Elation colours main stage at Kaaboo
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Lisle and Parker used 12 Platinum 1200 Wash fixtures - each housing 19 x 65W LEDs with wide zoom - spread out across the mid-stage and upstage trusses primarily for general stage wash. “It’s hard to compete with the sun of course, but even during daylight they were able to lay some base colour and show up on the camera/IMAG shots for some eye candy,” explains Lisle. “We loved their overall intensity. In a rig full of a lot of horsepower, they held their own and were great at driving down some base colour.”
Meanwhile, on the Trestles Stage, bands like The Zombies, Tower of Power, Blondie, and The English Beat played popular sets with multifunctional Elation Paladin LED effect lights exploited for a variety of looks. Because many of the shows on the Trestles Stage were during the daytime hours, the designers were looking for a fixture that would provide eye-candy as well as the brightness to pop.
Placed along the down-, mid-, and upstage trusses were 16 Paladin effects whose hybrid ability as a blinder, strobe, wash or eye candy effect made them a versatile choice when a host of bands needed to be lit across a busy three-day schedule. “Due to their location, the programmer on that stage did a good job of using them for all of the above,” Lisle says. “They did a great job in blasting out colour across the audience and for general effects.”
Only in its fourth year, Kaaboo has found a recipe that appeals to a broad audience with 2018’s line-up a testament to its growing success. This year, lighting supply for the September festival was by production company Solotech, who Lisle says did a good job on site with a solid crew. “Andy O’Toole has been our lead on this show for years and we love working with him,” he says. “Erik and I also appreciate John Dunn and the whole Elation team for their partnership on this project - it has been a blast.”
(Jim Evans)
