BRISBANE, Australia – Brisbane’s Family Nightclub spreads out over four floors and five bars, and has hosted big names in the DJ world from DJ Tiesto to Paul Van Dyk. In the club’s latest reinvention, Josh Frey Productions installed an all Martin lighting package consisting of 8 MAC 700 Profiles, 8 MAC 101 LED moving head wash lights and 4 MAC Aura compact LED moving head wash lights with zoom.
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BRISBANE, Australia – Brisbane’s Family Nightclub is one of Australia’s largest and most enduring nightclubs spread out over four floors and five bars, including one made completely of ice. It has been host to some of the biggest names and best DJs from DJ Tiesto to Paul Van Dyk and Deepdish.
The venue regularly reinvents itself in order to keep on top of the city’s club scene and the latest transformation saw a new Martin lighting system installed courtesy of Josh Frey Productions, the club’s preferred lighting installer.
Production Manager David Fairless was delighted to receive an all Martin lighting package consisting of 8 MAC 700 Profiles, 8 MAC 101 LED moving head wash lights and 4 MAC Aura compact LED moving head wash lights with zoom.
Every three months or so, Fairless changes the lighting set up but currently there are two circular trusses above the dance floor; the outside ring holds the 8 MAC 700 Profiles while the inside ring holds the 101 fixtures.
“All of these fixtures together create a perfect look for the club and whatever design I have them in, I am never disappointed,” Fairless said. “I haven’t had any problems with the fixtures since purchase and only give them a quick clean over every month as the dust that accumulates in that room is stupid. All fixtures have performed above the standards I originally had set for them.”
The backbone of any nightclub rig are the main spot lights – in this case Fairless decided on the MAC 700s as, according to him, it provides a good contrast to the LED fixtures with great shutter functions, excellent color mixing possibilities and a very accurate pan/tilt and iris movement. Fairless reports that he has been amazed by the MAC 101 LED fixtures citing their speed, cool effects and low purchase cost as irresistible.
“The Martin 101s are fast and very accurate lights,” he added. “They allow me to achieve movements that I would not be able to do with other fixtures. They are compact and allow me to be very creative with the movements, color changing abilities and shutter effects that they provide.”
The MAC Auras are currently positioned on stage, two above the DJ suspended from the truss system that also supports the LED screen acting as a backdrop, and two either side of the DJ placed upon speakers.
“The Auras have a wide range of inbuilt effects which allow for a variety of theatrics,” David said. “For example, the two layers of color you can have while incorporating rapid iris movement really puts the Martin Aura ahead of other LED washes. As a wash light, the lumen output really surprised me how well it lit the room.”
Fairless is working on his next lighting set up and plans to have the fixtures spread over the back wall and in between pieces of LED wall.
Photo: Alex Singleton
