Thousands of dance and electronic music fans braved the torrential rain, mud, flooding and truly abysmal weather conditions to attend one of the UK's friendliest alternative 'boutique' festivals.
London-based Colour Sound has supplied the Glade since the event started four years ago, but this year was the first time they lit both main spaces - deciding to go with Robe in both. Twelve ColorSpot and 12 ColorWash 700E ATs - newly bought for the summer - featured on the Glade stage, with six ColorSpot and ColorWash 575E ATs in the Vapour Tent.
Colour Sound's Jasper Johns and Kester McClure looked after lighting for the Glade Stage, producing a generic design with plenty of options and flexibility that would suit all the artists performing, some of which brought their own LDs.
Over in the Vapour Tent, looked after by Stuart Wood and Toby Lovegrove. The CW 575E ATs were to the front of house truss and the ColorSpot 575E ATs to the rear truss. They and the other fixtures in there were run from an Avolites Diamond 4.
Colour Sound bought 50 Robe 700 Series fixtures to help service their busy 2007 summer season - which has seen them supply lighting production and crew for 36 festivals among other shows, tours and events. The company now has over 80 Robe moving heads in its inventory.
(Jim Evans)
