Tower Records have teamed up with Sony Music Ireland for 10 weeks of 10 classic albums presented in a 360 degree playback listening experience.
Tower 360 Playback launches on February 16th, and will feature 10 classic albums on the Sony label played through a 360 Reality Audio vinyl playback – hosted in Tower Records Dawson Street.
The album playback calendar features SZA, Tyler, The Creator, Daft Punk, Wu-Tang Clan, Rage Against The Machine, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Meat Loaf.
Entry is free and how it works is stand-alone vinyl playback stations paired with Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones will be on hand for listeners.
Alongside, a bespoke listening room equipped with 7.2 surround sound will play each album in full, on repeat, using Sony’s spatial sound technology, 360 Reality Audio.
Each album will be featured for 1 week in-full, on repeat.
Open Mon-Sat 10 – 5pm, Sun 12 – 5pm.
Free event. All ages welcome. Parental guidance advised for explicit albums.
What is Sony 360 Reality Audio?
A new, immersive music experience using Sony’s spatial sound technologies, individual sounds can be dynamically places and controlled in a 360 spherical sound field, giving artists and creators a new way to express their creativity. Listeners can be immersed in a field of sound exactly as intended by artists and creators.
Full playback calendar:
- Harry Styles – Fine Line
16 Feb – 22 Feb - SZA – Ctrl *
23 Feb – 29 Feb - Tyler, The Creator – Flower Boy *
1 Mar – 7 Mar - Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
8 Mar – 14 Mar - Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) *
15 Mar – 21 Mar - Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine *
22 Mar – 28 Mar - Alice in Chains – Dirt
29 Mar – 04 Apr - Pearl Jam – Ten
05 Apr – 11 Apr - Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell
12 Apr – 18 Apr - Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
19 Apr – 25 Apr
*Explicit version used.
