Zoom from planet to neighbourhood
Zoomed out, you see where the world is loudest. Zoom in and every pin is a band, placed in the city it came from.
car·to·phon·ic
/ˌkɑː.təˈfɒn.ɪk/
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Of or relating to the mapping of sound, or of the places sound comes from.
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Cartophonic — the atlas of the world’s bands, each one plotted in the city it came from.
From Greek khártēs (χάρτης), “map”, + phōnḗ (φωνή), “sound”.
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Every band. Every city.
One living map.
Cartophonic is the atlas of the world’s music scenes. Zoom into any city on Earth and discover every band that ever came from it — active, on hiatus, or long gone.
Discovery, by place.
Streaming feeds you what an algorithm thinks you like. Cartophonic shows you what’s actually out there — scene by scene, street by street.
Filters that stack
Genre × era × status. Only active doom bands? Nineties punk that split up? Two taps.
Every era, not just the charts
The band that played your town’s basement in 1997 belongs on the map too.
One tap to the music
Every band card links straight to where the band lives online.
Made to be shared
Every city and band exports as a story-ready card.
Bands own their pin
Claim your entry, fix your status, add your links and shows. Verified bands get a badge, and a share card for their socials.
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Search a city
Any city, any town. Or just spin the globe.
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Filter the scene
Narrow it down by genre, decade and status.
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Press play
Open a band, follow the links, find your next obsession.
Put your city on the map.
Early access is opening city by city. Join the waitlist, tell us where your scene lives, and we’ll open yours first.