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Swell in the press
Recent features and articles about our work
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.