Twice every month, Jimmy Kyriacou curates the latest news and insights on the advancements of how sound, music & conscious technology are transforming the human experience.

+ MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY & PSYCHEDELICS: Algorithms, artificial intelligence and years of research into how our brains respond to different music are creating technology that would allow a psychedelic therapist to become an “Emotional DJ”  [FUTURESOUND]

+ HOW DID PERSONALIZED MUSIC HELP ATHLETES IN THE TOKYO GAMES? By Listening to personalized audio, combining positive affirmations, personal mantras, scientifically tested tones & binaural beats – swimmer Mark Horton improved his record time by five seconds.  [FUTURESOUND]

+ COULD MUSIC BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL HEALTH? The marriage of music and technology will expand beyond entertainment to boldly redefine the future of music as medicine.  [FRANK FITZPATRICK]

+ PLEX’S NEW FEATURE MATCHES YOUR ‘SONICALLY SIMILAR MUSIC’ TO CREATE PLAYLISTS:  ‘Super Sonic’ is designed to use the music’s sound to understand how different tracks relate to one another in your library  [TECHCRUNCH]

+ WHAT IS SPATIAL AUDIO? A GUIDE TO IMMERSIVE SOUND: Immersive sound formats once exclusive to the world of cinema have crept into our everyday lives, with both music and movie streaming services now offering compatibility with an array of spatial audio formats. [TECHADVISOR]

+ MICROSOFT SET OUT TO MAKE NEW SYSTEM SOUNDS FOR WINDOWS 11 THAT MIGHT CALM PEOPLE DOWN :‘ The designers of Windows 11 took inspiration from an approach called calm technology – Article includes audio clips. [CNBC]

+ NIGHTCLUB TO USE DANCERS’ BODY HEAT TO POWER VENUE: New technology that harnesses the heat generated from those on the dance floor to help power the venue, in turn reducing emissions.  [DJ MAG]

+ AFGHAN ORCHESTRAS IN PERIL ‘I CANNOT IMAGINE A SOCIETY WITHOUT MUSIC’: Founder of institute that has transformed lives of impoverished children fears return to ‘silent nation’ under Taliban rule [GUARDIAN]