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SNOWBOMBING


mayrhofen, AUSTRia EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA


This year’s Snowbombing festival provided all the shenanigans, ran- domness and unexpected elements its audience has come to expect from the Alpine party, but behind the scenes the production’s natural evolution experienced some subtle but significant shifts. Snowbomb- ing’s consistent core - location, production team, sound and lighting company - undoubtedly allow its variables to shuffle in accordance with the artist line-up and creative aspects added each year to keep the snowy gathering at the cutting-edge of the music event market. This time around, new suppliers and technology were added, along with some structural tweaks to an already successful formula.


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Enveloping the Austrian village of Mayrhofen, commanding almost every hotel bed in the area, the weeklong festival poses a massive lo- gistical challenge for organiser, Outgoing, who again charged events agency, Ear to the Ground, with the production responsibilities. Some 15 venues, mainly in the town itself, but also in the mountains reach- able only by cable car, facilitate a range of live and DJ performances, which throws up a tetris-style conundrum, where the same kit takes on various configurations to slot into multiple spaces. Another of the event’s stalwarts, Audile, again handled the audio and lighting operation, and provided sound engineers for each of the ven- ues. Kit included a cocktail of audio equipment from d&b audiotech- nik, Funktion One, Turbosound, db Technologies, QSC, Klark Teknik, XTA, MC², OHM, Crown, Yamaha, Midas, Soundcraft, Rane, Allen & Heath and Pioneer. And an almost as extensive lighting list, which


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