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Ed O'Brien's Blue Morpho gets three spatial-audio playbacks in Soho
Polygon Portal, a listening room on Dean Street in Soho, London, has three public playbacks of Ed O'Brien's Blue Morpho on its calendar, starting late on Thursday 22 October and running into early November. Each one plays the album in full, from the first track to the last. Transgressive Records, who release it, trailed the playbacks on Instagram on 13 October.
The sound is 360-degree spatial audio, on an L-Acoustics L-ISA system, and the listing promises that every guitar part and synth layer will come from around the listener. O'Brien is not billed to appear.
The listing calls Blue Morpho his second album as a solo artist and the first record he has put out on Transgressive under his own name. Paul Epworth and Riley MacIntyre produced it with him, and Tõnu Kõrvits wrote the string arrangements. The same listing ties the album to the hardest stretch of O'Brien's life and presents it as a record of recovery.
Blue Morpho playbacks, Polygon Portal, Dean Street, Soho, London
| # | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday 22 October 2026 | 22:00 |
| 2 | Friday 30 October 2026 | 18:00 |
| 3 | Saturday 7 November 2026 | 20:30 |
Blue Morpho credits, as the venue's listing gives them
| # | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed O'Brien | artist, producer |
| 2 | Paul Epworth | producer |
| 3 | Riley MacIntyre | producer |
| 4 | Ben Baptie | mixing |
| 5 | Tõnu Kõrvits | string arrangements |
| 6 | Dave Okumu | contributor |
| 7 | Shabaka Hutchings | contributor |
| 8 | ESKA | contributor |