Warm tungsten bulbs in brass sconces cast amber pools. Books, rubber plants, and a teak sideboard frame the scene. Center frame, 70 cm above a walnut coffee table, floats a translucent speaker-sphere containing the Spotify logo (typography in off-white, sound-wave icon pulsing chartreuse). The sphere emits a soft internal glow that syncs to an unheard beat. After 1.5 seconds the sphere begins to vibrate—sub-millimeter tremors that ripple the logo into concentric green rings. The rings peel away like ripples on water, descending in a slow-motion spiral. As they reach table height they flatten into a thin luminous disc that morphs into a matte-black 12-inch vinyl record. Simultaneously, brass hardware extrudes from the table surface: plinth, platter, tone-arm. The record lands dead-center, spins up to 33⅓ rpm without human touch. A chrome tone-arm glides over, lowers, and the first bass note drops. At contact, the room’s LED strip under the sideboard pulses gentle green in sync with the