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Purpose Built Soundscapes For Psychedelic Experiences
For Individuals
Self-guided journeys and at-home meditation
For Practitioners
Licensed audio for clinics, retreats and therapists
The Best Music For Psychedelics
Music plays a central role in shaping the quality of psychedelic experiences. Beyond personal taste, carefully designed soundscapes can guide emotions, provide comfort, and enhance therapeutic outcomes. Psilocybin Music is created with this in mind. Based on research by the Copenhagen Music Program (CMP), our series of stunning soundscapes are split into phases mirroring the trajectory and emotional needs of a psychedelic experience: preparation, ascent, peak, descent and integration. Through combining supportive frequencies, binaural beats, and versions both with and without narration, psilocybin music provides a structured roadmap – leading you to rewarding outcomes.
Available under license or as downloads for individuals, our flagship is a psychedelic, purpose-built journey over 5 hours long; this extended mix allows the soundscapes to gently unfold and reveal their magic – ethereal, atmospheric, immersive and deeply moving.
Beyond The Mushroom Trip Playlist
Increasingly, many practitioners, musicians, and researchers are beginning to explore alternatives to psychedelic therapy playlists. One of the defining characteristics of a playlist is that it consists of independent musical works assembled into a sequence. Even when expertly curated, transitions between tracks inevitably introduce discontinuities. During ordinary listening, these changes may be barely noticeable, but in psychedelic states—where perception becomes highly sensitive—even subtle shifts can feel surprisingly significant. Purpose-composed soundscapes offer a different vision: continuous rather than segmented, immersive rather than performative, and spacious rather than directive. Intentionally crafted around the phenomenology of altered states, they provide a flexible framework that allows the experience to unfold organically.
The Benefits of Purpose-Made Soundscapes
Avoiding sudden changes in tempo, rhythm or mood, our deeply immersive soundscapes gently evolve, drawing the listener inwards. Our stunning soundscapes offer the following benefits:
What you receive
Psilocybin Music is available to both individuals, psychedelic practitioners and retreat centres. Individuals can download our soundscapes for private use, including the full journey 5 Hour mix. Practitioners can purchase the music under license. This gives access to our growing streaming library and allows unlimited professional use of our music. Whether you provide ceremonies at a retreat centre, guide psychedelic journeys, or act as a trip sitter, Psilocybin Music can elevate you and your practice.
Ascent Phase Sample
Peak Phase Sample
Descent Phase Sample
Key Features of Psilocybin Music include:
Phase-Oriented Structure
Music evolves with the journey, supporting changing emotional states
Therapeutic Intention
Soundscapes provide supportive frequencies and binaural beats for resonance with inner states
Dynamic Progression
Music intensifies during peak phases and softens during integration, matching the trajectory of your journey
Emotional release during peak intensity.
Grounding during challenging moments.
Integration of insights
The setting of therapeutic goals
Live Performance
As well as recorded soundscapes, we offer a live DJ-guided musical experience designed specifically for deep, inner journeying work. These are streamed to anywhere in the world, with each performance adapted intuitively to match the emotional arc of the individual experience. Unlike a static playlist, the music evolves moment by moment, creating a unique, intuitive, one-off interaction. Contact us here to discuss your specific needs. A download of Ascent Phase Live can be accessed below.
Music Producer, Writer and Audio Guide…
Andrew Donaldson creates Psilocybin Music straight from the heart. Fascinated by the role music plays in transcendental and healing experiences, he creates long-form soundscapes that identify the psychological themes encountered on inner journeys, then matches them to specific musical styles and tempos. This creates a guided, supportive framework for immersive, inward travel.
Influenced by ambient music and sound-healing modalities, the soundscapes incorporate binaural beats and therapeutic frequencies. These help promote a sense of calm and well-being.
For live performances, guided meditations and original compositions, get in touch via the contact page for more details.
The Benefits of Binaural Beats
Binaural beats are an auditory phenomenon that occurs when two slightly different frequencies are played separately into each ear through headphones. Your brain doesn’t hear these tones as separate sounds—instead, it perceives a third “beat,” which is the difference between the two frequencies. This process is linked to brainwave entrainment, where the brain’s natural rhythms begin to synchronize with the frequency of that perceived beat. Different frequency ranges are associated with various mental states, such as relaxation, focus, or deep meditation. Psilocybin Music incorporates Alpha Wave Binaural Beats into our pre-flight meditations and Delta Wave binaural beats into our integration soundscapes. Alpha Waves enourage a relaxed, meditative mind-set that prepares you mentally for inner exploration. Delta Waves are associated with restoration, the perfect accompaniment to integrative work.