Phil Taggart on the meditative power of music: “Your brain needs a rest from continuous poking”
Mental Health Awareness Week, Phil Taggart has created a series of specials of his ChillDaBeats show – as well as talking to NME about the special meditative power of music.Following his 10-year career at BBC Radio 1 where he fronted The Chillest Show, his latest endeavour ChillDaBeats is part radio show, part podcast – and has been amassing a huge online following for offering “alternative chill, support, escape, mindfulness, meditation and community”.“I wanted to start Chilldabeats as soon as I’d finished at Radio One,’ Taggart told NME. “I’d built up a fairly loyal fanbase of people who liked my Sunday show, so I thought that the best thing to do would be to take it independent.