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ALPHA SPOTS PLAY A ‘Qi’ ROLE
CLAY PAKY’S NEW FIXTURES EARN RAVE REVIEWS ON BERLIN SHOW
Qi – Eine Palast Phantasie (a.k.a. Kie) has 300s. dimmers.
been performing to sell-out crowds at the LD Andreas Stübler commented: “All the Eichler and Stübler shared the design duties,
Friedrichstadtpalast Theatre in Berlin where technicians working on the project were while the latter also created the LED lighting
the ensemble offers energised dance and enthusiastic about the new Alpha Spot HPE 300 design.
ballet, music and artistic creations in haute from the very beginning. These projectors offer Birger Krause, Tom Mommert and Martin
couture costumes, in an extraordinary top level performance in terms of luminous Wagner programmed the grandMAs. Martin
setting. output and speed.” Wagner was also video and LED operator.
One hundred artists were supported by a The Clay Paky HPEs and other projectors Heinz-Jürgen Lokys, the AV technical engineer,
highly experienced lighting team headed by on stage were controlled by three full-size provided the lighting rig.
Olaf Eichler and a state-of-the-art lighting rig grandMAs, one grandMA light, seven MA NSPs,
that included the new Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE two MA 2Port Nodes onPC and five MA digital www.claypaky.it
PENDULUM SWING FOR MARTIN’S LCs
In an incredibly small period of time, that is not including the power pack, which
Pendulum, the spectacular Aussie rock and is very heavy and therefore negates the
dance music act, have taken centre stage on lightweight claim. Being so light means you can
the UK tour scene after the release of their hang more units and we were able to get the
second studio album, In Silico, and breaking whole back wall of LC units into just seven flight
audience records on their recent tour of New cases.”
Zealand and Australia. Behind the wall of LC2140s were 35
Their LD, Andy Hurst, who has been with the pulsating Atomic strobes from Martin, which
band from the beginning, explained some of were used to power through the semi-
the secrets behind the band’s live presence. transparent LC panels when Hurst faded the
He said: “As the band is dance-meets- visuals.
rock, if you will, we wanted to do things the “The wall of LC units really looked like it was
old-fashioned way while at the same time a set piece because the bars of the LC panels
presenting the audience with a backlit screen. run vertically and the light from behind fill
Both visuals and lights, but the visuals are all them when they’re dimmed and transparent.
beat driven and very organic. Each strobe tower behind in turn looked like a
“During the first tour we used a large wall glowing set piece too. As the LC can go from
made up of a pixel line but for this one we solid to transparent, you have a lot of options.
decided to look at options for a full LED screen. “In front of these we had 35 MAC 2000E
“We decided on Martin’s LC panels Profiles. On this tour I wanted hard edge beams
— not least of all because they are extremely and I also used gobos — although sparingly.”
affordable for the quality you get. They are The results of these combined effects of
about 15% of the price of the other leading MAC 2000 hard edge light beams, an organic
brands, which is very substantial. The difference wall of visuals on the LC units and the shock
is comparable to $300-500 per metre for of colourful strobe breaking through are truly
other leading brands — and $60 per metre for breathtaking. The light show pulsates with a
Martin’s LC2140s! force that reflects the band’s ceaseless presence
“We ended up using 28 panels and made and energy.
our own visuals especially for the show and to Andy Hurst and Pendulum head to the US
fit the size and shape of the LC panels. It looked this month and then on to a string of summer
really good. The panels are also extremely festival dates where they are already expected
lightweight which is great for touring. to make some serious waves.
“Other panels claim to be lightweight but www.martin.dk
22 • TPi MARCH 09
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