WEST LONDON — Entec supplied lighting and sound gear and crew for two major gigs at Brixton and Bristol on the recent U.K. tour for New Zealand band, Fat Freddy’s Drop. The band – known for their improvised live performances which embrace multiple styles including dub, reggae, soul, jazz, blues and techno – returned to Entec to supply all their production needs following a previous one-off at Brixton Academy in 2011.
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The band’s Lighting designer Mark Butler sent in this plot which Entec’s lighting division matched.
There were three over-stage flown trusses, all raked at jaunty angles, and three upright trusses on the floor, giving the performance space a dynamic, off-beat look and feel.
Martin MAC 700 Profiles were the hard-edged moving light of choice, with 15 dotted around all three overhead trusses.
The vertical floor based trusses featured five PixelLine 1044s on the fronts, and also on the deck were three MAC3 Profile moving lights, positioned upstage of the band for powerful back beamage. Ten 8-lite Moles were split between the floor and the front truss – for blasting into the crowd!
The atmospherics were ramped up with two hazers and two of Entec’s new Jem ZR44 smoke machines.
Butler ran the lights on a grandMA full size console with a grandMA light for backup and was joined by an Entec crew of three, crew chiefed by Chris Gadd plus Will Wright and Tom Crosbie.
Entec’s Lighting Manager Adam Stevenson comments, “It all went very smoothly and Mark produced another great looking show using an expedient amount of lights that were carefully and thoughtfully applied”.
Butler commented after the gigs, “The crew were fabulous – very professional and on to everything before I could even ask for it! I appreciate their hard work, effort and attention to detail … and look forward to using Entec again in the future”.
