IMS Co-Founder Ben Turner and former OWSLA co-owner and artist Blaise James DeAngelo have launched a new wellness platform called Remedy State in collaboration with IMS Ibiza.
Remedy State aims to highlight the importance of wellness among all those artists and electronic music workers subjected to a relentless schedule of travel, sleep deprivation and creative pressure. Its programme includes mindfulness, exercise, physical therapy, medical evaluation and nutrition.
After the recent death of Swedish EDM artist Avicii at only 28, the music industry can no longer afford to ignore these important health risks.
Set to debut on May 20th-23rd at IMS Ibiza, the retreat features keynote lectures from renowned doctors, fully inclusive organic and vegetarian meals and nutritional consultations, yoga and meditation, breathing workshops, and nature walks.
“After a 25-year journey travelling the world appreciating and influencing the electronic music industry through many initiatives, I realised I needed to go on a similar journey about the lifestyle pressures surrounding how we work. When I started out as a music journalist, there was no email and no mobile phones. I sent faxes to artists as forms of communication. There was no help in the industry about diet or stress management. I’ve recently been in consultation with a personal dietitian and ayurvedic doctors and, keeping with the spirit of IMS and the Association for Electronic Music, I felt it necessary to share our vision and experiences for generations old and new. This is just the start.” Ben Turner
“Seeing the industry lifestyle negatively impact my own physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing and that of those around me seemed like a cruel irony given that music itself is such a positive and uplifting thing. We’ve all dedicated our lives to it, so we should be the happiest, healthiest bunch on Earth” comments Blaise James DeAngelo.
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