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Discover the world one track at a time MusicMap is a dedicated music discovery platform celebrating independent artists from every corner of the globe.

Built by a team in Barcelona with assistance from DJs, writers and producers from the UK, Germany, China, South Korea, Brazil, USA, Italy, Mexico and further afield, MusicMap brings artists together and champions new music, while uncovering trends, scenes and collectives on every continent.

21/10/2024

There’s no better way to embrace Autumn than with In-Edit Festival, a celebration of music documentaries that began in Barcelona in 2003. Now spanning in multiple countries, including Chile, Mexico, and Germany, offers a window into the soul of global music scenes. For the occasion, MusicMap selected five must-see documentaries from five different regions and music genres. Link in bio 🔗

08/10/2024

In collaboration with HOTS (Hungarian Oncoming Tunes), the music export brand for supporting and educating Hungarian acts to expand their activities on an international scale, MusicMap selected 7 Hungarian artists to watch out for. Link in bio 🌐

13/09/2024

Mount Athos is a peninsula in northeastern Greece, which has been central to Eastern Orthodox monasticism for over a millennium. There, isolated from conventional time as well as global events, live about 2,000 monks, dedicating themselves to prayer and worship. Resonating across the Aegean Sea, their sacred songs have been heard only by visiting pilgrims.

For their new installment, presents “Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain” with a 2xLP album as well as an artbook in English, Greek and French; featuring contributions by .kretsen.grupp
.poulou and more

Out on the 27th of September 2024, you can pre-order via or here https://fleeproject.com/order/006

📷 by Kostas Balafas, Olivier Duport and Stratos Kalafatis

27/05/2024

If your thing is to steer clear from the mainstage, we have some amazing options for you.

Full article on MusicMap

28/11/2022

Iso Toxyl’s EP 'Zero zero' has recently been re-uploaded to music platforms after a brief hiatus. The EP brings together the best of metal, alternative rock and hip hop to deliver a distinctive sound that steps away from her previous releases with a more mature and developed style.

Filled with a raw energy that bounds from the first song until the last, in her own words, “Zero zero is mainly about defence mechanisms, hardship and the psychological effects they may cause”. “I’ve written these songs while trapped in a terribly toxic relationship which gave me a lot of insight on myself and psychology in general; I tend to analyze and overthink a lot, which definitely helped me out of tricky situations”.

Her vocals, at moments aggressive and at moments softer, are also a reflection of this life experience, confronting a catharsis filled with underlying layers of rage, self doubt, lack of control and ultimately resilience.

Listen at your platform of choice and follow

22/11/2022

"You know, with the war, I became indifferent to almost everything that had some meaning for me before. Even music, the most beautiful thing on earth, has now become for me forever spoiled by death."

is a Ukrainian born composer, sound artist, music producer, violinist and educator. In her work she focuses on a varieties of timbres, sound textures and mixing organic, classical music with progressive forms of electronic music production. As part of 's 2022 roster, Katarina is interviewed about opening her own music school, the war in Ukraine and receiving institutional awards. Read now at the link in bio.

Photo by Nika Gargol

10/11/2022

The Brother Moves On is a collective based in Johannesburg, South Africa, formed by artist Nkululeko Mthembu and his brother Siyabonga Mthembu. Press repeatedly describe them as the most important band in their home country, and the festival makers as well as their London-based imprint stress their role in continuing a lineage of South African protest music.

Anyone who has ever had the chance to see The Brother Moves On play live, would likely add: Their music has the power to set hearts on fire, move bodies and minds. These qualities are reflected in their Sounds That Shaped Me playlist, with , , Lebo Mathosa, ,, and more. Listen now at the link in bio

The Brother Moves On are playing Le Guess Who? 2022 on Friday, 18:10h, at Pandora, Tivoli Vredenburg

09/11/2022

Very few preserve the tradition of the tonkori. is one of the few surviving players of this five-string harp, performed by the indigenous Japanese Ainu people.

Before his performance tomorrow Thursday at 22h, where he'll be playing alongside his family as in the picture above, OKI shared some words with us in occasion for the Sounds That Shaped Me lists.

Read at the link in bio

07/11/2022

Within nearly a decade, Bogotá-based outfit Romperayo have moulded an eclectic take on their local cumbia music, infusing it with psychedelia and humour, twisting it with raunchy synthesisers and an accordion.

When we reached Pedro Ojeda, the band’s drummer and lead, Romperayo were in the midst of a busy touring schedule around Mexico. Instead of comprehensive notes on the sounds that shaped them, Pedro chose to share a comprehensive list of music, reassuring us that each and every single one of these songs were very important influences in achieving the sound of Romperayo. Listening to them, the connections become obvious.

Rompareyo are playing Le Guess Who? 2022 on Saturday, 23:00 - 23:00 at EKKO as part of the Coco María presents Club Coco selection.

Listen to Romperayo's Sounds That Shaped Me list now at the link in bio

03/11/2022

Prior to their performance, Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi take us back to their most formative moments with sound, together with the connections, actions and ideas that were sparked.

From Bach to Purshotamdaas Jalota, listen to their Sounds That Shaped Me selection at the link in our bio.

Words by Melanie Biedermann. Picture by Libor Galia

18/10/2022

Iso Toxyl, who played MusicMap's second showcase back in 2019, is manifesting an endless summer rave with her new Sounds That Shaped Me mix for MusicMap, filled with euphoric remixes of 90s and 00s anthems, juddering acid, breakbeats and pounding techno

Now based in Milan, you can listen to more music by Iso Toxyl and check out the full tracklist at the link in bio

16/08/2022

We’re happy to see a new APOCALIPSIS] release by Colombian-American composer, producer, and DJ

His EP, Sonoras, is a meditation on channeled chaos, inviting a return to intuitive movement both as a creator and as a listener. It promises constantly-evolving soundscapes that shapeshift between pitched vocal performances, drum breaks, and multi-layered diasporic references.

“Juego de Cambios” (“Game of Changes”), referencing the ancient Chinese divination text I Ching, enters a collision point between chance, fate, free will, determinism, disarray, and order under reverberations of a Korg Minilogue synthesizer. “Dale Diente” (“Give it a bite”) merges mutant accordion melodies, sub bass, and staccato-like drums for industrial-leaning storytelling.

“Siglo Acelerado” (“Accelerated Century”) enters digital hyperspeed territory, exploring younger generations’ experience of the exponential speed of tech development and media consumption. “Alegria” (“Joy”), features a vocal performance and co-writing duties by Silas Alesa. The culminating track offers world-making that investigates the extreme yet interconnected states of death and ecstatic happiness, bridging cumbia ballads and trance influences.

Sebastian Maria’s work draws upon diverse influences including música urbana, reggaeton, musique concrète, chance operations, and field recordings– celebrating and signaling a debt to diasporic memory while remaining individual in calculation.

Listen now via APOCALIPSIS]

20/07/2022

Listen to the DJ and producer who's been pushing the Bolivian bass sound forward since the past 22 years

Dj Quien is a Berlin-based Bolivian DJ, producer and promoter who also runs the record label Oi Mass Bass (OMB). Last year Dj Quien released the mixtape “Bolivian Bass History”, showcasing some of the most exciting names mixing electronic music with traditional Bolivian elements such as Red Ken Panda, Sikuri, F.V.N.E.R.A.L. and himself.

Exploring Bolivia through new music genres, the mixtape moves smoothly from cumbia to drum & bass, breakbeats and jungle. Listen at the link in our bio and follow for more releases and updates.

06/07/2022

We’ve been happy to see how .in.exile has successfully kept its activity since we wrote about their first release back in 2019. Today, we listen to , an Australia-based South Sudanese artist who’s known for her wholesome performances and the rebellious optimism that she transmits with her music.
Performing in English, Arabic, and her native language, Dinka, Ajak Kwai draws upon South Sudanese funk and blues influences and brings together elements of traditional music alongside more contemporary gestures. The result is something notably unique and powerful. Read more and listen now on MusicMap.

30/06/2022

Tio is a singer/songwriter from Ambrym island in Vanuatu who grew up immersed in local practices, customs and stories handed down through generations. His first interest in music was born from his early encounters with the traditional ‘tam tam’ (a wooden slit-drum) and songs in his language, Daakaka.

Whilst living in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, Tio got involved with the local reggae and roots music scene, while he also collaborated with a broad range of artists from across the Pacific, Australia, Africa and Europe including members of Airileke, Blue King Brown, Kalja Riddim Klan, Simangavole, Kaumaakonga, Impossible Odds, Hermann Hartel, Natano Pasifika, Rize of the Morning Star, Tabura and Black Rose.

A talented multi-instrumentalist, Tio switches between violin, ukulele, guitar, tam tam, djembe and bush bass. He is driven by his passion to mix traditional and contemporary beats and styles and share his traditions with other musicians. In Vanuatu, he is passionate about encouraging Ni-Vanuatu youth to use local instruments and create music based on their unique cultural rhythms and mother tongues.

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21/06/2022

While we recover in between music festivals, this week we listen to the magical healing soul of Witch Prophet, a Canada-based East African singer-songwriter whose 2020 sophomore LP “D.N.A Activation” has been on heavy rotation at many of our team’s home offices.

Co-produced alongside her partner and DJ SUN SUN, the critically acclaimed “D.N.A Activation” explores Witch Prophet’s Ethiopian and Eritrean roots fusing jazz, hip-hop, soul and RnB with songs in English, Amharic, and Tigrinya. Each song bears the name of a family member, while she also explores depth and connection in creating music as a portal for self-growth and discovery, as she navigates and better understands her cultural and q***r identity.

Check out the powerful and comforting music video for "Tesfay", inspired by the memory of her late grandfather at the link in our bio and follow Witch Prophet for more refreshing soundscapes.

Photo by Brianna Roye

27/05/2022

Neggy Gemmy's (FKA Negative Gemini) heartfelt electronic pop is built
around duality. In astrology, Geminis represent polarity and though
Lindsey French—the producer, singer, and songwriter behind the name—is
an upbeat Sagittarius, her music has always been linked to that idea.
The Los Angeles-based artist delivers sparkling vocal hooks alongside
angst-ridden missives, and floating atmospherics with chest-caving
bass. She’s constantly swerving and shapeshifting as her interests and
surroundings change: no two releases are quite alike, yet within all
of their DNA lies a magnetic songwriting sensibility that makes you
want to sing, chant, and scream along with her.

In order to match everyone's current mood we share her latest single,
‘Beep Beep’, which is the second single to drop from her long awaited
LP. It’s a fierce soundtrack to tearing up the LA highway system.
Confident and distorted lyric strust over bouncy house chorts, fizzy
bubbles and punchy brass section reminiscent of the early 00’s dance
pop Neggy Gemmy was raised on.

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11/05/2022

Each year the whole MusicMap team is eager to find out who are Le Guess Who’s guest curators, and since 2022 will mark the festival’s 15th anniversary, the expectations have been even greater.

Check out first artists and full curated programs announced at the link in our bio or at

Video by Van Lennep
Music by Arp Frique

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