NEW SINGLE “DIE HAPPY, DIE SMILING”
OUT JANUARY 12, 2009
REMIXES FROM A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS,
MAXINE DANGLES AND SUBSCAPE

Maps – aka James Chapman – will release his new album, “Turning The Mind” via Mute on October 20th 2009. Maps also announced details of the release of their next single, “Die Happy, Die Smiling,” which will be released on January 12th, 2010 on Mute. The digital-only single includes remixes from Maxine Dangles, Mute label-mates A Place To Bury Strangers and Subscape.

NYLON TV WITH MEGAN FOX FEAT. ALBUM TRACK “CHEMELEON” Video

Maps – Die Happy Die Smiling Sting Video

Check out a preview of Maps’ “Die Happy Die Smiling” from the new album Turning the Mind (out Oct 20 on Mute).

“I’m really happy with the remixes,” commented James Chapman, aka Maps. “Maxime Dangles has done an amazing disco-killer of a mix, and also A Place To Bury Strangers have produced something truly special. Everything about the new record and “Die Happy, Die Smiling” is much harder, purely electronic, the way things should be.”

“Turning The Mind” album track “Chemeleon” is also the first song featured in Nylon TV’s coverage of their photoshoot with current cover girl Megan Fox.

The album – which is out now in the UK – is raking in the accolades across the pond:

Full-on, altered state electronic stomper – Guardian
An electro stormer – NME
Bordering on genius – Clash
A palatial winter wonderland of a song – The Word
A delirious mind-melting musical journey – Daily Mirror
A record you want to keep coming back to – Independent on Sunday

Turning The Mind, recorded with Tim Holmes (Death in Vegas) at the Contino Rooms in London, is Maps’ second album and follows the Mercury Prize shortlisted debut We Can Create (2007).
The album’s first single “I Dream Of Crystal” – released digitally September 15th 2009 – features the album version plus remix and dub versions from Solo and Steve Lawler.

VIDEO
I Dream of Crystal

Related links about Maps:
Maps Myspace – www.myspace.com/mapsmusic
Maps website – www.mapsmusic.com

Reviews about Maps
“On his second album, “Turning the Mind” (Mute), every bit of loneliness, jealousy, spite or deception sends him into the studio. There [Maps] devises melodies and layers his resentful whisper of a voice amid swelling major chords and mechanized arpeggios, blipping behind his harmonies.”
– NEW YORK TIMES

“There’s more than meets the eye in this wildly diverse album”
– FILTER, 89% review

Maps – I Dream of Crystal music video

The official music video for I Dream of Crystal from Maps new album “Turning the Mind” out October 20th on Mute.