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 VISUALS AND MUSIC FROM THE SONIC BOOM & SINNER DC – MAPS LP, 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 :
