Ian Kirby, of UK distributor Lighting Effects Distribution, confirmed that the two companies had secured the first GLP Impression compact moving heads to arrive in the UK after they had been previewed at this spring's ProLight&Sound expo in Frankfurt, and then successfully trialed at Live Earth in Hamburg.
German promoter Marek Lieberberg commissioned Cologne-based Showtec to handle the lighting, and they designed 75 of the pioneering heads into their stage grid for the event.
This was all the encouragement Ian Kirby needed. The delighted distributor reports that L.E.D. now holds stock and is expecting a massive demand following the lead taken by White Light and Hawthorn, who both placed initial orders at the show.
"Impression is not only the first LED moving wash light to give the equivalent of a 575W wash in a compact, lightweight housing, but it meets the 'green' credentials of both hire companies, with the reduced carbon footprint that their own customers are increasingly demanding," observed Kirby.
By using 90 Luxeon K2 LED's the Impression is capable of achieving a higher light yield than any existing comparable LED fixture, with 30 each of the RGB colour LEDs able to create the entire colour spectrum.
"It's hard to believe how far the LED industry has progressed in 12 months," Kirby concluded. "We are now looking at products capable of outputting 200 lumens per watt by next year."
(Jim Evans)
