Frank Broughton, co-author with Bill Brewster of the classic history of dance music, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, in conversation with DJmag US Editor Bruce Tantum about the characters, the stories and the surprises in the new edition of his book. Full disclosure: Frank is also Pitch and Sync Creative Director.

Can a specially crafted piece of music be used to treat acute pain?

Dr. Claire Howlin is a psychology researcher at Queen Mary University of London specialising in research, looking at the psychology of music, the arts and creativity and how this helps our health and wellbeing. We caught up with Dr. Howlin on the latest episode of Feeling Music to discuss her recent research into using music as a treatment for people experiencing acute pain. Dr. Howlin and her team, collaborated with multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, Anatole, to create a series of music compositions following the question posed by pain treatment powerhouse Nurofen.

London based multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and sound designer Robert M Thomas is a pioneer in intuitive sound design and explores the use of music as a fluid medium which can intelligently adapt & personalise itself in real time to the listener's situation. We spoke with Robert about how he is manipulating audio with machine learning to further the listeners immersion and some of the interesting projects he has worked on.

Robert has collaborated with some of the worlds most influential and household artists including Massive Attack, Imogen Heap, Hans Zimmer, Carl Craig, Air, Ben Burtt, Richard King, Bookashade to name a few.