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Blog: Research

Swell was born out of science-based research on sound wellness.

Curating Music for Psilocybin Research (Part I)

01/02/2023

At the start of 2021, we were contacted by Nick Sabine, founder of Resident Advisor, who asked if we’d like to get involved with curating music for an Imperial College research project involving psilocybin.

Curating Music for Psilocybin Research (Part II)

02/03/2023

Music plays a fundamental role in The Psilopain Project, which investigates the effects of synthetic psilocybin on sufferers of Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition...

Curating Music for Psilocybin Research (Part III)

09/03/2023

Here are the tracks that made up the playlists Swell curated for this research, each assigned to a specific part of the study, from pre-administration to recovery...

Research: How the Brain and Body responds to Swell

22/02/2024

Everything we do at Swell is rooted in the science: the psychology of sound. We worked with Kinda Studios and students from Goldsmiths to test the physiological responses of listening to Swell