Polygon to open Soho listening room with spatial audio programme
Polygon Productions will open Polygon Portal on 7 May 2026 at Dean Street in Soho, introducing a new London venue dedicated to spatial audio presentation, live performance and curated listening sessions. The project marks the company’s first permanent site following years of large-scale installations and touring work in immersive sound environments.
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The space has been built around a 17.1.10 L-Acoustics system using L-ISA object-based mixing, allowing sound sources to be positioned and moved throughout the room. Seating is arranged centrally, with speakers distributed across horizontal and overhead planes. The configuration has been developed specifically for album playback, live sets and artist-led presentations designed for multi-channel formats.
Programming will focus on spatially mixed listening experiences, live performance and artist-led events. Early announcements include work from Jeff Buckley, Sigur Rós, Yann Tiersen, Fink, Beth Orton, Public Service Broadcasting, Steven Wilson and others, alongside presentations developed with labels such as Sony, Ninja Tune, Mute, Domino, Partisan and Ghostly International. Events will include premieres, curated listening sessions, Q&As and artist commentary, with a focus on both new and archival material reimagined in spatial audio.
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Alongside the performance programme, The Polygon Portal Essay Series introduces a curatorial format pairing listening sessions with written contributions from critics, historians and collaborators. Each edition focuses on a particular theme, catalogue or artist, with music presented in full and accompanied by essays distributed to attendees. The aim is to situate recordings within wider cultural and historical contexts, allowing the material to be experienced alongside critical reflection rather than in isolation.
During daytime hours, the venue will host structured wellbeing sessions, including guided meditation, breathwork, yoga, Pilates, Qi Gong and sound-led practices delivered by practitioners working across movement and contemplative disciplines. Contributors include Earth Echo, Elemental Resonance, Errin Briscoe, Jnana World, House of Voga, Sana, Robert Koch, Alex Ferreira and Tom Middleton’s Senzomi. Sessions will run on a scheduled basis with limited attendance.
Polygon Portal also partners with Nordoff and Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity, with optional donations available through ticketing and membership. The collaboration forms part of the venue’s wider engagement with music-based therapeutic practice.
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The project builds on Polygon Productions’ previous spatial audio installations at festivals including Wonderfruit, Bonnaroo and Soundstorm, where artists were invited to adapt and rework recordings for multi-speaker environments. These experiences directly informed the development of Polygon Portal, evolving the format from temporary festival installations into a permanent listening space in central London.
Polygon Portal will operate as a members-only venue with access via free registration. Alongside scheduled programming, members will have access to a bar and social space within the Soho site. The project positions itself as a permanent home for spatial audio presentation, combining listening events, performance and wellbeing-led activity under one roof in central London.
Date: Opening 7 May 2026. Location: Dean Street, Soho. Sign up to be a Polygon Insider for free here: polygon-productions.live
