Sonic Holisticism

Combining art & science to deliver benefits with sound, light and vibration.

The idea that a whole system approach is more than the sum of its parts.
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Audyssey

To experience cyberdelics is to enter a world beyond language, where the mind is free to roam and explore the unknown. It is a transformative experience that opens the door to new dimensions of creativity, stress reduction and self-discovery.

After spending years researching audio-visual stimulation, I've discovered something profound and extraordinary. Through the precise manipulation of light, sound, and tactile vibration, there is the potential for a methodology that pushes the boundaries of what we thought possible in consciousness exploration. This isn't just another ‘entrainment’ protocol.

Clients include: Fincadelica, Six Senses Ibiza, Museum of Consciousness, Cyberdelic Symposium, Oxford University, University of Sussex, Feel Good Studios, Cosmic Pineapple, Vitalic Studios, Lab of Misfits, Nightmares on Wax, Osiris Hertman, Equinox Festival, Noisily Festival, Roxiva Retreats.

Holotechnica

 The practice of combining different elements and techniques to create lasting transformations of consciousness (altered traits).

Visual Stimulation

The Roxiva RX1 opens the door to the mind helping to support relaxation, mindfulness & increased creativity. Frequency Follow Response can cause profound changes in brain wave activity & induce sensory entopic hallucinations.

Haptic Feedback

Vibration helps with tension caused by stress, working with the Subpac transducer technology on the spine using fixed frequencies & isochronic tones to support the autonomic nervous system. We frame this modality as physical cymatics.

Music for the Mind 

We are living in a time of equivocal change with a need for equanimity in our lifestyle and mindset. Music created with Ableton Live 12, Audeze LCD-X, Push 2, SPAT, Max4live, Synthesis, Poly Rhythms, Modes & Isochronic Tones.

Gavin M Lawson

• Research and Development - Roxiva Innovations Ltd

• Program Committee Member EVA London 2025

  • Qualifications

    Psychotherapy • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy • Sound Therapy • Colour Therapy • Breathwork Teacher Trainer • Meditation Teacher Trainer • Mindfulness Practitioner

  • Services

    Researcher • Speaker • Sound Designer • Consultant
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Audyssey - Geom L.P (B.D Records)

A sonic adventure enlightened by perception and immersion in consciousness.

Audio - sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or reproduced.

Odyssey - a long wandering or voyage.

Geo- earth.

Om - a sacred sound considered by many ancient philosophical texts to be the sound of the universe.

 Geom combines isochronic tones, Gregorian modes and max for live plugins within Ableton Live to create a body of work that represents humanities connection to technology, the earth and mind.
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SUSSEX CENTRE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS SCIENCE

Launch event at the University of Sussex with Professor Anil Seth, Dr. David Schwartzman and Roxiva Innovations.

Sharing stroboscopic light sessions (AVS) developed by Roxiva & binaural spatial audio created by Gavin Lawson (Audyssey)

Functional music by Gavin Lawson for preliminary trial on depression using sound and stroboscopic light at the University of Sussex.
Sonic Spiritualism and Neurotheology

Equinox

Museum of Consciousness

Audyssey - Musecology (Live Performance)

A calling to Pan: The god of the wild, shepherds, and rustic music, associated with nature and forests to guide the synthesis of sound with Pigments' polychrome palette painting vibrant sonic landscapes, while Tela's modal synthesis echoes the intricate patterns of ecosystems. Tree Tone grows auditory forests, each branch a resonating melody mimicking nature's fractal beauty. Chiral bends conventional boundaries, exploring uncharted sonic territories like a curious explorer in untamed wilderness. Lux and Glänta add harmonic and fundamental FM textures, reminiscent of sunlight filtering through leaves. Together, these synthesiser’s weave a tapestry of sound that mirrors the complexity, beauty, and organic flow of the natural world, reminding us that in both music and nature, creativity knows no bounds.
Peer review research paper

Gavin Lawson

A technological approach to wellbeing in the music industry

Engaging in creative activities provides an outlet for emotions and helps relieve stress and anxiety. Whether it is writing, painting, or playing an instrument, being creative can provide opportunity for musicians and artists to express their feelings, reducing the potential of burnout and stress.

EVA / BCS / Science Open

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.49
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EVA London 2024

Audyssey Presentation

'A Technological Approach To Wellbeing In The Music Industry'
Peer review research paper

Carl Hayden Smith

Holotechnica: Exploring the nexus of altered states and altered traits

Holotechnica is the practice of combining different elements and techniques to create lasting transformations of consciousness (altered traits).

"I am very pleased to have contributed to the 'stacks' in this peer review research paper by Carl Hayden Smith, supporting the Holotechnica framework from altered states to lasting altered traits" Gavin Lawson

EVA / BCS / Science Open

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.85
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Sonic Holistics

Museum of consciousness

Oxford University

Live electronic music performance & flicker light stimulation to induce altered states of consciousness. 

Presenting a 20 minute composition created with Ableton Live, Wavetable and Spectral Instruments, Poly Rhythms,  Kings Chamber Impulse Response and multiple effects designed in maxforlive.

Data sonification using chatgpt, sonic pi and genome mono nucleotide sequences converted into the scale of F# minor with Maria Renold Tuning I & II combined.

The Roxiva RX1 stroboscopic lamp synchronised to the audio with maxforlive patch created by Phelan Kane in collaboration with Gavin Lawson.

Photo - Baliol College, Oxford University 
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Cyberdelic Symposium

Oxford University

Sharing the latest developments in sonic architecture combined with the Roxiva RX1.

Cyberdelics apply ancient and modern technologies to induce altered states of consciousness that are similar to psychedelics. In other words, they create trips without the drugs. Cyberdelics include AI-generated trip simulations, VR games and experiences inspired by psychedelics, stroboscopic light therapy that generates hallucinations, and other cutting-edge technology and art.

Photo - The Pavilion, Oxford University
Sonic Explorations

Museum of Consciousness

The Museum of Consciousness contains exhibits by artists, mavericks and consciousness explorers who are here to transmit their most treasured work including: Tom Middleton, Gavin Lawson, Caz Coronel, Paul Hartnoll, Tensuhi, Jon Hopkins, Alexandre Tannous, Lisa Lashes, Joe Crossley, David Glowacki & Bittersuite. 
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The Vedanta

Roxiva retreat

Stacking Wellness Modalities

Synthesising modern innovation with historical practises, we bring you the future of wellbeing:  roXiva retreats!

Suzanne Faith - Carl Hayden Smith - Gavin lawson - Dan Joy - Caz Coronel - Jimi Simpson - Chris Madden - Aodhnait Lombard - Jason King - Raf Gianfrancesco - Michael Pottern

Yoga X • Breathwork • Lomi Lomi • Cyberdelics • Holotechnica • Meditation • Psychotherapy • Neuroscience • Loop Busting • Ice Bath

October 4th - 7th 2024
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Roxiva Retreat

The Vedanta

Stacking wellness modalities to enhance altered states for lasting altered traits.
Audyssey

Audeze headphones

Expanding states of consciousness with stroboscopic light and sound.
Technology publication

Gavin Lawson

audeze featured artist

Binaural Spatialisation in music production with LCD-X planner magnetic technology, combined with Ableton Live & the Roxiva RX1.

Interview by Chris Berens - Audeze Headphones
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White Fox Talking

Podcast

Discussing the potential benefits of AVE to support stress reduction in the creative sector.

Reducing alpha & beta wave activity in the brain to reach altered states. 


Engage with your full potential

  • We are committed to delivering high-quality services that are accessible to all. Offering a variety of packages and pricing options to meet the needs of our clients, and always happy to answer questions and provide support.

  • Our AVE and mindfulness services have been shown to be effective in supporting the impact of stress, improving focus and concentration, and supporting overall well-being. We have worked with a diverse range of clients, including individuals, organisations, and have helped them to achieve their desired outcomes.

Gavin Lawson

Over the last 10 years I have been collecting data and trialing new methods in music technology, mindfulness & photic stimulation supporting stress reduction utilising technologies to help with perceived stress in the creative sector. 

These methodologies can help musicians, electronic music producers, artists, designers and DJ's starting a new wave of therapeutic practice and moving beyond the traditional forms. 

  • The future of audio stimulation

    Thanks to support of great minds and generosity, I am developing a toolset that can be used by musicians with an interest in building on this field of functional music to support the mind.

    Sonic Holisticism

  • Supporting the creative industries

    Combining functional electronic music with binaural stereo, light (Stroboscopic) and transducer vibration, lowering entropy, stress and increasing task positivity.
Audyssey 

sounds and music to boost cognitive function and performance

modal compass

The distinction between recreational music and music for purpose ‘functional music’ becomes apparent when examining the intention behind each element. 

I have designed this model to support musicians who develop sonic compositions for mental wellbeing.
Sound and Light Experiences

Previous events
Feel Good Studio Leeds
Six Senses Ibiza
MOC Oxford University
Highly Flammable Shrewsbury
A Place Beyond Birmingham 
Ibango Ibiza
Pikes Ibiza
Fincadelica Ibiza
Lomi Lomi Massage

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Music By Gavin Lawson (Audyssey)
Music Press publication

Audyssey

featured in dj magazine

Unlocking the creative mind through the power of electronic music, light and vibration!

Interview by Mick Wilson - Tech (DJ Magazine)
Nightmares on wax

George Evelyn

"I feel more at ease in making decisions, evaluating my options, moving forward in a more constructive way, this has been evident in music production and DJ performances"
Music Producer & DJ

Adeline

"The sessions with Audyssey were fantastic and I felt like it was helping me open up and stay in a high state of awareness. A state of creativity and flow, a state I practice coming into again and again"
It’s a powerful tool that I really recommend!

In conversation

Creativity in Music Production with Audyssey & Rachel K Collier.

Question Session Music and Technology Conference

Photo - The Lighthouse, Mitchell Lane, Glasgow
Ibiza press publication

Audyssey featured in Nativ Magazine Ibiza

Interview by Nicola Corfield

Musicians Report

Working with prolific music producers, DJ's and industry experts to enhance creativity, reduce the potential of stress and free the mind of negative thoughts leading to creative block.

Download and read the report from 3 exceptional individuals and their experience with Audio Visual Entrainment in Ibiza.

Sound • Light • Frequencies • Vibration
Photo Mark System (DJ, Music Producer & Sound Designer)
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Ableton

Max For Live

Listed are a few recommended devices available from Isotonik Studios

Sequencer

LDM - ADD

The device consists of 8 note sequencers with individual controls for grow mode, step size, minimum and maximum sequence length, growth amount, hold, and probability. It also includes the option to freeze specific sequences to prevent changes. Global controls allow us to set swing amount to loosen up midi timing and note pitches can be set using a scale selection.

Audio Effects

Ned Rush - Function Suite

Different from many standard audio effects with built in modulation capabilities like LFO’s or envelope generators, the Function allows you to draw in complex custom modulation shapes or multi-stage envelopes, which can then be indexed using a variety of signals, producing linear and non-linear modulations, designed to create interesting forms of movement.

Sampler

Dillon Bastan - Coalescence

Coalescence, your compact Max for Live instrument, redefines sampling through cutting-edge concatenative techniques and machine learning.  Three Playback Modes – Point, Rings, Paths Neural Network – Cluster Visualisation, Training Options, Flexible Transient Use External Audio Input – Dynamic Modulations, Envelopes and Pitch Detection .
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Books

Recommended reading

Dive into the world of music and brain optimisation

Susan Raeburn

Creative Recovery

For writers, artists, musicians, and creators in every field, this book offers a complete addiction recovery program specifically designed for the creative person. This book presents ways to use your own innate creative abilities in service of your recovery and at each stage of the recovery process.

Oliver Sacks

Musicophilia

Compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people.

Michael Hutchinson

Mega Brain Power

Amazing follow up book of the original classic "Mega Brain" revolutionised the mind tech in USA and around the world. The book is still the single best resource for anyone interested in discovering how to benefit from the original research. It includes many topics from peak performance to biofeedback and brainwaves.

apparel

Audyssey wear

Entrainment collection

Organic & sustainable clothing available now!

We don't push our problems away, we wear them with pride!
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Audyssey: meditation Mix

Jon Hopkins - Ascending dawn sky
Arovane - Seaside
Toby Wiltshire - Karuna
Nils Frahm - Says
Pantha Du Prince - Approach in a breeze
Murcof - Cosmos Li
Armand Amar - Faces
Burial - State Forest
Jon Hopkins, East Forest, Ram Das - Sit around the fire

Mixed by Gavin M Lawson
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Audyssey AVE

Gavin has been on a personal journey to understand how science, mental clarity & 'clean' creativity influences our ability to increase performance, focus and originality.

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Clean Creativity

Combining natural resources & mindfulness with digital technologies.

Cacao (Forever Cacao)

Forever Cacao, ethically sourced Peruvian Ashaninka Cacao, minimally processed from all natural ingredients. Vegan friendly and free from gluten, dairy, soya and palm oil. No refined sugar.

The highest antioxidant food in the world.

Electronic Music Therapy (Audyssey)

Audeze LCD-X, Audient ID14, Ableton Live 11, Push 2, Max4live, Modes, Field Recordings and Isochronic Tones.

Music is not just an art it is expression of the human condition.

Siphon Coffee (Machina Coffee Roasters)

Preparing coffee can be a mindfulness experience, learn the art of siphon coffee and how to use this daily routine for positivity.

Ikigai is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living.

Testimonials

Research clients share their experiences with Audio Visual Entrainment

Lucía Verde

"I loved my sessions with Audyssey in Ibiza"
As a legal consultant for the music industry work can be stressful, so learning how to quiet the mind with audio visual entrainment has given me a whole new prospective on meditation and mind observation.

Thanks to Gavin and his amazing work with light, sound and vibration.

Ian Owen

"The power of sound and light"
I was in the army for 13 years and suffer from P.T.S.D, I tried many different therapies but nothing seemed to work effectively.
As a music producer and DJ in Ibiza I wanted to try and see if A.V.E could help and I am very happy to say it has tremendously.

Michelle Ings

"I can see the light"

I have always been interested in the way the brain operates and feel this is a front row seat to the mysteries of the mind.

This has helped me so much with physical and mental blockages, it's the most content I have felt for years. Thanks to Gavin who is evidently passionate about his work with A.V.E and I can see why.
Author Gavin M Lawson

Creativity Starts From Within ebook

After extensive research, we have seen tangible evidence that what you put into your body and how you treat it, directly affects the creativity you will put out. This ‘e-book ’comprises a number of key elements all designed to help increase creative output.

Due to the recent pandemic Audio Mogul was closed in Ibiza, this book is now available for free to download offering support to the creative sector. 

YOGA • MEDITATION • PLANT BASED FOOD • NUTRITION • CARDIO FITNESS • BREATH WORK • FORAGING • SMOOTHIES • INFINITIES

Foreword by Dr. Milton Mermikides
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Holistic Music Production Retreats

Audyssey Ibiza

The art of making music from the mind for the mind

Ableton Live

Learning

Ableton Certified Trainer Phelan Kane delivering lessons over 5 days teaching clients the fundamentals of music production and how to use creativity in composition.

Wellbeing

Meditation

Psychology Phd and Yoga trainer Susan Faith teaching the art of meditation and the benefits for music creators to help increase creative output.

Health

Nutrition

Our clients learn the fundamental importance of what you put in is what you get out. Over the 5 days each client is supported with organic locally sourced produce, raw cacao & speciality coffee.

Audio-Visual-Brainwave Entrainment, electronic music and mindfulness.

Audio visual entrainment (AVE) and mindfulness are powerful tools for relaxation and well-being that are gaining increasing popularity in the healthcare and wellness sectors. AVE involves the use of light and sound stimuli to alter brainwave patterns, while mindfulness involves bringing one's attention to the present moment with an open and non-judgmental attitude. These practices have been shown to be effective in reducing stress related conditions, improving focus and concentration, and supporting overall well-being.

Audyssey AVE 2nd edition e-book coming soon...

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Professional Accreditation

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Disclaimer

Audyssey – Audio Visual Entrainment

Please be aware there are a variety of contradictions for safe use of the lamp. If you can answer yes to any of the following (*including any previous history) then you should not use the lamp.

* Epilepsy or any kind of seizure, family history of epilepsy*
* Psychological or psychiatric conditions, including psychosis*
* Depression/high anxiety*
* Heart condition/Stroke*
* Brain injury/surgery/severe head injury/concussion*
* Photosensitive medication*
* Recreational/psychoactive drug use 24 hours before lamp use*
* Health issues requiring treatment*
* Fitted with a cardiac pacemaker*
* Pregnancy*
* Facial laser treatment in the past month*
* Under the influence of drugs/alcohol*
* Not available for under the age of 18 years*

All clients will be asked to sign our full disclaimer.

We are not medical practitioners or qualified to diagnose physical or mental health conditions.

Recommendations & interventions cannot be taken as a substitute for a thorough medical or allied health professional assessment or diagnosis.

Holistic Health is actually an approach to life. Rather than focusing on illness or specific parts of the body, this ancient approach to health considers the whole person and how he or she interacts with his or her environment.
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