Gaskell was delighted to be working with Colour Sound again, "Their kit and the attitude is great," he enthuses, "Nice people and I get premium service every time."
His design - which will also feature at festivals played by the band throughout the summer - featured an intricate video set up and so to contrast this, the lighting was relatively straightforward - bold, in-the-face and in true Orbital style.
Gaskell chose 13 GLP Impression Spot Ones as his main profile lights and 24 Impression Zooms as the wash fixtures. As a layer of specials, he added Clay Paky Sharpies, plus strobes and blinders.
The lighting rig comprised three overhead trusses, the back of which was also used to hang the video wall, made up from WinVision18 mm pitch surface supplied by Chaos Visuals. Four upright truss sections were stood on the floor upstage of this.
The uprights at the back were rigged with 12 Impression Zooms, four strobes, six 2-lites and some laser mirrors, allowing Gaskell to blast through and make the screen disappear at times.
There were also two mid stage trussing towers - stage left and right - each rigged with a Spot One and an Impression Zoom, a Sharpy, a strobe a blinder and mirrors, all primarily focussed across the band's backline, keyboard and computer bank set up.
Gaskell operated the show using his own Chamsys MagicQ lighting console.
(Jim Evans)
