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When we think of rock, we often think of total volume: stacks of amps, searing guitar solos, colossal basslines, great walls of sound. Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos lets us take all of that to 11 by clarifying and amplifying every layer, almost as though we’re right there with the band in a legendary studio or laying waste to an iconic festival stage. It’s an immersive listening experience where sound comes from around and above you—the next jump forward in music, from mono to stereo and into the future. Curated by our editors, this handmade playlist focuses on just that, whether the rock is classic or emerging.

Big, bold, bright—pop songs are made for dancing and singing along to. But when you listen to them in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, you can take that experience to another level, as sound comes to you from all directions. Curated by our editors, this handmade playlist offers an immersive listening experience that’s the closest thing to being in the club, in the very centre of the moment’s hottest songs.

As its name implies, alternative music offers a breath of fresh air—something new and different from the norm. Listening to alternative in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos coaxes out even more sonic nuances, thanks to three-dimensional sound that highlights the genre’s forward-thinking aesthetic. Handpicked by our editors, this playlist provides an immersive experience that conjures the excitement of a summer festival and the exhilarating feeling of a buzzing club show.

One of the things we love most about jazz is the interplay—the way players and instruments react to one another in the moment, the way they weave together. An immersive listening experience in which sound comes to us from above and all around, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos places us in the middle of the music, where we can experience that magic as it unfolds—almost as if we’re in a combo or watching from onstage in one of the world’s great jazz clubs. Curated by our editors, this handmade playlist brings the elegance of jazz to life, with a selection of classics both old and new.

All flavours of dance music—trance or techno, club classics or future house, EDM or D'n'B—have one major thing in common: They’re meant to be <I>experienced</I>—with your whole body, in a heaving crowd. And with Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, you can enjoy the music as it was meant to be felt, as though you were at a club or festival, in the thick of things, immersed in the throbbing sound.

To experience hip-hop in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is to step inside the song. The samples, the beats, the sound of an MC’s voice and flow—all of that can be heard in its own space, and with stunning clarity. It’s a 3D listening experience where sound comes to you from all directions—the next leap forward in the evolution of recorded music. This handpicked playlist offers a revealing new look at hip-hop, placing the artistry in every song on full display.

Electronic music is all about space: Not just the galactic focus of classic techno, but also the way that bodies move and sounds travel, in three dimensions. Basslines seem to snake across the floor; percussion strobes across the stereo field while synth riffs rain down from on high. With Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, you don’t just hear the music; you enter into it, the same way you’d feel it at a club or festival.

From rock to hip-hop to jazz, Afrobeats and pop, from new music made in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos to classics remixed or remastered for it, this handpicked playlist is the place to find songs that unlock the magic and full power of spatial sound on Apple Music.

Hearing the most compelling music from the worlds of film, television and theatre in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos will make you feel like you’re right in the middle of the action. Curated by our editors, this captivating selection fully immerses listeners in all the drama, excitement and emotion they find on screen and on stage. Soundtrack standouts, showstoppers and iconic scores—they’re all here to be experienced like never before.

Country music is known for its natural warmth, whether it’s coming from the strum of a guitar, a glimmer of pedal steel or a heart-rending vocal. Now you can hear all of those elements interacting in a totally new way, thanks to Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, the natural dynamics of each song able to shine like never before in three-dimensional sound. Handmade by our editors, this playlist shines a light on country at its warmest and most vibrant.