There’s a lot of noise being made about the ways music is consumed these days. The use of psychedelics in music spaces has been well documented, but in recent years there’s been growing conversation around the use of psychedelics for therapeutic and creative purposes, particularly since the pandemic lit the touchpaper for a global mental health crisis.
Now we’re feeling less disconnected, it’s in our nature to find ways to come back to ourselves, and better understand the world around us. It’s a curiosity that pulled crowds to the Dreamachine, a throbbing, techno-pulsing audiovisual experience at Woolwich Market in London this spring. Created by Collective Act in collaboration with a team including Turner-prize winning artists Assemble and Grammy-nominated producer Jon Hopkins, the project was designed as a way