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21st Century Relaxation Tape

'Wellness sound' is taking over the web. The composer Jennifer Walshe guides you through a hypnotic half-hour of aural bliss to massage your senses and multiply your productivity.

A revolution of sound is taking over the internet. Whether it’s ASMR, brown noise or binaural beats, millions of people are searching online for digital noise and modern meditative music that promises to improve sleep, sharpen mental focus, relieve stress, and β€˜optimise the individual’.

Let Jennifer Walshe - esteemed composer and Oxford University professor - guide you through a hypnotic half-hour of aural bliss to biohack your brain, massage your senses, and multiply your productivity. But within the cracks of this relaxation tape come the questions - where has this explosion of creativity come from? Can we call this content art? Does it have scientific credibility for wellness?

Your gurus of gentle sound, contributing to the programme include:
Joydeep Bhattacharya, Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths.
Julie Rose Bower, ASMR-tist.
Michelle Cade aka Mind Like Water, sound therapist.
Alex Shannon, "the world’s first sleep influencer”.
Oleg Stavitsky, app creator. Yuri Suzuki, instrument and product designer.
And students Max Blansjaar & Imi King, representing Gen Z.
Your Zen-like audio producers are Tess Davidson & Jack Howson
With ear-popping sound engineering by Mike Woolley

A Peanut & Crumb production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

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