Deezer launches Remix Lab, the first rights-cleared in-app remix feature
Deezer launched Remix Lab, a feature letting users restyle songs from participating artists, starting in its home market of France. The streaming service calls it the first remix tool built “with full rights compliance and in agreement with the artists.” You can speed up, slow down, or reshape tracks by Céline Dion and other opted-in names, and every remixed stream stays credited to the original recording.
How Deezer Remix Lab works
Remix Lab gives users five ways to change a track: a genre or style switch, tempo, pitch, reverb, and an equalizer. The edits happen at the stem level. Deezer’s tech plays four separate stems for each song (a battery stem, a bass stem, a voice stem, and a catch-all “others” stem) and applies each change to those parts.
Here is the part worth reading twice. Deezer confirmed to Music Business Worldwide the feature is not AI-powered. It generates no new audio. It edits the existing recording, built on Spleeter, the open-source stem-splitting tool Deezer released back in 2019.
Remix Lab is not AI-powered.
Where Remix Lab fits against Spotify and YouTube
The launch follows Spotify’s AI remix deal with Universal Music Group in May, which lets fans make AI covers and remixes as a paid add-on. YouTube’s Dream Track, powered by Google DeepMind’s Lyria model, already lets US creators restyle licensed songs from a text prompt for Shorts.
Deezer is taking the opposite route. Its edits are non-generative and cleared with artists up front. For a singer like Céline Dion, a frequent target of AI deepfakes, opting in to controlled remixes is a different bargain than fighting fakes after they spread.
The catalog of remixable songs is limited to artists who agree to take part, and the rollout is France-first for now. Deezer has not said when Remix Lab reaches other markets, or how fast its AI detection work and this rights-first remix push will move together.
Frequently asked questions
What is Deezer Remix Lab?
Remix Lab is a Deezer feature, launched first in France, that lets users restyle songs from participating artists. It offers five edits (genre, tempo, pitch, reverb, and EQ) and applies them at the stem level. Deezer calls it the first streaming remix tool built with full rights compliance.
Is Deezer Remix Lab AI-powered?
No. A Deezer representative said Remix Lab does not generate new audio and is not AI-powered. It edits the existing recording at the stem level, built on Spleeter, the open-source stem-splitting tool Deezer released in 2019.
Which artists can you remix in Deezer Remix Lab?
Only artists who opt in. Deezer says every remix is made with the explicit agreement of the artist, and Céline Dion is among the participating names at launch. The feature started in Deezer's home market of France.
How is Deezer Remix Lab different from Spotify's AI remixes?
Spotify's deal with Universal Music Group lets fans generate AI covers and remixes as a paid add-on. Deezer's edits are non-generative, reshaping the real recording at the stem level rather than creating new audio, and the rights are cleared with artists up front.
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