.
* “… 𝐼𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝐴𝑇 𝐸𝑀𝑃𝐼𝑅𝐸, 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐴𝑅𝑇 𝑂𝐹 𝐶𝐴𝑅𝑇𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑃𝐻𝑌 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐶𝐻𝐸𝐷 𝑆𝑈𝐶𝐻 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝐹𝐸𝐶𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝐴𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑃 𝑂𝐹 𝑂𝑁𝐸 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝑉𝐼𝑁𝐶𝐸 𝐴𝐿𝑂𝑁𝐸 𝑇𝑂𝑂𝐾 𝑈𝑃 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑊𝐻𝑂𝐿𝐸 𝑂𝐹 𝐴 𝐶𝐼𝑇𝑌, 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑃 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑀𝑃𝐼𝑅𝐸, 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑊𝐻𝑂𝐿𝐸 𝑂𝐹 𝐴 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝑉𝐼𝑁𝐶𝐸.
𝐼𝑁 𝑇𝐼𝑀𝐸, 𝑇𝐻𝑂𝑆𝐸 𝑈𝑁𝐶𝑂𝑁𝑆𝐶𝐼𝑂𝑁𝐴𝐵𝐿𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑃𝑆 𝐷𝐼𝐷 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝑆𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑆𝐹𝑌 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐶𝑂𝐿𝐿𝐸𝐺𝐸𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝐶𝐴𝑅𝑇𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑃𝐻𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝑆𝐸𝑇 𝑈𝑃 𝐴 𝑀𝐴𝑃 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑀𝑃𝐼𝑅𝐸 𝑊𝐻𝐼𝐶𝐻 𝐻𝐴𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝐼𝑍𝐸 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑀𝑃𝐼𝑅𝐸 𝐼𝑇𝑆𝐸𝐿𝐹 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐶𝑂𝐼𝑁𝐶𝐼𝐷𝐸𝐷 𝑊𝐼𝑇𝐻 𝐼𝑇 𝑃𝑂𝐼𝑁𝑇 𝐵𝑌 𝑃𝑂𝐼𝑁𝑇.”
* “𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝐴𝐷𝐷𝐼𝐶𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝑇𝑂 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝑇𝑈𝐷𝑌 𝑂𝐹 𝐶𝐴𝑅𝑇𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑃𝐻𝑌, 𝑆𝑈𝐶𝐶𝐸𝐸𝐷𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝐺𝐸𝑁𝐸𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁𝑆 𝑈𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅𝑆𝑇𝑂𝑂𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐴𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑆 𝑊𝐼𝐷𝐸𝑆𝑃𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐷 𝑀𝐴𝑃 𝑊𝐴𝑆 𝑈𝑆𝐸𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝑊𝐼𝑇𝐻𝑂𝑈𝑇 𝐼𝑀𝑃𝐼𝐸𝑇𝑌 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑌 𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑁𝐷𝑂𝑁𝐸𝐷 𝐼𝑇 𝑇𝑂 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐼𝑁𝐶𝐿𝐸𝑀𝐸𝑁𝐶𝐼𝐸𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝑈𝑁 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑊𝐼𝑁𝑇𝐸𝑅𝑆.
𝐼𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐷𝐸𝑆𝐸𝑅𝑇𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑊𝐸𝑆𝑇 𝑆𝑂𝑀𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐿𝐸𝐷 𝑅𝑈𝐼𝑁𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑃 𝐿𝐴𝑆𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝑂𝑁, 𝐼𝑁𝐻𝐴𝐵𝐼𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝐵𝑌 𝐴𝑁𝐼𝑀𝐴𝐿𝑆 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐵𝐸𝐺𝐺𝐴𝑅𝑆; 𝐼𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑊𝐻𝑂𝐿𝐸 𝐶𝑂𝑈𝑁𝑇𝑅𝑌 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸 𝐴𝑅𝐸 𝑁𝑂 𝑂𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑅𝐸𝐿𝐼𝐶𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝐶𝐼𝑃𝐿𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝐺𝐸𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑃𝐻𝑌.”
– EXCERPT FROM VIAJES DE VARONES PRUDENTES BY SUAREZ MIRANDA, 1658.
