Mappe Of - A Northern Star, a Perfect Stone (Celestial Version) '2018

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       A young Canadian piecing his life together on the other side of the
world. A German vagabond clutching a glowing orb in a hippie town in Australia,
having disavowed all family ties. An old man dying slowly of Alzheimer’s
who can’t recognize his own family. A troubled boy burning his family's
home to the ground.

All these characters populate the debut album by Mappe Of, an ethereal
avant-folk tour de force that belongs to no time or place. Or perhaps not even
of this Earth, judging by the range of haunting vocal textures or some of the
interstellar synths that intertwine with trumpets, violins, kalimba, autoharp,
and Mappe Of’s own intricate guitar playing. There is no traditional drum
kit. No finite template of instrumentation. Maybe the less you know about the
man behind the curtain, the more you’ll lose yourself in the music.
“I’d like the music to be grounded in reality while simultaneously
feel like it’s from somewhere else,” says the sonic architect
behind what will be known to the world as Mappe Of.

A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone is a sonic world unto itself, an aural
landscape steeped in experience and imagination. “I love records so
much,” he says. “The record has always been paramount to me. I want
to create a setting in which you can lose yourself. The ideal record for me is
one where you can lie back on your bed, listen to the thing front to back and be
taken somewhere.” Mission accomplished.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Mappe Of - Cavern's Dark (Celestial Version) (3:20)
1.02 - Mappe Of - Nimbin (Celestial Version) (4:06)
1.03 - Mappe Of - Kaepora (Celestial Version) (7:30)
1.04 - Mappe Of - Carbon Scores and Smoke (Celestial Version) (5:36)
1.05 - Mappe Of - Unfound (Celestial Version) (1:07)
1.06 - Mappe Of - Ruin (Celestial Version) (2:55)
1.07 - Mappe Of - Peaceful Ghosts (Celestial Version) (5:02)
1.08 - Mappe Of - Cerulean (Celestial Version) (4:56)

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