Expeditions: day by day
Expedition · 7 days
The Long Sound South: A UK Music Road Trip
A seven-day, 980-mile musical journey from Newcastle through the Yorkshire Dales, Eryri and Pembrokeshire to London, with Angus & Julia Stone and Four Tet.
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The Bristol Bass Pilgrimage
A two to three day Bristol immersion from St Pauls and Stokes Croft to the harbour, Cheddar Gorge and Portishead, tracing the Bristol sound from dub to bass.
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Berlin, Concrete and Bass: A Music Journey
A two to three day Berlin immersion from Hansa Studios and Hard Wax to Tempelhofer Feld, Tresor and the Funkhaus, in dub techno's birthplace beside Berghain.
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Kampala and the Nile: Nyege Nyege Frequency
A five to six day journey from Kampala's Nyege Nyege villa and record shop to the Source of the Nile at Jinja and the river festival, 19 to 22 November 2026.
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The Delta Blues Drive: Memphis to New Orleans
A four to five day road trip down Highway 61 from Memphis through Clarksdale and the Crossroads to New Orleans, following the road where the blues began.
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Route · 4 rooms
Desert to Warehouse: A Music Route
Three days in the Black Rock Desert, then a long flight east, then forty-eight hours in a Brooklyn warehouse and a Hudson iron foundry. The same energy, two different rooms.
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Route · 5 rooms
Europe After Midnight: A Music Route
Berghain doors open at midnight. Lux Frágil in Lisbon goes until ten. Sunwaves, until it left Romania in 2025, ran for days on end on Mamaia beach.
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Route · 3 rooms
The Industrial Revival Route
Berlin and the long heritage of post-industrial sound. Berghain's 18-metre concrete ceilings, Loftas in a Vilnius factory, KOKO restored from a Camden palace.
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Route · 3 rooms
The Japanese Listening-Bar Pilgrimage
Tokyo's listening-bar lineage runs from the post-war jazz kissaten to the modern hi-fi rooms where conversation is rationed and the sound system does the talking. Bar Martha is the canon.
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Route · 2 rooms
The Mediterranean Route
Ibiza's cave restaurants and runway-side terraces, where sunset becomes a programme and the Mediterranean is part of the sound system. Cova Santa, DC-10, and the long road home.
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Route · 2 rooms
The Nordic Light Route
Iceland and Sweden, where the architecture is the weather. Harpa's glass scales reflect the aurora; the Ice Hotel rebuilds its concert hall from the Torne River every winter.
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Route · 5 rooms
Seven Days of Brutalist Techno: A Music Route
Brutalism and techno share an architectural philosophy. Truth to materials. No ornament. The structure is the music.
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Route · 3 rooms
The Volcanic Ambient Route
Stromboli erupts every twenty minutes. Iceland's geothermal plumes hiss under the orchestra. The Hoggar plateau hums at night. Three rooms whose acoustic includes the planet.
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