Mazes Moon Duo SKU: SOU022LP Barcode: 4250506801724 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Souterrain Transmissions Released Date: 1st April 2011 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Formed in San Francisco in 2009 by Wooden Shijps guitarist Ripley Johnson and his partner, Sanae Yamada, Moon Duoʼs first two critically acclaimed EPs, Killing Time (2009) and Escape (2010), fused the futuristic pylon hum and transistor reverb of Suicide or Silver Apples with the heat-haze fuzz of American rock ʻnʼ roll to create tracks of blistering, 12-cylinder space rock. Now their debut album Mazes, recorded in San Francisco and mixed in Berlin during 2010 as the band prepared to move to the mountains of Colorado, explores a far broader, lighter, sound. Thatʼs most clear on the dreamy organ and skipping riff of the title track, which recalls the Velvet Underground, or the handclaps and swinging organ bloops over the potent shredding and guttural riff delivered by Johnson in When You Cut: “He is an incredible guitar player,” enthuses Yamada, “He is one of those musicians who has the ability to elicit a guttural, corporeal response in the listener.” Throughout, Mazes is the sound of Moon Duo carving out their own identity, looking to the horizon, and moving forward. Ripley says that, as a guitarist and songwriter, delineating between Moon Duo and Wooden Shijps “happens naturally. I focus on one project at a time, and the way the two bands operate is very different. And there are certain limitations that Moon Duo is forced to accept, not having a drummer for example, and I really like that. I like the creative challenge of working with limitations. Having done so much home recording cultivates that. Working with one other person is much different from working with four.” Yamada is happy to discuss how the romantic relationship at the core of Moon Duo has affected Mazes: “Any creative partnership involves a certain level of intimacy, as does any coupling. In each type of partnership you understand certain things about the other or others involved based on the nature of your interactions,” she explains. “To mix the two is kind of a melding of intimacies – you discover different dimensions of knowing the other person. At the same time it is hard to distil specific aspects that that dynamic brings to the music.” And she insists: “The music is the music.” “We wanted to do something in a more ʻrock ‘n’ roll bandʼ style, something a bit fuller than our previous recordings.” In terms of recording this meant that Moon Duo “used more tracks on this record, in order to get a denser, layered sound to make this our ʻrock bandʼ record. I grew up a huge Stones fan, so I’ve always liked that dense sound, with multiple guitar tracks, percussion, piano, organ – anything you can squeeze into the mix.” This meant a vastly different recording process to Moon Duoʼs first two EPs, which were recorded fast and at home. Mazes was a more drawn-out process, involving proper recording studios for the first time including the trip to Berlin to mix and rerecord certain parts and the track ʻRun Aroundʼ. “The working title was Die Blumen [the flowers], so going into the mix sessions we kind of felt like it was becoming our ʻBerlin recordʼ, but in the end it retained the stamp of San Francisco and we liked Mazes title better anyway.” And ultimately, Mazes is a definably American record, recorded against the backdrop of the Johnson and Yamadaʼs move from the Californian coast to the heights of Colorado. “I think a lot of our music has something to do with the mythology of the road,” muses Moon Duoʼs Sanae Yamada. And if Mazes is a quest, a journey through American landscape and music, Johnson concludes that its key is “finding one’s place in the world; moving forward, and the different paths one takes moving through life, trying to reach various goals, literally moving; love; pain; change. Or just getting by, and making sense of things.” Artist Moon Duo Genre Psychedelia / Garage , Rock And Pop Label Souterrain Transmissions Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1. Seer 2. Mazes 3. Scars 4. Fallout 5. When You Cut 6. Run Around 7. In The Sun 8. Goners Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Moon Duo View Product Quick View Moon Duo Live At LEVITATION Rock And Pop | Reverberation Appreciation Society | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th September 2022 £19.00 Select options Moon Duo Live At LEVITATION £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Reverberation Appreciation Society Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Moon Duo Escape: Expanded Edition Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th May 2022 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Escape: Expanded Edition £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR253LPC2 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Stars Are The Light (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th May 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Stars Are The Light (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR228LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.2 (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th April 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.2 (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR169LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.1 (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th April 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.1 (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR168LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Shadow of the Sun (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th March 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Shadow of the Sun (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR122LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 11th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Circles Rock And Pop | City Slang | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 17th September 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Circles £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: City Slang SKU: SOU34X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th September 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Mazes Rock And Pop | City Slang | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 17th September 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Mazes £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: City Slang SKU: SOU22X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th September 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Stars Are The Light Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th September 2019 £22.00 - £23.00 Select options Moon Duo Stars Are The Light £22.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Moon Duo Jukebox Babe / No Fun Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 26th January 2018 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Jukebox Babe / No Fun £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR193LP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 26th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more from Moon Duo Start again More from Psychedelia / Garage View Product Quick View Sun City Girls Dante’s Disneyland Inferno Psychedelia / Garage | Get Back | 4LP, Box Set Released 16th October 2010 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sun City Girls Dante’s Disneyland Inferno £43.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Get Back SKU: GET719TLP Formats: 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 16th October 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Trader Horne Morning Way Psychedelia / Garage | Akarma | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 20th January 2015 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Trader Horne Morning Way £24.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Akarma SKU: AK087 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 20th January 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Howlin Rain Howlin Rain Psychedelia / Garage | Silver Current Records | 1LP Released 18th May 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Howlin Rain Howlin Rain £21.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Silver Current Records SKU: SC37 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various - Kralinger Music Fest Stamping Ground (26-28th 1970) Psychedelia / Garage | Akarma | 180g, 1LP Released 31st October 2012 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various - Kralinger Music Fest Stamping Ground (26-28th 1970) £42.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Akarma SKU: AD5353 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 31st October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Remains, The A Session With The Remains Psychedelia / Garage | Sundazed | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th July 2016 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Remains, The A Session With The Remains £28.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5015 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pleasure Seekers, The What A Way To Die Psychedelia / Garage | Sundazed | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 2nd December 2016 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pleasure Seekers, The What A Way To Die £30.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5458 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 2nd December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Voice Of The Seven Thunders Voice Of The Seven Thunders Psychedelia / Garage | Tchantinler | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 30th March 2010 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Voice Of The Seven Thunders Voice Of The Seven Thunders £15.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Tchantinler SKU: TCHANT001 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 30th March 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Naz Nomad & The Nightmares Give Daddy The Knife Cindy Psychedelia / Garage | Big Beat Records | 1LP Released 24th February 2017 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Naz Nomad & The Nightmares Give Daddy The Knife Cindy £15.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Big Beat Records SKU: WIK21 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Holy Modal Rounders Good Taste is Timeless Psychedelia / Garage | Sundazed | 180g, 1LP Released 14th July 2016 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Holy Modal Rounders Good Taste is Timeless £28.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5253 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Arzachel Arzachel Psychedelia / Garage | Klimt | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th August 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Arzachel Arzachel £19.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Klimt SKU: MJJ315CW Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Psychedelia / Garage Start again
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Live At LEVITATION Rock And Pop | Reverberation Appreciation Society | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th September 2022 £19.00 Select options Moon Duo Live At LEVITATION £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Reverberation Appreciation Society Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Escape: Expanded Edition Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th May 2022 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Escape: Expanded Edition £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR253LPC2 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Stars Are The Light (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th May 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Stars Are The Light (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR228LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.2 (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th April 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.2 (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR169LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.1 (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th April 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Occult Architecture Vol.1 (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR168LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Shadow of the Sun (Repress) Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th March 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Shadow of the Sun (Repress) £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR122LPC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 11th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Circles Rock And Pop | City Slang | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 17th September 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Circles £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: City Slang SKU: SOU34X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th September 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Mazes Rock And Pop | City Slang | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 17th September 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Mazes £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: City Slang SKU: SOU22X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th September 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Stars Are The Light Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th September 2019 £22.00 - £23.00 Select options Moon Duo Stars Are The Light £22.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Moon Duo Jukebox Babe / No Fun Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 26th January 2018 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moon Duo Jukebox Babe / No Fun £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR193LP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 26th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Sun City Girls Dante’s Disneyland Inferno Psychedelia / Garage | Get Back | 4LP, Box Set Released 16th October 2010 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sun City Girls Dante’s Disneyland Inferno £43.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Get Back SKU: GET719TLP Formats: 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 16th October 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Trader Horne Morning Way Psychedelia / Garage | Akarma | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 20th January 2015 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Trader Horne Morning Way £24.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Akarma SKU: AK087 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 20th January 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Howlin Rain Howlin Rain Psychedelia / Garage | Silver Current Records | 1LP Released 18th May 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Howlin Rain Howlin Rain £21.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Silver Current Records SKU: SC37 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Various - Kralinger Music Fest Stamping Ground (26-28th 1970) Psychedelia / Garage | Akarma | 180g, 1LP Released 31st October 2012 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various - Kralinger Music Fest Stamping Ground (26-28th 1970) £42.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Akarma SKU: AD5353 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 31st October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Remains, The A Session With The Remains Psychedelia / Garage | Sundazed | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th July 2016 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Remains, The A Session With The Remains £28.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5015 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Pleasure Seekers, The What A Way To Die Psychedelia / Garage | Sundazed | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 2nd December 2016 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pleasure Seekers, The What A Way To Die £30.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5458 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 2nd December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Voice Of The Seven Thunders Voice Of The Seven Thunders Psychedelia / Garage | Tchantinler | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 30th March 2010 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Voice Of The Seven Thunders Voice Of The Seven Thunders £15.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Tchantinler SKU: TCHANT001 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 30th March 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Naz Nomad & The Nightmares Give Daddy The Knife Cindy Psychedelia / Garage | Big Beat Records | 1LP Released 24th February 2017 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Naz Nomad & The Nightmares Give Daddy The Knife Cindy £15.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Big Beat Records SKU: WIK21 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Holy Modal Rounders Good Taste is Timeless Psychedelia / Garage | Sundazed | 180g, 1LP Released 14th July 2016 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Holy Modal Rounders Good Taste is Timeless £28.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5253 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Arzachel Arzachel Psychedelia / Garage | Klimt | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th August 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Arzachel Arzachel £19.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Klimt SKU: MJJ315CW Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders