Arooj Aftab, Gold Panda and more for new Polygon Live LDN 2025 – the UK’s largest outdoor spatial audio festival

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Arooj Aftab and Gold Panda are among the names to have been announced for a new London festival, Polygon Live LDN 2025.Set to run in Crystal Palace Park from May 2 to May 4, it will be the largest outdoor spatial audio festival ever to be held in the UK, with early bird tickets on sale now – you can get yours here.Pakistani-American singer and composer Aftab – whose fourth solo album ‘Night Reign’ was named as one of the 50 best albums of 2024 by NME – will play at the site, as will London electronic producer Gold Panda, who released his latest album ‘The Work’ in 2022.Also on the bill is the celebrated producer Jon Hopkins, who has collaborated with Charli XCX and Coldplay in recent months as well as releasing his hypnotic new album ‘Ritual’.A post shared by Polygon LIVE | 360° Spatial Sound & Immersive Events Production (@polygon.live)Other names announced so far are Tinariwen, Halina Rice, Nitin Sawhney and Photay.Polygon Live LDN will feature the first ever use of spatial audio company Polygon Live’s dual-dome stage design, with speakers surrounding the audience, as well as over their heads.

Each dome will boast almost 100 speakers, which is claimed to be five times the typical number for a festival stage.Polygon Live CEO Nico Elliott has said: “Originally, our deployment of spatial audio emerged from the live sets of electronic music.

Live DJs use a number of sounds, textures, frequencies and rhythms, which helped to push our understanding of what’s possible in spatial audio.”“At Polygon Live LDN, our programming has evolved.

Working in partnership with renowned curators OpenLab, we’ve brought together an incredible line-up of visionary artists spanning electronic, world, jazz and experimental music to showcase.