Sheffield Music Map - Scenes, Genres & Artists (A1 Poster)

Sheffield's defining trait as a music city is a willingness to build things from scratch rather than follow anyone else's blueprint, and this print maps the results across genres, movements and decades. The city's industrial landscape shaped its earliest defining sound directly: Cabaret Voltaire pioneered a genuinely confrontational strain of electronic music in the mid-70s, while The Human League and Heaven 17 pulled synth-pop in a more commercial direction that helped define the entire genre's 1980s sound, alongside ABC's string-laden, self-aware take on the same instincts.

The map doesn't ignore Sheffield's heavier side either: Def Leppard emerged from the same city in the same era, proof the scene was never confined to synthesisers alone. Pulp's two-decade arc, from awkward outsiders to Jarvis Cocker's mid-90s Britpop moment with "Common People," gets its own space, as does Warp Records, the electronic label founded in Sheffield that became a defining force in leftfield electronic music through acts like Autechre. The print carries the story into the 2000s with Arctic Monkeys' arrival and on to Bring Me the Horizon, tracing a scene that has never been content to repeat itself.

Specs

• Sold unframed, ready to frame yourself
• Size A1 (59.4 x 84.1 cm / 23.4 x 33.1 inches)
• Hand-signed by Alejandro De Luna, printed on premium quality paper

About The Sense of Doubt
I'm Alejandro De Luna, the creator behind The Sense of Doubt, making wall art inspired by music, pop culture, and heritage. What began as a way to make sense of the records, places, and stories that shaped my life has grown into a visual archive that connects moods, history, and art. Every print is researched, designed and hand-signed by me.