GLP Creative Light 1 on song for album launch
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The tour had to be postponed until autumn 2021, but the album release is an event that needs to be celebrated, and so Vidano gave a small concert, observing the strictest health guidelines, in the rehearsal hall of TTL Event Solutions in his hometown Ochtrup. The event was also recorded.
Vidano’s lighting designer, Jens Hillenkötter, works globally as a designer and creative producer. For the artist's release show, he also took on the role of DoP, and for the first time deployed the GLP Creative Light1 Plus. Forty pieces of the compact, flexible LED fixtures augmented the artist's set. “These were still field test devices because the Creative Light1 Plus were not yet available,” he said. “I recognised the creative potential of Creative Light1 when I saw the prototypes for the first time at GLP’s HQ in Karlsbad. I ordered immediately and am happy that I have been able to use them.”
For Vidano's album release concert, the task was initially to create a lighting design in the form of a floor set, which on the one hand would be individual and on the other be logistically as compact as possible and easy and quick to use. The set design also needed to be quickly adaptable to different stage designs. “We agreed very early on that due to COVID-19, touring would have to adjust at short notice to the fact that budgets would be cut back and that we would have to use predominantly the venues’ existing lighting technology,” explained the designer.
The GLP Creative Light1 Plus fits well within the concept. They were used in a matrix formation that took the place of an LED wall and was mapped to individual pixels from the lighting desk. “I particularly like that the Creative Light1 Plus is extremely compact and runs on batteries,” said Hillenkötter. “Since they can also be controlled wirelessly via LumenRadio CRMX, they can be adapted to existing stage setups. This means that I can adapt to changing requirements very flexibly. In addition, the devices save a lot of space in the charging cases with their very small pack size."
