WONDER
Across Continents
A spatial audio musical performance by
AXEL WILD
19.11.26
Drinks and a showcase from 7pm · Show at 8pm
Polygon Portal, 75 Dean Street, Soho, London
Experience a 15,000 mile sonic journey following millions of birds and the stories they tell.
Music and spoken stories gathered on the Across Continents expedition move all around and above you, through 27 speakers, with guest musicians playing live.
THE NIGHT
7pm Drinks and a showcase of the Across Continents work so far.
7.30pm Doors open.
8pm Birdsong, voices and music from the road move around you and over your head. Guest musicians play live.
THE IMMERSIVE VENUE
A 360° spatial-audio listening room in the heart of Soho.
A spatial audio stage unlike anything else: a dome design wrapped in L-Acoustics speakers, placing sound above and all around you.
17 powerful speakers surrounding you, 10 speakers over your head. A space unlike anywhere else.
Words and photos: Polygon Portal
THE SEND-OFF
In 2027 we set off for the final stretch: Namibia’s Zambezi Region, Botswana’s Okavango Delta, and South Africa from end to end, down to Cape Town. Down there, many flyways meet. Which birds will we find? What stories will be told to us?
THE ROAD SO FAR
23 countries
450+ days living in the 4x4
20 TB of sound gathered
2,000+ people who listened with us, on location
Featured by ZEISS, Birda, Earth.fm, Soundly and RAI.
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
With the community at Lisco Camp, and recording with Kpoto. Liberia 2025 · Ed Dingli
“The children sang ‘Toyana’ back to the Hadada Ibis, and kept singing after the music stopped.”
Kotor, Sierra Leone · from the Across Continents expedition
You’ll hear it on the night.
WHERE THE SOUNDS COME FROM
The sounds in WONDER were gathered on the Across Continents expedition, following migrating birds from Western Europe to Angola’s desert coast. Explore the route below. The dotted line is the road still to come.
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Thursday 19 November 2026, Polygon Portal, Soho. Drinks from 7pm, show at 8pm.
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