Events, reviews and artist pages — the map of who plays where.
Freeeventseditorial
Workflow
Dig by Scene
What does this city actually sound like?
Genre plus geography narrows a search far more usefully than genre alone, and gives you the DJs, labels and shops in one pass.
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The path
- Genre
- City
- DJs
- Labels
- Radio shows
- Releases
Step by step
How to run it
Fix a genre and a city
For example: UK garage in London, or dub techno in Berlin.
Find who plays there
Event listings show residents, which is a better signal than headliners.
Check the local record shop
Shop staff charts are curated by people who hear everything.
Toolkit
Everything this workflow uses
London-rooted global radio with a deep, fully searchable show archive.
FreeradioarchiveFeatured
UK pirate-radio institution: garage, grime, jungle, dubstep, house.
Freeradiouk
The music database. Releases, credits, label catalogs, pressings and a vinyl marketplace.
FreemiumdatabasevinylFeatured
Artist-and-label-first store. Lossless downloads, deep label catalogs, editorial tags.
PaidstorelosslessFeatured
Discogs-run directory of physical record stores worldwide.
Freerecord storesdirectory
Berlin institution. Terse reviews, essential techno/dub/electro selection.
Paidvinylrecord store
Soho shop with staff-chart curation across house, techno and disco.
Paidvinylrecord store
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