Dubbed 'After Dark' these annual concerts are held in secret - the audience contacted via text message and given a series of clues that would take them across the estate, unbolting doors, through maze-like hallways, searching down woodland pathways and exploring the unseen parts of the Darlington Hall.
With performances by The Mountain Firework Company, Adem, Fiona Bevan, Moulettes, Oh Pep and Laura Moody, the concerts were held over a series of weeks during the summer.
"I chose the acts for After Dark because I loved their music." says Daniel. "All of them are artists I've met either on the road, at festivals or at gigs from all corners of the globe and the UK and whose music is on almost constant repeat in my life."
Each of the performances was recorded on film and the producers needed reliable high quality microphones to capture the nuances of these very different artists. Austria-based Lewitt microphones took up the challenge - and delivered in spades, with glowing reports from all the producers involved.
"The mics were a joy to use during the After Dark events" says Olly Wickes of DBS Music. "The intimate nature of the events called for honest, transparent and detailed microphones in order for us to achieve fully authentic sound reinforcement of the sources on stage. The detail of the MTP740CM condenser vocal mic's in particular were incredible and you could have heard a pin drop in the room with how silent they were. I was able to achieve a lot of gain before feedback, which really helped with the quality of the recordings whilst not compromising the integrity of the sound in the PA or monitors."
'We used a pair of LCT550's for a bunch of different applications and they sounded fantastic" says Jimi Stewart of Cape Khoboi. "Warm and clear in every situation from acoustic guitars to tenor sax, I couldn't recommend these any more highly."
(Jim Evans)
