How can live sound transform a space, shape perception, and create shared experiences that go beyond the traditional listening context? At Sonic Days 2025, the New Concert Formats track invites audiences to investigate how technology, artistry, and technical expertise converge to redefine live and spatial sound.
This year’s programme presents a range of approaches, from system design and spatial audio integration to artistic research in 3D clubbing and sensorily rich indie-pop performances. Among other sessions, you can experience:
Arve Gotfredsen (Meyer Sound / Roskilde Festival)
Arve Gotfredsen presents a detailed look into recent immersive audio projects developed with Meyer Sound’s Spacemap Go platform, spanning venues, festivals, and multidisciplinary installations. He outlines how creative intent, system design, and calibration workflows come together in practice, supported by examples from Nordic productions. The session also touches on Meyer Sound’s collaboration with Roskilde Festival, illustrating how stage layouts, prediction tools, and deployment strategies shape large-scale audience experiences. Participants will hear project excerpts, gain insight into technical decision-making, and have the opportunity to engage in an open Q&A.
Ana Rita Costa (MAYAN)
Ana Rita Costa introduces 3D Clubbing, an artistic research project exploring how ambisonics and live diffusion can expand DJ performance into a spatial, movement-driven format. Building on her residency between Le Sucre and GRAME in Lyon, she presents the creative foundations behind her work, the technical architecture of the system, and the methods she uses to shape rhythm, space, and audience perception in real time. Through audio and video documentation, she demonstrates how spatial sound can transform club environments into more responsive and immersive listening ecologies. The session offers conceptual insights, practical tools, and room for dialogue with participants.
Jon Schumann
Jon Schumann offers an in-depth walkthrough of the audio design and workflow behind Aqua’s current touring production, combining efficiency, portability, and high-end sonic quality. He explains how the team structures a fully flight-ready rig, how they manage consistency between venues, and how the FOH workflow supports both musical precision and creative freedom. Attendees will hear segments from actual live shows, review the production signal flow, and follow Jon’s approach to building a modern, scalable live mix. The session ends with an opportunity for participants to ask questions and explore the technical details further.
Debate: Yör.
Yör presents a sensorial, spatially focused concert experience developed in collaboration with Sonic College students and adapted for the multichannel system used at Sonic Days. The session examines the artistic ideas guiding the project, the technical strategies behind the immersive staging, and how the band’s textures and vocal layers were shaped to occupy and transform the performance space. Through examples from the original GRASP premiere and the new Sonic Days version, participants gain insight into the production process and the interplay between composition, sound design, and venue acoustics. The event concludes with an open discussion on creative and technical choices.