CyprusSound, the live music discovery platform built and operated by Backlight Media, shown on a laptop: the 'Playing in Cyprus' artist grid across the island's scene
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CyprusSound · Our own platform

Every gig on the island. Built from zero.

[ The problem ]

CyprusSound is not client work. It is our own product, built from zero and run as owners: a live music discovery platform where every gig, every venue and every artist worth knowing surfaces the day it matters. It exists on the site for one reason: when we tell a client we build systems, this is one anyone can open and use.

[ What we did ]
  1. 01Built the platform from zero on a lean modern stack: a custom Supabase backend, server-rendered pages, and a PWA that installs to the home screen.
  2. 02Automated the content ingestion, so gigs, venues and artists stay current without a manual editorial team behind them.
  3. 03Structured every surface for search: venue and artist pages engineered to rank for the island's music queries.
  4. 04Operate it as owners: onboarding venues and artists across the island, with follows, leaderboards and dashboards for the people who run the scene.
[ Outcome ]

CyprusSound is live: 112 artists across 59 venues and 49 towns, from basement clubs to amphitheatres, with tonight's gigs surfaced city by city. It is the standing proof behind the Ventures pillar: the same strategy, systems and build capability we sell is running our own product in public.

112Artists listed
59Venues on the platform
49Towns covered

The product

Live at cyprussound.com

CyprusSound, Backlight Media's live music discovery platform, running on a phone: venues, artists and festivals across Cyprus

Our own product, in your hand. CyprusSound is a live music discovery platform for the island: every gig, every venue, every artist worth knowing.

112
Artists
59
Venues
49
Towns

Have a moment that can't go wrong?

That is the work we take. Tell us what has to land, and we'll build the system to make it happen.