Apple Music launches DJ mixes in Spatial Audio, revives 'One Mix'

Apple's push for exclusive Spatial Audio content continues with a new focus on DJ sets and collaborations. The "One Mix" has returned with DJ Jeff Mills providing an hour-long mix, and Apple Music curator "Boiler Room" has provided 15 new live recordings — all in Spatial Audio.

The original run of "One Mix" ended after 288 mixes and has returned with a monthly format showcasing a single artist's mix in Spatial Audio. The first artist is Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills with an hour-long set inspired by the cosmos called "Outer to Inner Atmosphere: The Escape Velocity Mix."

"The purpose of this recording was conceptualized and designed to stimulate the listener's three-dimensional senses and sensations using the subject and idea of breaking Earth's gravitational pull and leaving the planet," Jeff Mills said about the mix. "The embarkment to a place outside and unlike our own."

In addition to the return of "One Mix," Apple Music has shared a new set of "Boiler Room" live recordings in Spatial Audio. These 15 mixes were captured at nightclubs, festivals, and raves and have been mixed in Spatial Audio for the first time. More sessions will be added throughout the year.

"The response to Spatial Audio from both subscribers and creators has been incredible, and we're thrilled to expand this innovation in sound," said Stephen Campbell, Apple Music's global head of dance and electronic music, in a statement to Techcrunch.

The focus on DJ mixes is likely related to how Apple has a new method of compensating artists whose music appears in lengthy mixes. Apple purchased Shazam in 2018 for about $400 million and it is now a built-in function of Siri.