Lighting designer Pete Davies prepared an impactful yet compact, tour-friendly package, primed for easy transportation across Europe for a series of festivals. Low-energy LED fixtures were the natural choice for both Davies and the band, keen to minimise their carbon footprint, without compromising the quality of the audience experience.
The creative solution incorporated eight TRUSST truss uprights, in a combination of 1m and 2m lengths, each with a Chauvet DJ SlimPAR QUAD 6 IRC at its base as an uplighter, thus transforming it into a feature in itself. Atop each TRUSST length sat a Rogue R1 Spot fixture, set to generate a variety of effects throughout the show. Inside the TRUSST, a series of 12 tour-ready STRIKE 882 units were added for extra clout.
"It was important for the crowd to interact with the band, to engage with them, and to really feel involved in the performance," said Davies. "This was the focus for me when putting the design together. The STRIKEs performed brilliantly as audience blinders, which was obviously key to achieving this aim. Not only that, they were great as strobes too, adding an extra dimension to the show.
"I was also really impressed by the capabilities of the R1 Spot, the motorised iris meant beam shaping was easy, and with the three-facet prism we were able to create some amazing visual effects."
(Jim Evans)
