Independent owner, Pavel Ze? was so pleased with the service and support that he's received from Robe lighting in the past that he asked their sister company, Anolis, via Czech sales manager Petr Kolma?ka, to come up with an interesting, eye-catching eco friendly lighting scheme that would transform the general atmospherics in the club area.
Says Kolma?ka, "It was a great honour to be asked to present ideas as Mr Zed has a high regard for production values, and wants nothing but the best for his venue to keep it as the 'must go' destination in the area."
He adds that the breadth of the Anolis range was a real help in being able to choose the appropriate fixtures for the right areas.
He had an open brief apart from the fact that the end result had to look "absolutely stunning, modern and NOW", and came back with the idea that the DJ should be able to change the mood of the room - not just the dancefloor - with different colours.
A total of 36 Anolis ArcLink flexible LED strips are installed behind the two large bars in the club, and these colour change through the metal front fascias which are cut out with gobo style patterns. The bottle shelves are also back lit with more Arc-Links.
Eleven ArcSource TwinWall 6 RGB wall washing fixtures are used to bathe the back wall behind the stage with bold colours, with three ArcLine 36 battens skimming down a mirrored textured wall to the side of the DJ booth. Underneath the banquette seating on the other side of the dancefloor are four ArcLine 24s, providing a nice, moody, low level ambience for this area.
Control of all the Anolis sources throughout the City Club is via a Robe DMX 1024 console situated in the DJ booth, which is also controlling the dancefloor lighting, giving the option of manual or auto operation.
(Jim Evans)
