Tamino shows go Mega in Belgium
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Jan recently lit three high-profile sold-out showcase evenings at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels where he used five Robe MegaPointes on the floor behind the artists as the main dramatic lighting tools.
He chose the versatile MegaPointe - sourced from the venue’s 24 new house fixtures - to accent the intensity and drama of Tamino’s performance. “It’s all about the music with him and my job as LD is to support with interesting visuals that don’t distract from what he’s singing.”
The AB show was the culmination of a series of one-off’s for which Jan specified a floor specials package delivered by dEvents, including the five MegaPointes, a crunched fabric drape upstage, some moving LED battens and LED wash / strobes, together with a grid of vintage filament bulbs which were hung just in front of the backdrop.
Jan also works as part of the famous AB venue’s lighting crew as well as doing his own freelance designs, and they all really pushed to get the new MegaPointes delivered in time for the gig by Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux.
Luckily everything aligned and he was able to have his MegaPointes for this design for which he was assisted by Maarten Dever.
Although the Tamino show wasn’t driven by effects, Jan was able to weave some skilfully into a very theatrical-style show replete with intricacies and subtlety.
“It’s very exciting to be working with a new artist,” Jan states, “especially one with a long, successful and interesting career ahead. He’s great fun to work with and always open to new ideas for stage presentation.”
Tamino continues playing more shows in Europe in the coming months and will be playing festivals over the summer, with a massive show planned for the Lotto Arena, Antwerp in November.
(Jim Evans)
