Licensed background music for retail stores
Sonosfera
Retail atmosphere that feels branded, not borrowed.
Retail music needs to support browsing, staff energy, and brand perception at the same time. Sonosfera gives stores a catalogue-cleared soundtrack that feels intentional from opening to close.
Directly licensed for eligible Sonosfera catalogue playback — no separate OneMusic (APRA AMCOS + PPCA) fee on that catalogue.
14-day free trial · no card needed · cancel anytime · money-back guarantee on paid plans
- 100% original catalogue
- Catalogue-owned
- Certificate-ready
Every track has a colour.
Hundreds of original tracks, each tuned to a mood and a colour. All owned outright for eligible Sonosfera catalogue playback. Keep outside music sources separate.
Tap a card below to hear a sample
Mon Cœur Qui Bat
Sonosfera Original
Velvet Orbit
Sonosfera Original
Kinetic Neon Patches
Sonosfera Original
Fire Street
Sonosfera Original
Bright Current
Sonosfera Original
Cobblestone Musette
Sonosfera Original
Obsidian Pulse
Sonosfera Original
Endless View
Sonosfera Original
Piazza Morning Dew
Sonosfera Original
Heart Drive
Sonosfera Original
Independent businesses use Sonosfera internationally.
- Original catalogue — every track ours
- Owned outright
- Certificate-ready
Different retail moments need different energy.
On-brand, non-intrusive music that makes the space feel active without exhausting staff or customers.
Doors open
A confident start that makes the floor feel switched on from the first customer.
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Peak browsing
Energy without chaos, so customers keep moving comfortably through the space.
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Final hour
A controlled taper that keeps the store feeling polished to the end of the day.
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Covered playback
Sonosfera keeps the soundtrack steady, legal, and aligned with the kind of room you want people to remember.
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Pick your vibe
Choose a playlist tuned to your kind of room, or let it run on its own.
Press play
The right music fills the space, ad-free, all day, across every zone.
Get your certificate
Generate proof of your scope from the dashboard, whenever anyone asks.
Proof, not promises
A real certificate for your business.
On any paid plan you get a downloadable certificate naming your business and premises, the period it covers, and exactly what's included — Sonosfera-catalogue playback. Show it to an inspector, a landlord, or anyone who asks about your music; each one carries a serial number anybody can verify online.
From background worry to background music.
What most places settle for
- A personal account that isn't meant for business
- The same forty songs on a loop
- A licensing letter you're a little scared to open
What a Sonosfera room feels like
- Music made for the kind of room you run
- Proof of your scope, ready when anyone asks
- Set the vibe once and it looks after itself
The whole venue, from your pocket.
Every zone from one phone
See what's playing in every room, switch the vibe and set the volume, all without leaving the front desk.
Your existing speakers
Plays straight to Chromecast, Nest and Cast-group speakers you already own. No new hardware.
Set it once
Autopilot schedules mornings, afternoons and evenings for each location, then runs itself, every day.
Never hear it again
Ban a track once and it never plays in your venue again. Explicit-free for customer-facing rooms, always.
Wherever you are, our music is covered.
Every Sonosfera track is owned outright, and no collecting society represents our catalogue in any country — so society licence fees don't apply to Sonosfera catalogue playback. Outside sources you play (radio, consumer apps, live music) still need their own local checks.
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A question lands
A collecting society or inspector asks about the music playing in your business.
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Our music is ours alone
Every Sonosfera track is owned outright and isn't registered with any collecting society, so society licence fees don't apply to Sonosfera catalogue playback, wherever you are.
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We provide the proof
On an active plan, we document the source and ownership for eligible Sonosfera catalogue playback. You answer with evidence, not argument.
What would your venue actually save?
Compare what you pay for music today with one Sonosfera plan — catalogue, playlists, and certificate-ready records included.
What do you pay for music today?
How many zones (independent streams)?
Your estimate
A$12.04saved / year
Today: A$171.94/yr · Sonosfera annual for 1 zone: A$159.90/yr
Comparison uses the published OneMusic Australia (APRA AMCOS + PPCA) figure of ~A$171.94/yr — Sonosfera's AU annual price of A$159.90 undercuts it. Your exact OneMusic Australia tariff varies by venue and use. Source: OneMusic Australia
Music that sounds like your brand
Studio members brief us and get custom tracks made for their rooms: a catalogue nobody else plays.
Just here for one event?
Pop-up, market stall, wedding weekend: get covered for exactly the dates you need. No subscription.
“I run a salon. For years the music was the one thing I never had time to get right: too risky to wing it, too fiddly to fix. So we built the thing I wished existed.”
Two promises went into it. Every track is original and owned outright; there's nothing borrowed in the mix. And you can always show proof of what you're playing, on your terms, the moment anyone asks.
That's the whole idea. Good music for your room, and your peace of mind. And if you ever need help, you get me. I still answer support myself.
Akash
Founder · runs Mesmerising Beauty, Newcastle
Talk to us
Need help choosing music for your space?
Tell us about your retail stores. We will point you to the right setup, country page, or licence path.
Owners like you, already covered.
“We were paying close to £600 a year for licences we barely understood. This is a fraction of that, and honestly the room sounds calmer for it.”
Mei L.
Still Point Spa · London
“Saved around £500 a year and the playlists actually suit a barbershop. Already recommended it to three other shops on the street.”
Ahmed K.
Sharp & Co. Barbers · Leeds
Australia music licensing
How much does a small Australian venue pay to play background music?
In Australia, most venues that play recorded background music need a OneMusic Australia licence, which combines APRA AMCOS and PPCA in one invoice. OneMusic's published retail fee guide lists A$171.94 per year (about A$14.33 a month) for a small 1–50 m² space on the Silver Lite background-music package. Sonosfera is a separate, directly-licensed catalogue service, and its records cover eligible Sonosfera catalogue playback.
Business-use answer
Can YouTube or Spotify be used for retail stores music?
Use YouTube or Spotify as inspiration when briefing your vibe, not as the customer-facing music system. Spotify's terms describe access as personal and non-commercial, and YouTube's terms describe listening as personal and non-commercial while restricting public screening or music streaming. Sonosfera is built for eligible Sonosfera-catalogue playback in supported business spaces.
Questions, answered.
On this page, Sonosfera means the Sonosfera business background music service at sonosfera.app: catalogue-scoped playback, country-aware pricing, player/display tools, and certificate-ready records for eligible Sonosfera tracks. It is not the unrelated Italian Sonosfera cultural or museum project.
Sonosfera keeps the soundtrack steady, legal, and aligned with the kind of room you want people to remember. It fits best when the background layer has a clear job: On-brand, non-intrusive music that makes the space feel active without exhausting staff or customers. Keep Sonosfera catalogue playback separate from radio, DJs, live music, uploads, and third-party playlists.
Yes. It affects pace, perceived quality, and how settled people feel while browsing.
Yes. Sonosfera is designed for business use, so the licensing and playback model fit multi-location setups properly.
Not for playback from the Sonosfera catalogue. Our catalogue is owned outright and isn't registered with any collecting society, so society licence fees don't apply to eligible Sonosfera catalogue playback in Australia. If your venue also plays Spotify, radio, DJs, live music, uploads, or third-party playlists, those still need their own local check.
Yes. Sonosfera's catalogue is owned outright and isn't registered with any collecting society, so eligible playback of the Sonosfera catalogue is properly cleared for supported commercial settings, with certificate-ready records to prove it. It does not cover Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, radio, DJs, live music, uploads, or third-party playlists — those keep their own routes.
Sonosfera is a business music product with venue playlists, certificate-ready records for eligible accounts, and a catalogue-specific playback route. Personal streaming accounts are not the same as commercial venue playback rights: in the UK, society fees (TheMusicLicence, PPL PRS) are billed on top of any streaming subscription and scale with rooms and headcount. Sonosfera's owned catalogue replaces that licensing stack for eligible catalogue playback.
Any internet-connected device works: computer, tablet, smart TV, or dedicated media player. Just connect to your existing sound system.
The track that's already playing keeps going from its buffer, and playback resumes automatically once your connection comes back. After a longer outage you may need to tap play once. Music isn't stored offline, so you'll need a working connection for continuous all-day playback.
Absolutely. Business plans support multi-location management from a single dashboard, perfect for chains and franchises.
Any time, in a couple of clicks: Settings → Billing → Cancel membership. You keep access until the end of the period you've already paid for — no calls, no forms. Paid-upfront multi-year plans carry a 14-day money-back window instead; after that, the agreed term runs to its end.
Yes. Sign in to your Sonosfera account in any phone browser and the dashboard doubles as a remote: play or pause each zone, skip tracks, switch the vibe, and adjust the volume, all while the music keeps playing on the device connected to your speakers.
Every track is composed by professional musicians specifically for commercial spaces. It's designed to create atmosphere, not demand attention, which is exactly what background music should do. Tap play on the sample earlier to judge for yourself.
You won't find chart hits or specific artists. That's a licensing limitation, not a choice. But you can request the types of music, moods, and genres you want, and your input directly shapes what gets added. Sonosfera is for businesses who want curated catalogue playback that runs itself.
Sonosfera's catalogue is owned outright and isn't registered with any collecting society, so society licence fees don't apply to eligible Sonosfera catalogue playback in Australia, or anywhere else. It does not cover Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, radio, DJs, live music, uploads, mainstream repertoire, or third-party playlists; those sources still need their own local checks.
If your room needs chart hits, specific artists, DJ sets, or live-music cover, a blanket society licence is the right tool, and we'll tell you so. Sonosfera is for venues that want great background atmosphere from a catalogue we own outright, with proof on hand, and none of the licensing stack.
Yes. Every paid plan comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee: a full refund within 14 days of your first payment, no questions asked. The free trial itself never charges you anything. See the refund policy for the details.
Create your account (30 seconds), pick your business type, and start listening. No credit card needed. The whole process takes about 3 minutes.
Playback pauses until you choose a plan; nothing is deleted. Your account, zones, business profile and music preferences are all kept, so if you upgrade later you pick up exactly where you left off. The trial takes no card, so you'll never be charged automatically.
Make your room sound like you.
Set the vibe in a few minutes. Hear the difference tonight.
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