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HSL supplies lighting equipment for Faithless

Faithless hit on the road again in 2015 after a four year break. Andy Hurst was asked to create a visual concept and Blackburn rental company HSL supplied lighting equipment which included an investment in 300 Martin VDO Sceptron 10 LED battens, which were rigged on custom structures to form a ‘88’ digital clock face.

The large digital figures were an idea that Hurst and Sister Bliss from the band had thought about in the quest to have something different from conventional video with large screens and content onstage. When the dialogue with Hurst started, he suggested that a low res LED sign could be utilised for a number of different visual elements including writing the new album title, ‘2.0’.

Once the idea was settled, Hurst proposed using 264 Sceptrons for the sign which he’d seen launched at LDI 2014, and HSL went ahead and made the investment. The Sceptrons were fed with video content - produced by Comix - via a Catalyst media server triggered from the Hog 4 Full Boar console running the lights which was operated on the road by Richard Larkum.

Andy Hurst also wanted to have a laser show, both for sheer impact and to use as an alternative effect, deciding on 25 x Beam Bursts and 28 x Lazer Blades on various trusses, some 18 W RGBs at the back on the floor, all provided via ER Productions. The Pangolin lazer control system was also triggered via the Full Boar.

When it came to choosing lights, Hurst wanted a number of beam fixtures to compliment the lasers and a load of LED strobes to contrast them, for which he chose 50 x Philips’ RGB Nitros which also worked as a wash source across the whole area.

In the roof HUD-style pre-rigged trusses were installed and, together with six 3 metre high truss towers on the stage, were rigged with 44 x Clay Paky Sharpys and 24 x Martin MAC Auras. Twenty-four High End Shape Shifters were dotted around the forestage area on stands and on the floor to provide another layer of LED lightsources.

While IMAG video was not part of the show look, Hurst felt the performance space, when the show stepped up to the arenas, needed extending to the sides, so traditionally there would be IMAG side screens, two additional trusses were flown and loaded with Sharpys, lasers and strobes.

HSL’s project manager and co-ordinator was Jordan Hanson. The company also supplied two front truss follow spots, plus crew members Steve Bliss and John Trincas who joined Richard Larkum on the tour.

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