LONDON – Bandit Lites UK provided Clay Paky's Alpha Beam fixtures for the latest Squeeze tour of the U.K., Spot the Difference, which included stops at venues ranging from the 100 Club in London to the O2 Manchester Apollo. LD Daniel Bocking's simple-yet-flexible lighting design used 18 Alpha Beam 700s positioned in clusters of three to create a classic rock ‘n' roll feel for the band.
A key objective was to keep those bold looks in harmony with the custom video footage developed by content designer Colin Rozee of R2 Digital Productions, which was projected onto sails suspended from the rear truss.
"I needed really tight beams, because I didn't want to throw too much light around and risk washing out the video," said Bocking, crediting the Alpha Beams as "brilliantly effective" in that regard – "just so narrow in the beam. The fixture creates highly defined, parallel beams that are clearly visible against other wash lights and video."
Bocking, who had previously used Alpha Beams on TV shows, said he was "blown away" by the Alpha Beams. "They are just so tight; they can always be clearly seen."
Squeeze, which formed more than 35 years ago by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook and then officially broke up in 1999, reformed in 2007.
To see videos of the tour, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynj2nQKIM7g and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzWKyO7RHn8.
For more information, please visit www.claypaky.it.
