Emanuele Biasiol has created a playlist for every London Underground line, on streaming platform Spotify. For each tube line, the tube/music aficionado has found a track for the majority of stations — which he's then lined up in the order in which you'd pass through them on the train.
Says Biasiol: "I call it a map because it covers every station on at least one branch of every 'proper' London Underground line in existence."
Biasiol was inspired by a tradition he had of playing the song Baker Street every time he went through the station. Image: Shutterstock
While the tracks might work smoothly as stations name-wise, there can be some intriguing auditory juxtapositions. The Northern line playlist, for example, jumps from the the jangle pop of 'Morden' to the reposed hip-hop of 'Half Past Seven in South Wimbledon' to the sound of Colliers Wood church bells pealing in a softly-narrated audio guide by the Surrey Association.
Says Biasiol: "Some of the songs are, well.... not what I'd listen to on my commute, to be nice ha. Consider yourselves warned!"
You don't look at this tube map - you listen to it
The idea for the 'map', says Biasiol, was inspired by a tradition with a friend, of playing Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty every time they went through Baker Street station: "I wondered, how many more stations would you be able to do this with...?"
Already on the map, is the definitely-not-a-tube-line,
the Elizabeth line — or at least the central section from Paddington to Abbey Wood. But Biasiol isn't finished yet: "I am planning on expanding this to all branches of every line and including the London Overground, my beloved DLR and those funky trams as soon as I get time."
Have a listen to the London Underground map on Spotify.
