Instrumenta App
A cultural index of independent music in Latin America
We index scenes, not celebrities. Infrastructure, not hype. Relations, not metrics.
Instrumenta indexes bands, venues, record shops, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and festivals — the material and symbolic network that sustains independent music in cities across the continent. It is not streaming, not a social network, not a promotional platform. It is a public cultural index: part living archive, part observatory, part research tool.
Now a free app on the App Store, with Android on the way.
What is indexed
- Bands
- Labels
- Venues
- Record Stores
- Music Stores
- Fanzines
- Radio Stations
- Festivals
- Collectives
How to participate
Instrumenta is built by the community. You can explore the entire map for free, with no account needed.
To add or edit entities, your label, band, venue, record shop, festival or fanzine, create a free account in the app and start documenting your city’s scene.
Instrumenta exclusively maps independent music in Latin America. Entities identified outside this scope will be removed.
About
Instrumenta emerges from academic research on cultural ecosystems and creative economies. After mapping Portuguese independent labels between 1982 and 2017, now the project has its focus on Latin America.
Meet the Autor Luiz Alberto Moura