LAS VEGAS – Morpheus Lights returns as the lighting vendor for Grammy-award winning nu-metal band Korn in support of the 2017 ‘Serenity of Summer’ tour. The U.S. leg kicked off on June 16 in Salt Lake City, and wraps up on August 2 in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Then, the band will head off for dates in Europe. LD Thomas “Church” Christmann specified Ayrton DreamPanel Twin fixtures in four flying pods fabricated by Gallagher Staging, with 16 fixtures in each of the four pods – 64 in all.
More details from Morpheus (www.morpheuslights.com):
The design also features Ayrton’s MagicBlade™FX and MagicRing™R9 fixtures, along with NandoBeam™S3 and NandoBeam™S9 wash lights. Other luminaires by Chauvet, Martin, Chroma-Q, and Astera round out the lighting package.
Atmosphere is by MDG and Ultratec. Control is via the Chamsys MQ500. Tyler GT Truss and CH Hoists handle the heavy lifting.
Ayrton’s DreamPanel™Twin is a hybrid fixture with a 64 by 64 pixel, 6 mm pitch 3500 nit video panel on one side, and an 8 by 8 matrix of 6º LED emitters on the other. With continuous pan and tilt, the fixture offers designers both hi-res and low-res video imaging, as well as a 25,000 lumen, graphic beam projector that packs a serious punch!
“I’m very happy to work with Morpheus again;” says Church, “It’s good to have such an experienced, professional partner to help bring design concepts to reality. We worked closely together and the result speaks for itself. A big “thank you!” to Morpheus, to Ayrton, and to my crew for all the hard work in preparation and on tour. You guys are killing it!”
Morpheus Lights’ C.O.O. Mark Fetto says “Clearly we were very pleased to be selected again as the tour lighting vendor, having previously supported Korn on their 2016 outing. We really enjoy the collaborative process of working with Church and with the band’s management to pull everything together.”
Fetto continues, “We’re particularly delighted to supply Ayrton’s DreamPanel™Twin fixtures for this specific project. They’re wonderful units and they play a strong role in the overall design. Church has recognized the creative potential inherent in this fixture and has seamlessly merged two, very different, video aspects with both continuous motion and positional control – also utilizing the fixtures very powerful beam to create incredible stage looks song after song.”
(Photos by Sebastien Parquet)
