27/11/2011 marks the release of the Snowglobe EP by Maps and Diagrams, six exclusive tracks recorded for Sutemos. The Snowglobe EP marks a return to a rhythmic structure for Maps and Diagrams who has spent the past few years on an ambient-acoustic kosmiche journey creating textural soundscapes and drone work. Appearing on this release are [...]

Next up are two new albums by Maps and Diagrams on the Nomadic Kids Republic label, release dates vary in the UK but both albums are already released in Japan and the US. Check the reviews for both The Town Beneath the Sea and Lights Will Call On You over at Fluid Radio. Lights Will [...]

As Maps and Diagrams Get Lost is released on Time Released Sound (see below for details) another Maps and Diagrams album is lurking, waiting for release; The Voices of Time features on Fluid Radio with a review… The reputation garnered by a slew of excellent releases on labels such as Static Caravan, Fluid Audio, Smallfish, Moamoo and [...]

Get Lost, the new album by UK- based sound artist Tim Martin aka Maps and Diagrams certainly embodies this statement to perfection. Over the course of nearly an hour, Martin explores strange and beautiful worlds, in a vein not dissimilar to On Land by Eno himself – worlds all unique in their own way, familiar and yet profoundly alien. (Fluid Radio)

Maps and Diagrams features on Tokafi…. It’s been a busy month for British experimental electronic composer/producer Tim Martin, the sole member of Maps and Diagrams. The band name is a perfect fit for his music, which floats non-linearly in celestial patterns, moving from slow-motion post-rock figures to swirling nebulae of sound to driving minimalist rhythms. [...]

The obvious digital element is dealt in such a way that it is not often identifiable as such (no visibly obvious ones and zeroes) meaning the more tactile elements like the instrumentation then sit in the mix without leaping out as obviously separate tones. Read the full review at Cyclic Defrost

Maps and Diagrams new album Red Moon Rising is out today (4 April) on the Chemical Tapes label and is available on cassette, featuring 9 new and exclusive songs focusing on the ever-evolving sounds of Kosmische. Strictly limited to 100 copies. Also appearing on the Chemical Tapes stellar line-up are Machinefabriek, Flotel, Indian Weapons, Mohave [...]

  Almost instantly after the release Get Lost on Time Released Sound is another long-player by Maps and Diagrams. The Voices of Time is released on Handstitched* and features 13 new songs, focusing on compositional space, sound source and dimensional musical mechanics. The Voices of Time deploys de-automised production with a transfer away from technologically driven [...]

Some new releases have landed here at Handstitched* HQ from Time Released Sound over in the US; Founded in 2011, Time Released Sound is a lovingly hand made, limited edition release music label that is as much an art project as it is a musical outlet. Focusing primarily on classically infused and folk based ambient [...]

Maps and Diagrams announces the new album “Get Lost” on the wonderful label Time Released Sound -release date to be announced shortly. Other releases scheduled on Time Released Sound include; Shaula, Fabio Orsi and Allessio Ballerini. More info can be found here Two short edits from the forthcoming album “Get Lost” maps and diagrams – Angle of Acceptance [...]

Erasure is the first new media exhibition at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent and runs from 29 January – 2 May. The exhibition asks, ‘What is created when you remove something?’ It features work from local artists as well as two major pieces on loan from Arts Council England. There will be [...]

Review from Igloomag, read the article here Vibrant and consistent, both show Martin’s continual relevance in the continually changing landscape of the style he was centrally involved in developing. Maps And Diagrams ‘A Pulsating History’  Tim Martin’s work as Maps And Diagrams over the last several years has focused increasingly on texture, mood and increasingly [...]

First things first, 2 new Maps and Diagrams-related releases on behalf on the Beko Digital Single Label in France. First: “The worst of us” is a collaborative effort between UK-based sound artist Maps and Diagrams and Chilean poet Estela Lamat. For this haunting EP, Maps and Diagrams has engineered richly textured soundscapes to accompany Lamat’s [...]

Maps and Diagrams appears on the Audio Gourmet label with “Tintinnbulate”. The work is a continuation of the conceptual drone-based sounds of “Koom” and “Foel” that was released on the Handstitched* imprint in 2009. This continuation sees the recycled use of original source material, layers and processed sound created during the making of the pre-mentioned releases. [...]

Now up on Soundcloud – Cubiculo by Maps and Diagrams — Released by Fluid Audio, catalogue number: FA 004. Follow the link….FluidAudio

Taking some time out from making music with Charles Sage as Hessien, Tim Martin brings his Maps and Diagrams project back to the surface with four exclusive songs for Fluid Audio. ‘Cubiculo’ features a more structured, loop-based arrangement, drawing attention to a rounded and melodic stencil with focus on subtle, crystalised, micro-rhythm, surrounded by self-assurance and tangled [...]

New release from Maps and Diagrams on the I, Absentee label. A continuation of ‘The Giant Woods’ album that was released on Yuki Yaki late last year. ‘Tööpuudus’ is made up of 3 songs spanning 20 minutes. to purchase a copy or for more information visit the I, Absentee website here Norman Records says this about [...]

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maps and diagrams releases a new album for winter 2009 on yuki yaki, download the album ‘the giant woods’ for free at the yuki yaki website here YkYk019 maps and diagrams: The Giant Woods It started out as a 4 track EP-isode and has finally grown into a fully-fledged album. Maps And Diagrams’ latest strike [...]

maps and diagrams accepted the invitation to remix the digitonal song ’93 years on’ taken from the album ‘save your light for darker days’ a different version of the single was released on cactus island in 2005 in a limited edition 8cm cd release. the new digitonal single ‘silver poetry’ is available via the just [...]