Celebrating its landmark 10th anniversary in December 2025, the latest edition of the Wonderfruit festival attracted 35,000 visitors from across Southeast Asia. This renowned Thai cultural gathering — centred on Mind, Nature and Sound — returned to The Fields, an 81-hectare site located around 80 kilometres north of Bangkok.
Multiple Martin Audio systems were deployed across three stages, including WPC, TORUS and THS, among them the festival’s main Creature Stage.
We’ve been involved with Wonderfruit since its early editions, mainly through our production partner, Mr. Team. It’s an incredible festival and, for us, an ideal opportunity to showcase the systems in a real, live environment, explains Joshua Oates, Business Development Director at Martin Audio’s Thai distributor, Fuzion Far East.
Mr. Team Productions was responsible for the majority of on-site audio, deploying close to 100 engineers, technicians and sound crew at any given time. “From Fuzion’s perspective, we knew which systems we wanted to showcase, but the final decision was made together with Mr. Team and was dictated by the spaces and the artists’ genres”, confirms Oates.
The Creature Stage, the festival’s largest stage, hosted a vibrant programme of international and regional artists. Two hangs of eight Martin Audio WPC elements per side formed the main L-R system, with a central cluster of four WPS cabinets. Low-frequency reinforcement came from eight ground-stacked SXH218 2 x 18-inch subwoofers, with the entire system powered by nine Martin Audio IKON IK42 amplifiers.
“The WPC line array was perfect for the Creature Stage”, says Oates. “We needed a 40-metre throw to cover the main audience area, and WPC delivered consistent SPL and clarity across the site”.
With multiple stages spread across the site, sound containment was a critical consideration. “WPC was chosen in part for its Wavefront Precision technology, which allows us to steer the system and control how it spills into the rest of the festival”, notes Oates. “That made it the ideal choice for the main stage”.
The Creature Stage FOH engineer, Pinyo Boonpraneewong, agrees, praising the performance of the Martin system:
As FOH engineer for the Creature Stage for nearly a decade, I was impressed by the performance of the WPC alongside the SXH218: outstanding clarity, ample headroom and Martin Audio’s signature scalable resolution.
Meanwhile, on the SOT (Straight Out of Thonglor) Stage, a Martin Audio TORUS constant curvature array system was selected for its powerful low-frequency performance, well suited to the hip-hop-focused programme. Each main L-R hang comprised four TORUS cabinets — three T215 and one T1230 — supported by a pair of CDD15 front fills and four SXH218 subwoofers. Amplification was provided by three IKON IK41 and two IK42 units. “The ultra-narrow 15-degree dispersion options of TORUS were key to controlling noise”, adds Oates, “especially given its proximity to other stages”.
Finally, the DJ-oriented Moonlight Stage, in collaboration with Sangsom, featured a Martin Audio THS system. A pair of THS cabinets covered the main L-R, with an additional pair as outfill, reinforced by two SX218 subwoofers. DJ monitoring consisted of ground-stacked L-R arrays with three WPM elements per side, each mounted above an SX118 subwoofer. Stage power came from two IKON IK42 amplifiers and one IKON IK81. “The house music played there most of the time was a perfect match for the punch and energy of THS”, says Oates.
All systems were tested under demanding environmental conditions. “The heat and dust were extreme — like a desert — but we had zero issues”, confirms Oates. “It really proved that Martin Audio systems are robust and well engineered”.
The feedback from the engineering teams was unanimously positive. “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”, concludes Oates.
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Summing up the festival’s success, Pok Sutat, Production Director of Fuzion Far East and CEO of Mr. Team, reflects:
The deployment at Wonderfruit 2025 demonstrated that the WPC is more than capable of handling main-stage sound reinforcement, while the SXH218 reaffirmed its position as one of the most powerful and efficient subwoofers on the market. For Southeast Asia, it was a clear example of how next-generation line array technology can deliver ‘big system’ performance within a compact and manageable footprint. On the SOT stage, the powerful combination of TORUS and SXH218 handled the aggressive transients of hip-hop and bass music with ease, delivering hard-hitting low end alongside the precision of constant-curvature arrays. Meanwhile, on the Moonlight Stage, the high-fidelity THS point-source systems created a ‘boutique club’ atmosphere, ideal for deep house and electronic sets.
