As with all three of their venues - including the influential Cargo in Shoreditch - the company has turned again to Marquee Audio to deliver their sound reinforcement requirements. Their solution has been to provide a discreet background music system in the new building to meet the eclectic tastes of directors Richard Bigg, Nigel Foster and Chris Greenwood.
It is the company's music guru Chris Greenwood - the man responsible for programming the music at several of London's top Cuban and Latin bars - who has drawn on his huge library of Latin American grooves to create the playlist. "I have tried to make the music much more contemporary and wide-ranging than just the usual Gypsy Kings soundtrack," he said.
This is distributed by iPod to a Turbosound TCS system, divided into three separate zones - the front bar, lounge and separate restaurant, which is accessed by walking through the courtyard.
Marquee Audio project manager Scott Wakelin has been careful to preserve the natural aesthetic of the 5,000sq.ft interior by recessing pairs of TCS-101C passive two-way full-range speakers into the rafters above. The TSB110 10" bass units will also be concealed.
For matrix control Wakelin has turned to Biamp Nexia PM digital processing. Providing two separate DJ plug-in points for the hosting of party nights, he has ensured that the sound source can be selected and volume controlled at the bar where a Volume 8/Select 8 volume control panel is positioned.
(Jim Evans)
