Some of Colour Sound's latest purchase of 32 GLP Spot One LED moving lights from A.C. Entertainment Technologies also had their first outing at Rockness.
For Rockness, Colour Sound produced a production lighting design for the main stage of this popular event staged on the shores of Scotland's most famous Loch, which was based on the spec's of the three headline acts - Kasabian (LD Nick Gray), The Chemical Brothers (LD Paul Normandale) and Paolo Nutini (LD Jason Hyne). All three also bought in their own specials packages, of which Nutini's was also supplied by Colour Sound.
Chris Steel looked after everything FOH on the main stage while Phil Lee kept it running smoothly and efficiently at the stage end, their tight teamwork ensuring that all the various LDs were happy.
Kit supplied for the main stage included 32 GLP Impression Zoom 120 RZ LED wash lights, used for general stage coverage, 20 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 1500s, for strong back lighting and beam effects, together with 16 Martin Professional MAC 250 Beams and a selection of Atomic strobes, Molefeys and generics, all run from a Chamsys MagicQ 300 console.
Colour Sound's association with The Glade dates back to the very first event in 2004. This year Colour Sound supplied about 10 smaller areas with a wide selection of equipment, including Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 575 moving lights, Robe 575 XT Scans and High End Trackspots. The pool of small lighting desks included Avo Pearl Tigers and Martin 25-18 disco controllers.
Crew chief was Kester McLure, and he was working alongside Toby Lovegrove, Stuart Barr and Summee Holloway, Stuart Wood & Sam Akinwale. Lighting design was by Steve Marley.
Back in London, Colour Sound supplied lighting production for all three stages at Get Loaded in The Park. Colour Sound's Steve Marley created the main stage production design for this outdoor stage, which was a Serious Supernova roof. The days were headlined by INXS and Razorlight respectively - both completely sold out.
Design wise, again the criteria was to accommodate the requirements of the two headliners, so the main stage featured 22 GLP Impression Zoom 120 RZs and Martin Professional MAC 2Ks along with Atomic strobes, Jarags, 50sq.m of 37mm pitch LED screen and generics, with an Avo Pearl Expert for control.
Working for production company LarMac LIVE, Colour Sound provided lighting for the Absolute Radio and Solo (promoters) VIP areas at the Isle of Wight Festival which were designed by LarMac LIVE's Jo MacKay. Lighting included several hundred metres of LED festoon lighting, i-Pix satellites, LED PARs and outdoor PARs with a Pearl Tiger for control, run by Jen Webber.
(Jim Evans)
