Music Art Prints | Music Maps for Fans
AI-FREE! No AI was used in creating my music art prints - My maps are of HUMAN connections and creativity
My music maps turn an artist’s albums into a tube-style print. Studio albums are stations, and credited musicians are the connecting transit lines. A fabulous gift for any music fan.
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ABBA Art Print | Discography Tube MapABBA Art Print | Discography Tube Map- Regular price
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Arctic Monkeys Art Print | Discography Tube MapArctic Monkeys Art Print | Discography Tube Map- Regular price
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Beatles Art Print | Discography Tube Map (Black)Beatles Art Print | Discography Tube Map (Black)- Regular price
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Beatles Music Art Print | Discography Tube MapBeatles Music Art Print | Discography Tube Map- Regular price
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Billy Bragg Music Art Print | Discography Tube MapBilly Bragg Music Art Print | Discography Tube Map- Regular price
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Blondie Art Print | Discography Tube MapBlondie Art Print | Discography Tube Map- Regular price
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Bob Marley Art Print | Discography Tube MapBob Marley Art Print | Discography Tube Map- Regular price
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Bruce Springsteen Music Art Print | Discography Tube MapBruce Springsteen Music Art Print | Discography Tube Map- Regular price
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How to Read My Music Maps Art Prints
My map designs started with Manchester's 2nd greatest group - The Fall - as a way of keeping my show design brain active in lockdown when show design stopped. It took 15 attempts to get it right, with final input from band member/producer Simon Rogers.
I took each musician - band member, session, guest - every credited person - as a tube/transit line and passed them through the stations (studio albums) to create my (often) complex underground maps (as originally conceived by Harry Beck).
New albums mean map updates .. ugh!
Held in museums. Endorsed by artists. Featured in national press
My tube map art prints are held in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Bruce Springsteen Archives, and the work has been featured by The Guardian.
Permanent Collection
A Print at the Victoria and Albert Museum
My David Bowie discography map is held at the David Bowie Centre, V&A East Storehouse, London.
Read the storyPermanent Archive
A Copy in the Bruce Springsteen Archives
My Bruce Springsteen discography map is held at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music, Monmouth University.
"Truly amazing"
Read the storyNational Press
The Guardian Interview
I was interviewed by The Guardian for a feature about life changes after sixty, from de-diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease to making these tube maps as a lockdown escape.
Read the story
Nick Cave Albums - Plotted & Connected Artists - Music Art Print
Music Maps - the Perfect Gift for Music Fans
Real discography research, as music art prints - not just decoration.
- Every map I design traces genuine, credited detail, from session musicians to plot structure.
Music maps made for the obsessive fan.
- Every band member, session player and guest musician mapped as a tube line.
A discography talking point, not a throwaway.
- Who played on what? Who were the one-off branch lines?
A music gift that looks the part.
- Museum-quality Giclée prints on archival fine art paper, in A3, A2 and A1.
Music Map FAQs
"VERY COOL AND SMART.." Dr Susan Rogers, Prince's Producer
Everything you need to know about how I research and design discography and film plot tube maps, how to read them, what goes into each one, and how to order.
What are Mike Bell's maps?
Considered gifts for fans: deeply researched tube map art prints that trace a musician's or film's story with the structural logic of Harry Beck's London Underground diagram. Lines are credited musicians or characters; stations are albums or plot points. Prints are held in the V&A David Bowie Centre and the Bruce Springsteen Archives. Browse Music Maps and Film Plot Maps.
Who designs the tube maps?
I'm Mike Bell, a UK designer and researcher working from East Sussex. My maps are endorsed by Billy Bragg, Warren Ellis, Simon Rogers of The Fall and Dr Susan Rogers, Prince's producer. Read more on the design process page.
How do the tube maps work?
Lines - musicians, session players or characters | Stations - albums or key plot points | Branch lines - one-off contributors
Every line is verified from liner notes, session credits and trusted film sources.
What formats make the best gifts for fans?
A3, A2 and A1 Giclée prints on 230gsm archival paper, with wood frame options. Browse all wall art prints or the full print specifications.
How are orders printed and shipped?
Each print is made to order by my nearest vetted print partner to your delivery address, worldwide, arriving fully assembled and ready to hang. Full details on the shipping information page.
Browse Music Art Prints and Film Maps by Collection
If you'd rather start from a genre, a decade, a band family, or a birthday than the full A to Z, these are the same groupings I use in the main menu. Every collection opens a shoppable page of the music art prints, film plot maps, or place maps that belong in it.
Start here
Music art prints by genre
Music art prints by decade
Music art prints by band family and scene
Music art prints by artist type and map format
Film plot maps by genre
Place maps
Music art print gifts by the decade they were born
A shortcut for birthdays: each of these gathers the music art prints of the artists most likely to have soundtracked someone's teens and twenties.
