The folk rockers have been traversing the globe in support of their latest number-one album Wilder Mind. To reflect the slightly edgier sound of their new material, Warren took his usual tungsten-based design to the next level. To do this the designer incorporated some new elements such as strobes, unusual colour contrasting and LED.
"To maintain the Mumford vibe amidst all the new tricks, I decided to use a back wall of 120 PAR cans positioned in a 10-fixture wide by 12-fixture high grid," explains Warren. "However I felt it'd get old quickly if all they did was flash on and off for a whole set, so came up with a way of making the PARs change colour using a removable ring of LED tape.
"I took the idea to the legends at Light Initiative who jumped at the chance to build and trial the rings and sent me some test videos. I then showed these to the band who loved them."
Light Initiative created 120 of the LED products, named 'Halo 64', building them on robust chrome frames.
"The Halo64 product we ended up creating was a derivation of a previous bout of creativity a couple of years ago which then stalled," says Bryn Williams, Light Initiative's founder and creative director. "Working with Ed was great as his clear vision helped us take a working concept through to a polished end product which exactly suited his needs."
Warren agrees, "The frames are very solid and worked better than expected from the off. Output and looks-wise they are everything I imagined. With plenty of haze in the air they give a very unique, eerie glow.
"LI has also developed them further to make them more adaptable to changing weather conditions, which has been great for Mumford & Sons' outdoor festival shows."
Warren and LI are also working together to expand the Halo range to a high-resolution pixel, HaloPIX, with increased pixel-mapping capability.
(Jim Evans)
