Solstice At Wasing 2025
We are thrilled to announce our final line-up for Solstice Festival 2025!
Taking place on the same day everywhere on the planet, the Solstice connects everyone in a truly global moment. A time when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky, the solstice is a moment to celebrate the life-giving power of the Sun, the warmth it provides, and the abundance it brings to the Earth.
As the Sun begins its journey back toward winter, the solstice represents a turning point, a reminder of the cyclical nature of life. As one, we embrace this time to connect deeply with the natural world, celebrate light, and reflect on the balance between growth and rest. The summer solstice is not just an astronomical event; it’s a spiritual experience that invites all who honour it to rejoice in the Sun’s life-giving energy and the interconnectedness of all things.
Join us in the woods for Solstice Festival to celebrate the energy of Summer, the cycle of nature and music from around the world.
ARTISTS
Anoushka Shankar
Boundary-pushing sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar blends traditional Indian classical, jazz, world and electronica into her work, producing a unique sound that transcends genres. Daughter of legendary sitar master Ravi Shankar, Anoushka‘s exposure to diverse cultures—from her upbringing in Delhi to her travel throughout the world—has placed her at the forefront as an activist, human rights ambassador, and highly sought-after musician. Over the course of a long and varied career, Anoushka has evolved into an artist able to call upon her fullest being, representing her multicultural identity and authentic, vulnerable self where every note played comes from the soul.
Salif Keita
Back in 2018, giant of African music Salif Keita announced his retirement. However now at the age of 75 the afro-pop champion dubbed ‘The Golden Voice of Africa’ is back. Having spent more than four decades at the forefront of his craft, whilst simultaneously fighting for the rights of albinos and devoting his whole life to defending the right to be different, he is a legend both musically and socially. Do not miss this rare opportunity to see one of the most adventurous, gloriously soulful singer-songwriters on the planet.
Âpe Chimba
Âpe Chimba is a multi-instrumental musician, singer, composer and music producer. His music resonates across borders and times blending the primal with the divine. He draws inspiration from old African music, Flamenco, Latin, Indigenous folk songs, world electronic music, Ape’s live music conjures both deep self-reflection and liberating dance ecstasy.
Omer Gonen-Haela
Omer Gonen-Haela is an Israeli multi instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and ceremony leader. His music is influenced by the diverse backgrounds of his musical studies and world travels. His songs are songs of prayer and depth, of love and connection, holding the vision of a human world based on respect, trust and connection to all that is alive.
Tritha
A golden voice, a global fusion artist & a music activist, Tritha studied & practiced Indian classical music for 30 years in the Agra & Patiala gharana and Bishnupur gharana from Pandit Santanu Bandyopadyay where she learnt Khayal. She has learnt 12th century Dhrupad style from Padmashri Gundecha brothers & Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar. She has been teaching and conducting workshops on Voice & music therapy over the last 10 years. Tritha's debut studio album PaGLI released on Sony Music in 2014, where she showed her metamorphosis of an Indian classical voice to modern contemporary forms. Her next album "Raagas in Paris" was released in 2016 on Silk Road label where she explored Indian classical with psychedelic rock, with her Indo-french rock band Tritha Electric. Her next album, "Elements d'existence", was based around sound healing and the 5 elements. Her last album “Pachamama – A Tribute to Mother Earth” was released on July 3rd 2021, which was International Plastic Bag Free World Day. She has released several EPs and singles with electronic artists in Europe & UK in the last few years.
The Blue Lions
The Blue Lions are a band of Sikh warriors belonging to the ancient lineage of the Warrior Akali Nihang Singhs. They perform Spiritual Indian Classical music called kirtan, reciting mantras in specific ragas that have a profound effect on the mind and body to further become One with the Soul.
The Akali Nihang Singhs live a life of service, a duty that is maintained within each moment for everything in existence. This unconditional service is a core principle in the Sikh faith and is referred to as Seva.
The ‘Ragas‘ they play from Indian Classical Music have a profound effect on our energy field. Ragas are charged with prana/chi and help regenerate and restore our energy and balance. This music therapy emits a deep vibration which nourishes the listener. This brings harmony between the mind, body and soul. The Blue Lions begin with instrumental music and then sing different Ragas and compositions before beginning the mantra chanting. They play ancient stringed instruments like the ‘Taus’ which is very rare and was designed by the Sixth Sikh Guru.
Mira Khanya
Mira Khanya crafts immersive, Movement Medicine-inspired dance journeys, weaving global sounds and carefully curated sets with deep intention and reverence for life. With a rich background in dance, theatre, and the healing arts, she intuitively guides these transformative experiences as gateways to connection. Inviting deep movement and freedom, her work fosters community, togetherness, and compassionate presence with ourselves, each other, and the wider web of life. Mira collaborates with festivals and events across the UK and internationally, bringing her unique offerings into spaces of healing, transformation and celebration.
The Museum of Consciousness: Sound As Ritual
Featuring:-
Tritha: A Sound Yogini
This sound transmission will be heavily invested on Sacred geometry of sound from the ancient Indian Sound wisdom. A Sound Yogini, Tritha, at the MOC showcase in Wasing Solstice festival 2025 will demonstrate the shift of consciousness with the art of guided listening and using ancient vocal techniques and practical skills from the 12th and 16th century India. The direct transmission of organic sound from her extraordinary voice, focused breath, internal body consciousness, spine alignment and positive intention will enable everyone to experience the practical functionality of Naad Yoga - The Yoga of Sound and Raga therapy. This auditive experience will lead to cellular healing of every receiver and incredible elevation of the spirit consciousness without using substance - only Sound as the ingredient of pure energy and vibration.
Tritha is a Indian classical & contemporary vocalist, composer and Sound yogini based out of India and Europe. Trained in Indian classical music for over 30 years in khayal 16th and dhrupad 12th century techniques. Travelled, performed and represented India in over 23 countries, Tritha has been featured on BBC, Arte and Canal+ as a music activist. She has composed 18 albums to her credit made in the last decade. Her first album "PaGLi" released on Sony Music India. And her last albums "Pachamama" is a tribute to Mother Earth and Dharani - Tribute to Buddha. Magnum Photos from France featured Tritha as one of "100 Women Changing India".
www.tritha.com
Augustine Leudar: Sol
Augustine Leudar has spent the past twenty years crafting interactive hallucinations—immersive 3D sound and visual installations that merge cutting-edge technologies with dreamlike ethereal experiences. Exhibited across the globe, his work transforms physical space into living, breathing environments that respond to the presence of the audience. A subconscious fascination with the occult runs like an underground current through his practice and many of these installations function as invocations as much as they do artworks.
For the solstice, this new work, Sol is an atmospheric quadraphonic composition, an immersive ode to the sun. Within this sonic environment, the ‘holomorph’ utilizes Max/MSP and sensor technologies, enabling the audience to sculpt sounds in 3D space with their hands creating an interactive audio landscape — aligning the senses with the turning wheel of the year and propelling them into its next radiant phase.
www.augustineleudar.com
Audyssey (Gavin Lawson): Audyssey AVE - The Portal to the Immortal
‘The Portal to the Immortal’ reimagines ancient solstice rituals through a 30-minute electronic music performance that merges production tools (Ableton Live 12, Serum, Pigments, Max for Live) with field recordings and ritualistic rhythms. By translating ancestral practices into a contemporary electronic framework, this composition is designed for live performance and creates a liminal space for consciousness exploration, aligning with both historical solstice ceremonies and modern principles of sonic entrainment.
Over the last 12 years I have been analysing data, trialing new methodologies in audio immersion, mindful living & soma sensory stimulation. My fascination is with the investigation of creativity in music, exploring the intrinsic and rudimentary forms of musical entrainment. Such entrainment not only facilitates but also nurtures the emergence of further creative expressions across a variety of temporal frameworks, anchored in an individual's capacity to forge profound associations with their auditory and visual landscape.
www.audysseyave.com
Weblinks: audysseyave.com
Robot Koch & Naina Eira: Svarasa Ritual
Following their appearance at Breaking Convention—Europe’s largest conference on psychedelic research—Robot Koch and Naina Eira bring their transformative sonic ritual Svarasa to Wasing. Rooted in nondual tantric principles, contemplative science, and ancient Buddhist practice, Svarasa is a 20-minute immersive meditation and sound journey that invites participants into deep presence. Award-winning composer Robot Koch guides a spatial soundscape that blends electronic, ambient, and immersive audio elements to gently shift awareness and foster profound inner listening. Meditation teacher and psychedelic researcher Naina Eira leads the meditation with a grounded approach to timeless wisdom traditions, activating sound as ritual and the body as a field of awareness. Svarasa—from Sanskrit Svara (primordial sound) and Rasa (essence or nectar)—offers sound as a path back to our true nature.
Robot Koch
Robot Koch is an award-winning composer, producer, and sonic innovator whose work exists at the intersection of sound, art, and immersive technology. With a deep curiosity about the connection between music, science, and consciousness, he creates cinematic soundscapes that transcend traditional genres, blending electronic, ambient, and modern classical elements into deeply evocative experiences. With a discography spanning multiple albums and over 100 million streams, Koch's music has been featured in films, TV series, and immersive audiovisual experiences that captivate audiences worldwide. His live performances, known for their multi-sensory depth, have sold out venues across the globe. A recipient of multiple international awards, including "Best Immersive Experience" at the DTLA Film Festival, Koch has collaborated with renowned artists such as Grammy-nominated conductor Kristjan Järvi, as well as Max Richter, Christian Löffler, and Anoushka Shankar. Constantly exploring the transformative power of sound, Koch’s work pushes the boundaries of music as a tool for healing, connection, and expanded awareness—bridging art, technology, and human emotion in profound and unexpected ways.
Naina Eira
Naina is developing a comprehensive contemplative framework for psychedelics—bridging ancient Buddhist wisdom with modern scientific inquiry. A lineage-based Vajrayāna tantra meditation teacher and researcher at the University of Exeter, she specialises in nondual states, guiding others through meditative journeys, music, and transmission-based practices—rooted in both lived experience and scholarly depth. Among the first to systematically map unitive states across philosophy, phenomenology, and cross-cultural traditions, her work integrates Eastern and Western frameworks with empirical rigour. Naina’s research is helping shape a new field of contemplative-psychedelic science. She has presented her work at leading conferences and is collaborating with Harvard to advance cutting-edge research in meditation and consciousness.
www.robotsdontsleep.com
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/psychedelics/naina-eira
Soul Revolution
In a dysfunctional modern world that rarely allows our mental, physical, and emotional health to flourish, our vision is to create a festival where we provide access to tools designed to help improve all areas of their wellness. This includes our connection to nature, each other, the divine – and above all our innermost self, our Soul.
Soul Revolution’s vision is to co-create a more unified world and way of being at a time where feelings of division and separation are widespread. In a world full of escapism, we envision facing reality head on. There is a call for us to turn inward, to face our fears and our flaws so we can evolve together in a loving, gentle, and compassionate way.
Wider Horizons
Wider Horizons will hold a singing circle 'All Night til Dawn' Sun celebration vigil around The Sacred Fire to sing in the dawn with singers including Ben Ben Ji, JJ Middleway, ALNA, Nalini Blossom, Charlie Roscoe, Gurj (SEEK WITHIN), Nola, Tallulah Rendall, Hamiama, Rhiannon Ruthvenn, Guido, Seamus, Liv Airies, Chris Milner, Nola & more amazing musicians.
THE FIRESIDE SESSIONS
The Fireside Sessions, lead by Anoushka Shankar and Âpe Chimba spark the Solstice celebration's shift from day into night & offer a magical and powerful experience around the fire and under the stars in Wasing’s Sacred Glade. Fire serves as a central and focal element, infusing our gatherings with prayer and ceremony and anchoring the energy we generate to offer back to the land.
THE SUNRISE CEREMONY
Guided by Chris Park, initiate of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, the Sunrise Ceremony connects us deeply to the flora, fauna & natural world around us. It begins with a procession from the Sacred Glade to a tree-lined hilltop and culminates in greeting the rising sun over the valley, bringing fresh light & shifting new energies.
MÉDICINS SANS FRONTIÈRES
We are proudly supporting Médicins Sans Frontières, an international humanitarian organisation providing medical care in more than 70 countries, who treat patients on medical needs alone & provide life-saving care in crisis zones. For each Solstice ticket sold, £2 will be paid to MÉDICINS SANS FRONTIÈRES|DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (UK) (Charity Number: 1026588)
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