LONDON – Clay Paky equipment figured heavily in rapper Example’s first arena tour. LD Graham “Grum” Leesmith spec’d 50 Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures, along with 30 Sharpys and 20 Alpha Wash 1500s, all from rental house Neg Earth.
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LONDON – Rapper and singer/songwriter ‘Example’ has kicked off his first ever arena tour with a lighting system designed by LD Graham ‘Grum’ Leesmith. More than 100 fixtures have been supplied by Ambersphere Solutions to rental house Neg Earth for what has become a showcase tour for the latest generation of Clay Paky equipment.
Featuring heavily are more than 50 Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures. “I’ve been blown away by the QWO 800. Initially I had specified the Alpha Spot HPE 700 but Neg Earth invited me to go and check out the new QWO 800, which had just arrived in their warehouse. The optics are amazing, the light output is fantastic and the speed with which this fixture moves is phenomenal,” observes Leesmith.
Complementing the QWO 800 is the Sharpy fixture. With more than 30 of these included on the ‘Example’ rig, their impact on the show’s imaginative lighting design is significant. ‘“The amount of light you get out of a Sharpy is just ridiculous from such a low power fixture,” continues Leesmith, “They weigh next to nothing, are bright enough to create a beam on an outdoor stage in the middle of summer, they move faster than anything else on the market, and the looks you can create with them are truly unique.”
With the Clay Paky line-up being completed with the use of more than 20 Alpha Wash 1500s, Leesmith is in no doubt about why he specified these products. ‘The reason I chose Clay Paky is simply because their latest generation of fixtures are some of the best on the market in terms of build quality, optical output and features,’ he says.
