Overview
The Psyence Lab is a music studio that helps independent artists record, mix, master, and release songs as digital collectibles. Founded by audio engineer Gabriel Talamantes (also known online as Sudo Scientist), the El Paso studio handles every step from a final mix to surround-sound Dolby Atmos releases. Artists can book sessions, register their work for distribution, and choose to release tracks as music tokens, which are digital songs fans can buy and keep on a blockchain1.
The Psyence Lab is the audio production side of a small Cardano music ecosystem that also includes Arp Radio, a player and directory for music tokens2. Talamantes co-authored CIP-60, the shared Cardano standard for releasing music, so The Psyence Lab's release process follows the same format other Cardano music apps recognize and play3. The studio sits in adastack's media category alongside other Cardano publishing tools.
Key Features
- Full studio production from track to release. The Psyence Lab offers multitrack recording, mixing, and mastering as packaged services. It also produces Dolby Atmos surround mixes for projects with the right source files1.
- Music as a collectible, not just a stream. Finished songs can be released as music tokens. Each token holds the song file, artist credits, ISRC (the universal song ID used in the music industry), and royalty splits in one record on the blockchain. Fans buy the track outright instead of streaming it for fractions of a cent4.
- Built on the Cardano music standard. Releases follow CIP-60, the shared Cardano music release standard that Talamantes helped write. Any player or marketplace that supports the standard can read each track3.
- Catalog of independent releases. The studio's online store lists released music tokens by genre and artist, including singles, albums, electronic, hip-hop, and metal. Standard studio services sit alongside them and can be booked directly5.
- Companion player for discovery. Arp Radio lets listeners stream and browse Cardano music tokens released through The Psyence Lab and other artists, so a release becomes something people can actually find2.
What to Expect
The site opens on a service-first studio page. Three offerings sit up front: audio production, publishing, and tokenization. A button leads to the music catalog, and another opens the booking page. The look feels like a working independent studio rather than a crypto product, which fits who it serves. The Psyence Lab is built for musicians who want their tracks engineered well and released through whatever channels suit them, blockchain or not.
If you are an artist, you can book mixing or mastering as standard one-off services. You can also get help registering your music for traditional distribution, and add a Cardano music token release on top if you want. If you are a listener, you can browse the catalog of singles and albums, each one tied to a real release. The same tokens play back through Arp Radio. The blog covers royalties, music distribution, and where independent music fits in the wider on-chain world6.
This is a small operation: one engineer, a focused service menu, and a tight catalog of artists. Even so, The Psyence Lab is an important fixture in Cardano's music scene. Three Project Catalyst proposals from the founder cover music release tooling, automated royalty payouts, and verifiable file storage. They sketch out a direction that reaches beyond the studio walls7.
