Earlier this month Maps, a collaboration between Swiss electronic duo Sinner DC and Peter Kember aka Sonic Boom. Originally conceived as a live performance for a festival twelve years ago the result is now available. This performance brought together Sinner DC's ambient electronica and Sonic Boom's dazzled guitar sound. Waves of spliced guitar distortion drift over a steady electronic kick drum, pounding the song into oblivion until a voice that sounds dangerously close to Lou Reed’s begins speaking at a loud volume over the rest of the mix. The consistent development of Kember's typical guitar sound meets the ambient and psychedelic excursions of Sinner DC and makes this album an early highlight of the year.
At the end of last year Sonic Boom remixed another song by Sinner DC, also worth a listen.
