+ WHAT MAKES AN ARTIST IN THE AGE OF ALGORITHMS? Grammy-nominated composer BT on art as a form of big data—and his new music composition that lives on the blockchain [WIRED]

+ THE JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND MEDITATION RECORDED AT FUTURESOUND’S ‘STEP INTO THE FUTURE’ EVENT: Fireside conversation featuring Raff Ricci, Satya Hinduja & Jimmy Kyriacou  [FUTURESOUND]

+ MUSIC CONNECTS US – MENTAL HEALTH & MUSIC REPORT RECORDED AT FUTURESOUND’S ‘STEP INTO THE FUTURE’ EVENT: Ari Peralta talks about Arigami’s groundbreaking initiative in collaboration with BeatPort. Ari has dedicated his career to enabling wellbeing through award-winning sensory design. [FUTURESOUND]

+ SCIENTISTS MAKE NEW DISCOVERY IN EFFICACY OF SOUND HEALING: Exciting new research and cutting-edge technologies show just how powerful sound, vibration, and frequency are in facilitating healing and expansion of consciousness.  [GAIA]

+ JON HOPKINS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘MUSIC FOR PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY’ “It felt like time for a reset, to wait for music to appear from a different place,” says Hopkins. That place ended up being Tayos Caves in Ecuador, where Hopkins went on a life-changing creative expedition in 2018’ [DOMINO MUSIC]

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