Elation lights Monster Energy Outbreak Tour
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Outbreak tours showcase emerging artists on their breakout tours and are an opportunity for young talent to get exposure. After DJ Kayzo released his debut album Overload on 19 January, he hit the road on the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour, his first national tour. Production includes a light show from Pin Point Lighting featuring some of Elation Professional’s newest luminaires - DARTZ 360 LED beam/spot fixtures, Paladin hybrid LED lights and Chorus Line 16 LED pixel bar wash luminaires.
Production specialists Pin Point Lighting of Philadelphia provided the lighting rig and design for the show. “The artist wanted a big looking show with lots of flexibility and the Elation gear gave us that,” says Pin Point Lighting owner and lead designer John Duncan. “The DARTZ filled the need for a small LED source beam, the Paladins as a large static wash light and effect light, and the Chorus Line for a tilting zoomable batten fixture. All of these fixture types we see on riders that come across our desk.”
Working in between the DARTZ fixtures and mounted in each of the four 10’ truss towers are Paladin hybrids, LED luminaires that can function as a bright blinder, powerful strobe or high-output wash light. Duncan uses them for big audience blinds and strobing and uses the fixture’s zoom to go from a wide wash to a tight beam look.
Duncan uses the Chorus Line 16-pixel bars in the show for big lighting sweeps and chases with its 4° to 40° zoom and individual pixel control important features, according to the LD. He has six mounted on the upstage video truss with six on the floor in front of the DJ video wall.
(Jim Evans)
