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Deezer dance music in 360 Reality Audio

21/05/2020

Deezer showcases dance music in 360 Reality Audio partnering with Spinnin’ Records to produce a 52 track playlist in Sony’s new immersive file format. Spinnin’ Records is the world’s biggest dance label and the playlist includes tracks from Mike Williams, Mesto, Lucas & Steve, Quintino, Curbi, Breathe Carolina, Joe Stone and more. According to Deezer, ‘One tune where 360 Reality Audio really makes the song pop is “Make you Mine,” the latest hit by Mike […]

TIDAL adds jazz classics to its 360 Reality Audio catalogue

03/12/2019

TIDAL adds jazz classics to its 360 Reality Audio catalogue including torch songs to cool jazz to fusion as part of its rollout of Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format. TIDAL introduced the new immersive format at the end of October this year and has been gradually adding content which is available through its mobile apps. Jazz classics such as Holiday’s Lady in Satin (1958), Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue (1959) and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out […]

Deezer creates new 360 Reality Audio app

14/11/2019

Deezer creates new 360 Reality Audio app joining TIDAL and Amazon Music in supporting Sony’s new immersive audio format. The announcement comes shortly after Amazon Music announced its support for the new format last month. 360 Reality Audio is a new audio format that maximizes the spatial sound field by creating multiple virtual speakers. Instruments are converted into independent ‘objects’, placeable anywhere in true 360-degree space resulting in ‘a truly immersive listening experience’. To get […]

Napster prepares to launch Sony’s 360 Reality Audio

20/10/2019

Napster prepares to launch Sony’s 360 Reality Audio with an expected roll out in 2020 according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. Following on from Sony’s recent announcement that it will launch its 360 Reality Audio experience later this autumn, Napster confirmed that it would be partnering with Sony and expected to launch its Powered by Napster service incorporating the Sony technology in 2020. According to the blog, ‘you can close your eyes […]

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Sony prepares for launch of 360 Reality Audio

19/10/2019

Sony prepares for launch of 360 Reality Audio later in the autumn and announces partnerships to deliver its immersive audio experience with leading streamers – Amazon, Deezer, nugs.net, TIDAL and Napster. Sony’s immersive audio experience utilising object-based spatial audio technology will be launched later this autumn to listeners in Europe, the US with an initial release of approximately 1,000 songs in this brand-new format from artists such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Pharrell Williams […]