Apple Music listeners will be able to experience all 12 Oasis albums in Spatial Audio, all the way from ‘Definitely Maybe’ to ‘Dig Out Your Soul’, and even the Britpop icons two live albums, including the legendary 1996 Knebworth gig.

Spatial Audio offers an authentic listening experience to fans – a technology that creates a three-dimensional listening experience by mimicking how we hear sounds in real life.

Fans have already taken to social media to share their excitement at the new releases and to praise the production. 

One reddit user, ‘mdzkelduncol’, pointed out the differences to the original recordings, saying: “You can hear things that before were not clear. Things like the claps and the background vocals are much clearer.”

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Grammy-award winning producer and engineer Ryan Hewitt is responsible for the atmospheric new mixes. In a project which spanned 18 months, Hewitt told Apple Music’s The Matt Wilkinson Show that he had to work his way through the bands full discography, and even had to rescue numerous tracks from their original media (hard drives, tapes etc.) . 

Explaining just how much of a challenge it was, Hewitt said on the podcast: “Honouring the original mixes, and the original intention of the sound of these records, which are so loud and explosive, and transferring that to Dolby Atmos was one of the greatest challenges of my career.

“These records sounded big in the first place, and now they sound even bigger on Apple Music in Spatial Audio while honouring the original spirit of the recordings.”

Fans flooded to reddit to praise the new mixes. One user pointed out the production quality, saying: “I’m halfway through SOTSOG (4th album) and can certainly say it brings a new perspective to the songs. Good and varied placing of instruments, nice switches of focus/power from channel to channel.”

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‘What’s The Story (Morning Glory)’ has possibly received the most love, with one user stating: “Just started. On Roll With It. Wow. The song moves around you.” and another saying: “Some Might Say outro has clearer vocals and guitar, which sounds kinda nice.”

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The release of these new mixes comes as a welcome coincidence as it coincides very closely to the Manchester bands first tour in 15 years. 

The Gallagher brothers have 41 dates scheduled for the Oasis Live ’25 tour and kick things off in less than two months in Cardiff on July 4.

The reunion hasn’t been drama free though, in true Gallagher style. After rows over the use of ‘dynamic pricing’ for tickets, it has since been revealed that over £2 million has been lost in fake ticket scams for the tour.

However, on a more positive note, former Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll shared a heartfelt message to the band ahead of their record-breaking reunion this summer. Check out what he had to say here.

The music video for “No Reason” was directed by Smith & Lyall and choreographed and performed by Gecko Theatre. The Chemical Brothers noted that this new single is a follow-up to their 2019 album, No Geography. Their 2019 album hit no. 3 on Dance/Electronic and won the Grammy for best dance/electronic album in 2020. In total, they have won seven Grammys in their nearly 3-decade long career, which launched with the 1995 release of their now classic album, Exit Planet Dust.

Their new single has also been mastered in Dolby Atmos at Abbey Road Studios by Giles Martin who has been no stranger to helping out The Beatles remaster their back catalogue. The limited version of “No Reason” will be released on April 28, including a 12-inch red vinyl with a previously unreleased b-side track, “All Of A Sudden.” 

The new single from The Chemical Brothers is available everywhere Friday! Listen / Watch 'No Reason' at https://t.co/YJMzC7Ywfj Video by @smithandlyall #NewMusic @eddychemical #TheChemicalBrothers pic.twitter.com/bZSt8ax0b1

— The Chemical Brothers (@ChemBros) March 17, 2023

As The Chemical Brothers do not shy away from expressing their political opinions as demonstrated in two songs, “Free Yourself” and “MAH”  from their No Geography album that was explicitly about the Brexit crisis, but that was not the case for “No Reason”.

Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers shared his thoughts on electronic music. “Electronic music has always seen as a genre that’s divorced from reality or acts as an escape, but every day you come into the studio you’re informed by how you feel and what you have read in the papers,” He told NME in 2019. “These things seep into what you do. It’s Why I love using samples and how you decide to use it to communicate, you can find a voice and lyrics that resonate no matter when they’re from.”

The duo are both headed to perform at this year’s Coachella, Isle of Wight Festival and Wilderness Festival. Location-wise, they will be intertwined between Europe and the US. Their full 2023 live itinerary can be viewed here.

UK TOURS:

06/15/2023 – Isle Of Wight Festival – Newport, UK (Weekend Ticket)

06/17 – Isle Of Wight Festival – Newport, UK  (Saturday Ticket)

08/03 – Cornbury Park – Oxfordshire, UK

You can purchase your ticket from here.