Arts·Commotion

Meet AIsis, the band fronted by an AI Liam Gallagher

The English band Breezer were tired of waiting for Oasis to get back together — so they made their own record, using AI to generate Liam Gallagher’s singing voice. The Guardian journalist and Oasis superfan Rich Pelley talks about how the resulting album, The Lost Tapes, is actually really good.

The Guardian journalist Rich Pelley talks about why the AI-generated album The Lost Tapes is actually good

British singer  Liam Gallagher performs during a concert at the South of the Sun festival in Soendermarken in Copenhagen, on June 10,2022. - Denmark OUT (Photo by Emil Helms / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
British singer Liam Gallagher performs during a concert at the South of the Sun festival in Soendermarken in Copenhagen, on June 10, 2022. (EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

Like Matty Healy and many others around the world, members of the English band Breezer were tired of waiting for Oasis to get back together.

So, the band decided to take matters into their own hands. They made their own record in the style of Oasis called The Lost Tapes — and used artificial intelligence to add Liam Gallagher's singing voice to their tracks.

The Guardian journalist and Oasis superfan Rich Pelley talks about how the resulting AI-sis album is actually really good.

WATCH | The Lost Tapes, Vol.1 by AISIS:

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Rich Pelley produced by Jane van Koeverden.