A personal, independent project · est. 2010
Tonight, you choose the music.
U-Vox is a social jukebox in constant evolution. Request your favourite songs from your phone at any bar running it — or run your own, at home or behind the bar, and let your guests pick the soundtrack.
About
What it is
U-Vox lets people request songs in public and private jukeboxes straight from their phone — no app-store lock-in, no shared aux cable, no arguments at the bar. You control the music of your favourite place from the palm of your hand.
How it works
The U-Vox app browses the music library available on a given U-Vox Player. The Player runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, and turns any collection of digital music and video into a smart, request-driven jukebox for your venue or living room.
Do you need a player?
No — if you just want to request songs at a public venue already listed in the app.
Yes — if you want your own jukebox: one that shuffles your music like a perfect cocktail, takes requests without fights over the volume or the playlist, and displays artist bio, photos and album art on a screen while it plays.
Why it exists
U-Vox was built to help a place build community around music: promoting local culture, live events, and independent artists, one request at a time.
A project reborn
U-Vox started as, and remains, a one-person labour of love. It's dormant right now, but very much alive in spirit — ready to power a pub again, or find a second life as a jukebox for home listening rooms and private parties.
Features
Everything a venue jukebox needs
Request from your phone
Search by artist, song or album and request it to play next — from anywhere in the room.
Remote control
Owners and DJs keep a remote control session to manage access, moderate requests, and run the show.
Favourites & playlists
Save your favourite tracks, browse curated playlists, and find your regulars' go-to songs fast.
Now-playing visuals
Automatically displays artist bio, photos and album art on a screen or projector as each track plays.
Smart shuffling
Turns any personal library into randomized, customized sessions — like a perfectly mixed cocktail.
Public or private venues
Run an open jukebox for everyone, or a private, password-protected one just for your crowd.
Venue & event info
Share opening days, hours, resident DJs, genres and prices — and send event updates to your regulars.
Cross-platform player
U-Vox Player runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, turning any PC into the heart of the jukebox.
Where it all started
San Marcos 29, Madrid · since 1984
A stone's throw from Gran Vía, Gris was a trend kaleidoscope that drew in generations of Madrid's night owls — heir to the legendary Rock-Ola and the neon, mohawks and impossible hairstyles of La Movida Madrileña. Stepping in felt like walking into an industrial dystopia, plastic sculptures from old exhibitions watching from the walls, its jukebox a black box reflecting every avant-garde current that shaped the place.
It's also where U-Vox was born. Since March 2011, a public U-Vox ran live at Gris, used by hundreds of regulars — many of them chasing underground and specialized sounds — who spent a decade choosing exactly what played next: post-punk, minimal wave, EBM, cyberpunk electro, darkwave, whatever the night called for.
“Esta noche, eliges tú la música.”
Gris closed its doors for good just a few months ago, after almost forty years. This section is a small, heartfelt homage to Pablo, its founder, to everyone who ever queued a song there, and to the venue that gave U-Vox its first home and its whole reason for being.
Real flyers from nights at Gris, 2010–2013 — U-Vox on the decks.
Get in touch
Bring U-Vox back to life
Run a bar and fancy giving your regulars the mic back? Want to set up your own jukebox at home? Or just want to talk about Gris, La Movida, or the project itself? Drop a line below.
Direct contact
About this project
U-Vox is an independent, personal project — not a company, not a startup, just one person's jukebox turned into something a few hundred people in Madrid used to love. It's currently dormant, but the code, the idea and the door are all still open.