Sonora

Virtual Record Store · Human Curation

by Métrica

The record store you missed,
in your pocket

Browse music organized by record label, like the good old days. No algorithms deciding for you. Just 34 years of curation.

Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane
Brilliant Corners
Aphex Twin
Bach Brandenburg
Enrico Rava
Hound Dog Taylor

314 curated labels · 108,000+ albums · Updated Dec. 2025

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How it works

Browse, discover, listen. No login required.

1

Choose a crate

Browse by genre (Jazz, Blues, Classical...) or dive straight into a label that interests you.

2

Explore albums

See full discographies, release years, cover art. Context for every label.

3

Listen on Spotify

One click opens the album in Spotify. Preview tracks, save to your library.

What is Sonora?

A virtual record store where music is organized the old way: by labels, by genres, by the taste of those who listen.

Crates

Like in a physical record store: Jazz USA, European Jazz, Classical, Electronic, Blues... 15 sections with curated labels.

Time Capsule

Travel to 1959, 1972, 1985... and discover what was released that year across all labels in the catalog.

Context

History of each label, key artists, sonic aesthetic. You don't just listen: you understand.

Explore the crates

Each crate groups record labels from a genre or region.

Thelonious Monk - Blue Note
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Time Out - Dave Brubeck
Chet Baker Sings
Historic USA Jazz
24 labels
The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett
Officium - Jan Garbarek
Facing You - Keith Jarrett
Return To Forever - Chick Corea
European Jazz
36 labels
Hound Dog Taylor
Big Walter Horton
Son Seals
Koko Taylor
Blues
17 labels
Mozart Requiem - DG
Beethoven 9 Symphonies - Karajan
Bach Violin Concertos - Oistrakh
Tchaikovsky Symphonies - Karajan
Classical
25 labels
LFO - Warp Records
Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada
A Word Of Science - Nightmares On Wax
Artificial Intelligence - Warp
Electronic
27 labels
Nubia - Nonesuch Explorer
Hamza El Din
Caribbean - Nonesuch
Zimbabwe - Nonesuch
Contemporary
18 labels
i/o - Peter Gabriel
Love Can Heal - Peter Gabriel
Road to Joy - Peter Gabriel
Real World Producer Camp
World Music
15 labels
No Other - Gene Clark
In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
Burning Blue Soul - The The
Doolittle - Pixies
Indie / Art Rock
18 labels
Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
It Takes A Nation - Public Enemy
Great Adventures - Slick Rick
Right On Time - Prophet
Hip-Hop / Rap
33 labels
Ella Fitzgerald 1936-1950
Louis Armstrong Hot Fives & Sevens
Cab Calloway Early Years
Jelly Roll Morton Vol. I
Classic Jazz / Pre-Bebop
17 labels
Led Zeppelin IV - Deluxe
Led Zeppelin II
Houses of the Holy
First Take - Roberta Flack
Classic Rock
23 labels
On the Way to Eden - Eden Rose
Nature - Tetragon
Smile A While - Brainstorm
Visitors - Visitors
Progressive Rock
12 labels
O Som de Dorival Caymmi - Paulo Moura
Ary Amoroso - Elizeth Cardoso
Rosa Passos Canta Jobim
Paulo Moura Trilha Jobim e Gershwin
Brazil / MPB
18 labels
Estaciones Porteñas - Astor Piazzolla
La muerte del ángel - Astor Piazzolla
Tango Reflections - Adrián Iaies
Tango Tango - Chino Laborde
Argentina / Tango
21 labels
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly Stone
Super Fly - Curtis Mayfield
Soul / Funk
22 labels

Curation, not algorithm

Each month, we highlight an essential label from each crate. This is what you'd find in "European Jazz":

Featured album

Staff Pick

Curated

ECM Records: the aesthetic of silence. Since 1969, Manfred Eicher defined a unique sound. Empty spaces, crystal-clear recordings, minimalist covers. Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny. Jazz as contemplative art.

ECM Records · Munich, 1969

The origin

Sonora inherits 34 years of curation. From Memphis to Métrica, from the 90s to today.

1991

Memphis

An independent record store in Argentina. ECM, Hyperion, Harmonia Mundi. Labels you had to know to find.

2004

Métrica

Memphis closes, the curation remains. T-shirts, notebooks, playlists. Elegant restraint applied to cultural products.

2025

Sonora

The record store returns, digital. 314 labels, 108,000+ albums. Same spirit, in your pocket.

Ready to dig in?

314 curated labels. 108,000+ albums. Free access.

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