Background music & radio

Music that makes
your space feel alive.

Araya designs, licenses and manages background music and in-store radio for retail stores, malls, hotels, restaurants and public spaces — curated to your brand, controlled by zone and schedule.

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Spaces sounding better

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24/7

Licensed music streaming, scheduled by zone and by hour.

5 min

To switch the whole estate to a seasonal programme.

100M+

Commercially cleared tracks available for business playlists.

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Central management for every venue, zone and schedule.

Discover music

Over 2,500 playlists, ready when you are.

Explore by genre, mood, business type, season, sound or decade. Each ready-made playlist updates weekly and holds at least 20 hours of music to reduce repetition for customers and staff.

2,500+
Ready-made playlists
Weekly
Every playlist refreshed
20+ hrs
Of music in each one
  • Genres
  • Business types
  • Seasons
  • Sounds
  • Decades
  • Moods
Cafe interior with warm morning light — Araya cafe playlist
CafeSlow Morning Cafe

Slow Morning Cafe

0:000:20
Bar counter in the evening — Araya bar playlist
BarLate Bar Grooves

Late Bar Grooves

0:000:20
Boutique hotel lobby lounge — Araya hotel playlist
HotelBoutique Lobby

Boutique Lobby Tunes

0:000:20

Explore the music library →

Explore your music programme

Find the right sound, for every space.

Browse music by business type, mood, genre or season, then organise the right programme for each venue. Araya provides commercially cleared music for businesses, with simple control from a phone, tablet or browser.

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  • All
  • Playlists
  • Moods
  • Genres
  • Business types
  • Schedules

Top results

  • CCafeBusiness type · Everything we programme for coffee rooms
  • SSlow Morning CafePlaylist · Warm acoustic and lo-fi soul
  • CCafe ClockSchedule · Mellow mornings into brighter afternoons
  • CCafe Late ShiftPlaylist · Downtempo for the last two hours

Moods

  • Chill
  • Uplifting
  • Warm
  • Sophisticated
  • Playful
  • Energetic

Araya playlist

Slow Morning Cafe

Curated by Araya · 22 hrs · Updated today

Schedule to a zone
TrackTime
1Slow RoastLo-fi3:12
2Paper LanternsAcoustic3:40
3Neon AisleIndie Pop3:05
4Checkout ChaseElectronic3:28
5Lobby GoldNu-Jazz4:16
Central management software

All your venues and zones, in one place.

See what's playing in every room across every site, adjust volume and skips, and give each team member the right level of access — from a computer or the phone in your pocket.

Araya Sound central management software showing venues, zones, now-playing tracks and team roles on desktop and phone
In the room

The right soundtrack turns a table into an evening.

Vibe station

Build your station,
hear it in 20 seconds.

Pick a style, a genre and a tempo. Our AI renders a short sample of how your space could sound — then drop us your brief and our curators take it from there.

Style
Genre
110 BPM
Slow & calmFast & lively

Drop us a quick brief

Your selected vibe is attached automatically.

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Vibe: upbeat · pop · 110 BPM
Industries

Every space gets its own programme.

Tempo, texture and volume tuned to how people actually move through your venue.

Why it matters

Background music pays for itself.

  • Longer dwell time

    The right tempo keeps guests browsing and lingering instead of rushing out.

  • Stronger brand recall

    Sound is memory. A consistent soundtrack makes your brand recognisable before a logo does.

  • Happier teams

    Staff work in a space that feels good, not in awkward silence or a repeating 20-track loop.

Trusted by hotels, malls and retail groups

  • Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi logo
  • Hyatt Regency logo
  • ibis Hotels logo
  • Hilton Garden Inn logo
  • Dubai Creek Resort logo
  • Pyramisa Hotels & Resorts logo
  • Tumbi Hotels, Tapestry Collection by Hilton logo
  • Salman Stores logo
  • The Pet Shop logo
  • London Dairy logo
  • DAMAC Properties logo
  • Aster Opticals logo
Araya turned our store visits into experiences customers actually talk about — and the data behind it changed how we merchandise.
Head of Retail Innovation · Global luxury group

Ready to give your space a soundtrack?

Send a short brief about your venue and get a free 20-second sample of music that fits your brand — plus a quote. No obligation.