TriTec AV of Amman provided the lighting and sound setup for the event. Among the arsenal of gear used for the show were 34 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 575, 24 Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1200 HPE, and 16 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 1500 fixtures, all controlled with a grandMA Full Size console.
TriTec senior production manager Rajai Khalil explained, "For the Akon show we used almost the same amount of Clay Paky fixtures as in Distant Heat (the summer dance party held in the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan). We didn't have many technical details or even a lighting plot from Akon's lighting designer. We just used our creativity, knowing that the Clay Paky fixtures would deliver the expected results."
Khalil added, "In this show, the LD for Akon was quite amazed with the Clay Paky fixtures and the overall setup."
(Jim Evans)
