THAILAND: As Wonderfruit Festival marked its 10th anniversary in December 2025, the landmark edition drew 35,000 visitors from across South East Asia to The Fields, a 200-acre site located 50 miles north of Bangkok, reaffirming its reputation as one of the region’s most distinctive cultural gatherings centred on Mind, Nature and Sound. Across three stages, multiple Martin Audio systems—including WPC, TORUS and THS—were deployed to meet the festival’s diverse sonic demands, with the largest deployment taking place on the flagship Creature Stage.

“We’ve been involved with Wonderfruit since the early days of the festival, primarily through our production partners, Mr. Team,” explains Joshua Oates, Business Development Director of Martin Audio’s Thai distributor, Fuzion Far East. “It’s an incredible festival. From our side we’re able to use it as a live, real-world demonstration space.” Mr. Team Productions handled the majority of on-site audio, fielding close to 100 engineers, technicians and sound crew at any given time, with system choices shaped jointly by Fuzion Far East and Mr. Team and informed by stage design and artist genres.

The Creature Stage, the festival’s largest, featured two eight-per-side hangs of Martin Audio WPC as the main L-R system, supported by a centre cluster of four WPS cabinets. Low-frequency energy was delivered via eight ground-stacked SXH218 2 x 18-inch subwoofers, with the full system powered by nine Martin Audio IKON IK42 amplifiers. “The WPC line array was perfect for the Creature Stage,” says Oates. “We needed a long 40-metre throw to cover the main audience area, and WPC delivered consistent SPL and clarity throughout.” Sound containment across the multi-stage site was also a critical factor. “WPC was chosen in part because of its Wavefront Precision technology, which allows us to steer the system and control how it bleeds into the rest of the festival,” he adds. “That made it an ideal choice for the main stage.”

Creature Stage FOH engineer Pinyo Boonpraneewong, who has supported the stage for nearly a decade, echoes this assessment, stating, “Being the FOH engineer and support for the Creature stage for nearly a decade, the Martin Audio WPC with SHX218 was impressive for its audio clarity, ample headroom, and Martin Audio’s scalable resolution.”

Elsewhere on site, the SOT (Straight Out of Thonglor) Stage adopted a Martin Audio TORUS constant curvature array to support a hip-hop-focused programme. Each main L-R hang comprised four TORUS cabinets—three T215 and one T1230—supplemented by a pair of CDD15 front fills and four SXH218 subwoofers, with amplification handled by three IKON IK41 and two IK42 units. “TORUS’s very narrow 15-degree options really helped with noise control,” notes Oates, “especially given its close proximity to other stages.”

The DJ-centric Moonlight Stage, presented in conjunction with Sangsom, featured a Martin Audio THS system, with a pair of THS cabinets covering the main L-R and an additional pair deployed as outfill, reinforced by two SX218 subwoofers. DJ monitoring was provided by ground-stacked L-R arrays of three WPM elements per side, each mounted above an SX118 subwoofer, while amplification comprised two IKON IK42 and one IKON IK81 amplifier. “The house music being played there most of the time really suited the punch and energy of THS,” says Oates.

All systems were subjected to demanding environmental conditions throughout the festival. “The heat and dust were crazy—like a desert—but we had zero issues,” confirms Oates. “It really proved that Martin Audio systems are robust and well-engineered.” Feedback from engineering teams was similarly consistent. “They were impressed by how straightforward the systems were to deploy—the ease of setup, the clarity straight out of the box and how little tuning was required,” he concludes. “Their reaction was essentially: ‘It just works. Martin just works.’”

Reflecting on the broader impact of the deployment, Pok Sutat, Production Director of Fuzion Far East and CEO of Mr. Team, summarises, “The deployment at Wonderfruit 2025 with Martin Audio proved that the WPC is more than capable of handling main-stage duties, while the SXH218 cemented its reputation as one of the most powerful and efficient subwoofers available. For the Southeast Asian market, it was a masterclass in how modern line array technology can deliver ‘big system’ results within a compact, manageable footprint. On the SOT stage, the heavy-hitting combination of TORUS and SXH218 handled the aggressive transients of hip-hop and bass music with ease, demonstrating both ‘gut-punch’ low end and the precision of constant-curvature arrays. While on the Moonlight Stage the high-fidelity THS point-source systems created a ’boutique club’ atmosphere for deep house and electronica.”

At its tenth anniversary, Wonderfruit 2025 offered not just a celebration of culture and creativity, but a clear demonstration of how carefully matched system design and scalable loudspeaker technologies can deliver consistent, high-impact sound across complex, multi-stage festival environments.