Apple has opened a new music venue inside London’s Battersea Power Station, combining a 600-seat concert arena with recording facilities and a radio studio.
The Apple Music Hall is part of the former power station’s transformation into a mixed-use district featuring shops, restaurants, cinemas, public spaces and residential buildings. The venue takes inspiration from the industrial architecture of the landmark building, designed in the 1930s by architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
The Battersea Power Station has long been associated with music. Its distinctive chimneys featured on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals”, with a giant inflatable pig flying between them.
Immersive concerts and recording facilities
The main space at the Apple Music Hall is a 600-capacity arena designed for intimate live performances. The stage can either be positioned at the front of the room or placed in the centre, allowing the audience to surround it.
Despite its relatively small size, the venue is equipped with advanced audio technology. Forty-eight speakers installed around the perimeter provide an immersive sound experience based on Apple’s Spatial Audio technology.
Concerts can also be filmed using a combination of cameras and iPhones and streamed to audiences online. Behind the stage, the facility includes production areas as well as two recording and mixing studios.
Apple Music Radio moves into new studios
The interior design follows the industrial character of Battersea Power Station, featuring exposed red-brick walls, arched passageways and metal balconies.
The same aesthetic has been incorporated into the new Apple Music Radio studios, which will become the London base for the station’s presenters.
Apple Music Radio broadcasts around the clock, seven days a week, and is available free of charge worldwide.
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