All lighting for the Jazz World stage was supplied by Essex-based DPL for the second year running, with 12 Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs and six Robe ColorWash 2500E AT's taking centre stage for DPL director Pete Watts' design.
DPL installed a trussing grid underneath Jazz World's 18m Serious Stages Orbit roof, and the moving lights were arranged across that, together with a selection of generics and 42sq.m of ChromaQ ColorWeb LED as a backdrop and around the sides of stage.
Three Robe 8-lite LEDBlinder 196 LT fixtures were also rigged on top of the PA towers for audience illumination.
It was the first time that Watts had used the ColorWash 2500E ATs for one of his designs, which he describes as "Ludicrously bright" and very reliable.
On the front truss they replaced all the PARs that he'd used the previous year, in the process reducing the overall power consumption by approximately 70 amps a phase. The fixtures pull power all the time but at a far more constant rate than the peaks and troughs of incandescents. "Power is always an issue with generator supplied events" says Watts, "The stage has to be constantly and evenly lit at all times because it's a televised event, and with green issues being such a hot topic, anything that can help in this area is a good thing.".
All lighting for the Pyramid and Other stages was supplied by west London based Neg Earth Lights. On the Pyramid - headlined by Kings of Leon, Jay Z and The Verve over the three days - they utilised 18 Robe ColorSpot 2500s and six Robe 8-lite LEDBlinder 196 LTs. This was looked after by Andy "Fraggle" Porter, and the Other stage was 'babysat' by Rob Gawler and Paul "PK" Kell.
(Jim Evans)
