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Swell in the press
Recent features and articles about our work
Pure Beauty AwardsGold Winner for Swell x ishga Sound Treatment
As featured at the Dorchester Collection. Read more about this project here
The Times - Swell Suite at Kimpton Charlotte Square
D'Souza's sound treatment is undeniably relaxing, and a wonderful advert for the wild beauty of the Western Isles. And as I imagine myself floating out to sea, I drift easily to sleep.
Asics
ASICS has partnered with Charly Cox and Brian d'Souza to create Nothing Feels Better, a poem with music to make people move.
The News MarketASICS releases poem to get Brits moving and uplift the nation
This Global Running Day, ASICS has partnered with poet Charly Cox and producer Auntie Flo to create a spoken word poem to inspire more Brits to move for their mental wellbeing. The collaboration was formed in response to new research1 by the brand, which revealed the nation’s mental wellbeing continues to decline, with Brits’ State of Mind Score1 falling to a mediocre 62 out of 1002.
Little Black BookAGIT8 and Golin London Promote Positivity with Poetry for ASICS’ ‘Nothing Feels Better’ Campaign
The poetry-led campaign encourages the country to get moving to improve their mental health whilst raising money for Mind charity
Yahoo LifeASICS teams up with Charly Cox and Auntie Flo on new track to inspire people to exercise
ASICS has teamed up with Charly Cox and Auntie Flo to get people moving on World Running Day.
The Japanese sportswear brand has collaborated with the poet and music producer on a new track to inspire more people to exercise and uplift the nation, by experiencing the mental health benefits of movement.
SGI EuropeAsics releases poem to inspire people and get them moving
Asics has teamed up with poets in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain on Global Running Day.
The TimesChelsea Flower Show tunes in to mushrooms, the great decomposers
All life forms emit electronic signals. I've converted them into midi-notes which is a way of digitising music and used that to compile a soundtrack. I have used multiple speakers hidden across the garden to create a living soundscape, all composed by the plants themselves.
Country & TownhouseThe Power Of Sound Healing
An all-out soundscape experience where music and treatments work together in harmony.
The HeraldWind down this winter with these unconventional therapies
The Charlotte Square spa has recently become home to the UK’s first sound wellness room. Known as the Swell Room, this revolutionary concept has been designed to harness the therapeutic nature of sound.
Hello! MagazineSpa Struck
Feel the new year to-do list melt away as you submerge your feet into the warm seaweed foot bath to signal the start of the session.
European Spa MagazineKimpton Charlotte Square opens sound therapy Swell Room
Tailored therapeutic techniques are designed to lower the heart rate, blood pressure and stress, while promoting bringing equilibrium to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
Spa BusinessStress-busting sound wellness treatments debut at Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel
The Swell Room ensures our guests can have a 360-degree therapeutic experience when visiting the Spa at Kimpton Charlotte Square.
The ScotsmanA visit to Kimpton Charlotte Square's sound therapy Swell Room
"I close my eyes and listen to the composition, which was created from field recordings in the Hebrides and Lake Geneva, among other places. It includes a selection of sounds to activate your parasympathetic nervous system and lower blood pressure."
The Good Spa GuideScarlet Spy tries... the Ishga Sound Therapy
The soundtrack is designed to dig into negative emotions too. By layering sounds over each other you can bamboozle the brain and, unable to find patterns in the sounds, it simply relinquishes – which explains what happened to me.
European Spa Magazine (online)Coworth Park launches sound therapy treatment
“Since launching the treatment, it has received the most wonderful feedback from our guests. The music composition has made this a very unique experience allowing the mind to be taken on a journey of deep relaxation and restoration.”
Leisure OpportunitiesAward-winning DJ launches Swell to bring sound wellness to spa sector
Music psychology specialist, Brian d’Souza, has launched a sound wellness business to offer transformative sound experiences to the spa, wellness and hospitality industries.
CLAD NewsDesigner Brian d’Souza launches Swell to create evocative soundscapes for physical environments
Swell is aiming to provide therapists with an audio solution to elevate treatments and create more immersive environments. d'Souza also suggests using the audio for standalone wellness experiences or to accompany treatments.
Resident AdvisorBrian d'Souza, AKA Auntie Flo, starts sound wellness business, Swell
Swell will create bespoke compositions, field recordings and natural soundscapes for spas, wellness centres and other hospitality businesses.
European Spa (Online)‘La Chambre Verte’ promotes the benefits of biophilic design
Guests can also experience a bespoke, nature-based immersive soundscape within the room, created by Swell. This novel approach combines field recordings of birdsong in Blythswood Square and the surrounding area with sound therapy techniques and relaxing musical compositions from the studio of Brian d’Souza.