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270 Tube Stations in one A-Z of the Underground Song

The Tube's been referenced countless times in songs. Whether that's generic references such as in James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", The Jam's "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" or specific stations such as Warwick Avenue. However, there hasn’t been a song to name every single station. Until now.

Image by Adham Fisher

Ben Langham is a London Underground engineer by day and a station music master by night. He collects recordings behind the scenes of the Tube – sometimes from  hidden tunnels and disused  – and transforms them into songs for his Tunnel Sounds project. I blogged about his unique concept some while back but it also caught the attention of BBC Breakfast and CBS News.


For the 150th anniversary of the London Underground Ben felt this called for something very special. A-Z Of The Underground is a hypnotic one-off piece interchanging hip-hop and electronica featuring Kate Mullins (Puppini Sisters), Jaggi and AFS.

Real sounds recorded on the Tube have been edited and layered together with guitars, bass and punctual production based around the Central Line of rhythmic vocals acknowledging all 270 stations. The song can be downloaded for free, or however much people want to pay for a limited time only

So next  time you take the Tube, listen to this audio tour of the tunnels and you might end up with plenty of extra spring in your Stepney.

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SPEKTRMODULE: Podcast 26 – Universal Time Crack

SPEKTRMODULE 26  Universal Time Crack 46 minutes and 34 seconds

If you don’t know what you’re looking at: SPEKTRMODULE is a podcast of haunted, ambient and sleepy music I compile for my own amusement.

Direct mp3 link.  Or press Play on the player.  iTunes link.

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Feel free to tell other people about this podcast for sleepy people if you like it.

We are #SPEKTRMODULE

1. logotone

2.  “body should” -  Wrugs    (EP: Braided Gas)

3.  “Brompton Road” -  Dollboy     (album:  Ghost Stations)

4.  “The Letter (Part Two)” -  Liberez       (album: The Letter)

5.  “Cloud Prayer” -  Iasos    (album:  Celestial Soul Portrait)

6.  “Come Wander With Me” -  SLEEP ? OVER     (album:   Dark As Night 2E c32)

7.  “Celestial King for a Year (Pt. 2) -   Richard Moult     (album:   Celestial King for a Year)

8.  “Angel Tech” – The Grid    (album: Bliss)

9.  “Slambient Desire” – Sonic Youth    (album: Demonlover)

10.  “Reed Sodger “ – Clive Powell w/Sean Breadin (album:  John Barleycorn Reborn)

11.  “Lilyguilding” -  Kurt Ralske    (album:  Good Night Music To Sleep By)

12.  “60 to 0” -  Baikonour     (album:   Fork Ends)

13.  “Don’t Get Any Closer” -  Eluvium     (album:   Nightmare Ending)

14.  logotone

All previous SPEKTRMODULE podcasts live under this category header or at spkmdl.libsyn.com.

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SCATTERLANDS will resume at scatterlands.com in a few weeks.

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You can find me on Twitter as @warrenellis and Jason as @theJasonHoward.

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Jason and I are also talking about another project together.

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There will also be a paid digital collection of the first fifty panels, and an eventual print edition, all organised by the same publisher.