Denmark - SL Production in Skive is a new lighting and sound rental company – founded in 2020 by Jesper Poulsen and his business partner, Kasper Holm Nielsen – who joined forces and merged their respective companies into one entity to offer quality production values for all types of events.
Before starting SL Productions, Poulsen ran his own company operating as a mobile DJ and LJ spinning tunes and utilising his skills mainly for tractor pulling events – a booming phenom in Denmark – and the numerous town festivals that are popular across the country.
As soon as the new company was formed, they purchased some Robe moving lights – six MegaPointes and eight LEDBeam 150s.
“We knew that if we wanted to grow the company and be taken seriously, we needed to offer lighting and visuals, so in addition to excellent audio, we also believed that investing in the best quality lighting kit was the way to go,” Poulsen stated.
He added that while it was not the cheapest option, they would not be where they are now if they’d not done it.
“Without a doubt, having Robe onboard has enabled us to produce better shows and get more offers and better work. It’s brought us massive production value and people can really appreciate what can be achieved using quality kit,” he continued.
The next Robe investment was 12 x Spotes in 2022 as business ramped up post-COVID. These are among SL Productions’ most-used luminaires. Poulsen uses them for small bands of all types, jam bands, and for his own DJ shows. He is the lighting designer for DJ Alligator and currently eight other bands and artists regularly touring and gigging around Denmark.
12 Paintes are the most recent purchase, which are again proving invaluable for various shows. The local city festival events can be quite big and cater for up to 10,000 people, with stage scaled accordingly.
The Robes have given SL Productions more scope to impress and push the boundaries of the lighting designs they can produce.
Poulsen cites the “superlative service” from Robe’s Danish distributor Light Partner as a great reason for going with the brand.
Light Partner organised a factory visit to the Czech Republic earlier in the year which proved an eye-opener for Poulsen. “It was mind-blowing,” he declared, “and reinforced everything I’d already heard about the quality engineering, the workspace and culture there.”
