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Robe BMFLs for Sol3 Mio

New Zealand vocal trio Sol3 Mio recently completed a national tour which was lit by Joel Stanners using 16 x Robe BMFL Spots as the main fixtures. These were supplied by NZ lighting and production rental company Oceania from Auckland.

Stanners has worked with the trio - classically trained brothers Pene and Amital Pati and their cousin Moses MacKay - for the last two years, and this was a new design involving a larger LED screen element than previously, together with more lighting. Set and video was designed by Pak Peacock and included a thrust stage that dropped to reveal three different levels, plus various height risers onstage. Stanners’ lighting design had to complement the video content which was produced by Lotech.

The main design comprised a V-shaped truss that mirrored the layout of the LED screens below. On each side of the V were 5 x BMFL Spots, so a total of 10 in the air. The other six were positioned three per side on the deck behind the side LED screens.

The overhead BMFLs were used for a multiplicity of tasks - anything from backlight specials to aerial beam effects and a couple of times for silhouetting the three singers, particularly effective in the final song which was very moody with lots of smoke. Stanners used the animation wheel to create a flickering flame effect in the same song (Ed Sheeran’s “I See Fire”), which was also the only time during the show where the screens were completely dark.

The tour played a mix of venues from basketball stadiums to assorted arenas so the rigging weight limits were variable. Stanners triggered all the playback video content via the desk. The BMFLs were supplied to Oceania via Robe’s Australian & New Zealand distributor, the ULA Group.

(Photos: Dean Cohen)

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