Editorial lists.

Editorial cuts of the atlas: beach venues, concert halls, caves and cathedrals, cinematic rooms, festivals, wilderness and Africa. Each one is a short read that ends in rooms you can open.

7 lists live · 67 entries across them · 36 different rooms

Gato Preto on stage at Nyege Nyege in Jinja, two performers mid-dance under a green laser

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Ten African Music Venues in One Shortlist

The atlas of African music venues, condensed. Concert halls and sacred mosques. Wilderness festivals and underground jazz cellars. Cape Town to Cairo, the desert to the river, in one shortlist.

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Toman in the DJ booth at DC-10, Ibiza, with the crowd lit pink behind the glass

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Nine Beach Music Venues by the Sea

Sunset on sand, bass on the tide. Nine beach venues where the Atlantic, the Adriatic, the Indian Ocean or the Mediterranean is part of the sound system. Bring sunblock. Lose your shoes.

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A large crowd in front of the stage at Cova Santa at night

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Cave and Cathedral Music Venues

Rooms with reverb as their signature. Cathedrals in stone and natural caves. The acoustic that takes you elsewhere.

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The pale concrete facade of Berghain seen from a fenced path

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Ten Cinematic Music Venues

Ten rooms that look like they were location-scouted. The atlas as movie set.

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The gilded organ and pipes of the Concertgebouw Main Hall, flanked by red-curtained doorways

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Ten Concert Halls of the World

Acoustic architecture, ranked. Ten rooms where the walls do half the playing. From Reykjavík's glass crystal to Bergamo's pesthouse, every entry is a hall a working orchestra would pay to record in.

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A carved and painted wooden roof edge in front of a Great Wall watchtower

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Ten Festivals in Beautiful Places

Ten festivals where the room is the landscape. Mountain meadows, the Great Wall, river confluences, lake shores. The Sonic Paths festival shortlist, ranked on location not lineup.

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A large fire burning behind a row of arches at night

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Eight Wilderness Music Venues

Eight venues where the wilderness is the room. Forests, deserts, lakes, mountains, dune amphitheatres. The atlas reads landscape as architecture.

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