“No need to power data centers that gobble up water and warm the planet”: Deezer’s new Remix Lab tool uses absolutely no AI and debunks myths about sloppy music

Deezer unveils the tool integrated into the Remix Lab application in France; expected to launch elsewhere soon
Allows you to augment a song or combine two
Does not use AI; artists get paid

AI slop sellers may try to make you believe that artificial music is completely excellent and dandy music, and that it is impossible (or at least unimportant) for the original artists to get paid to make it work. Well, Deezer has just proven that to be completely false.

The music streaming service just launched Remix Lab, a tool that lets you combine or remix songs and then add them to your library. It is available in the application now, but only in France; the platform says it could be released to more regions later in the year, but for now it largely includes French musicians.

I know what you’re wondering and I asked: Deezer confirmed to TechRadar that no AI is used in the process. Happy days! The brand has been refreshingly anti-AI, but given how many companies have forgotten their anti-AI stances when a checkbook comes out, it never hurts to check.

AI? Not on this platform

Remixing music is nothing new, but it generally requires one of two things: either a certain level of technical know-how or the ability to assuage your ethical qualms and use AI to do it. Since AI is often presented as a field-level tool, the lack of talent is no longer an obstacle! – many believe that it should be used for those who do not have training.

Not according to Deezer, though, which proves that there’s no need to power water-guzzling, planet-heating data centers to riff on existing songs. Deezer also claims that it is the first streaming platform to offer a song remix service in full respect of rights and in agreement with the artists, and I would tend to believe them.

Another common myth about AI, perpetuated by governments around the world as well as unscrupulous rights holders, is that it is impossible to pay artists for the use of their works and that permission is optional. These bots may have been trained in your back catalog without your consent, but that would be impossible so you get compensated for it, apparently.

For Deezer, this doesn’t work. The platform has confirmed that artists have agreed to have their songs used in Remix Lab and to be paid for remixes and plays via the tool. Let him ~~dollars~~ The euros are rolling!

Every day, AI seems more and more redundant; You can’t help but hear about companies laying off staff to save money and then spending more on AI credits, or filmmakers boosting their careers by making mediocre historical shows and aligning themselves with AI brands. And so Deezer is doing a good job, continuing to show us that there is a better way – and that this “panacea” should actually just be abandoned.