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Robe illuminates Hellfest

Nearly 300 Robe moving lights and seven RoboSpot systems were delivered by Melpomen (part of the B-Live Group) to the 2019 Hellfest French rock festival, complete with six BMFL LTs from rental company Novelty, claiming a ‘world first’ for the usage of these fixtures in a festival context. The event is staged annually at Clisson in Loire-Atlantique, France, with six dynamic stages of live action and over 100 artists performing.

Robe moving lights - 126 x BMFL WashBeams, 126 x MegaPointes, 12 x BMFL Blades and 6 x BMFL LTs plus 7 x RoboSpot control systems - were prominent across the two Main Stages (1 and 2), which production designer Tristan Szylobrit from Light & Day) was tasked with coordinating, together with the requirements of all the visiting LDs.

Szylobrit has been an operator on Mainstage 1 for several years and is also known for his role in designing the two Satanic Cathedrals, assisted by Technical Director Julien Recoque and WYSIWYG operator Julien Ferreiro. Main Stages 1 and 2 were built side by side so the daily running schedules could be ‘flip-flopped’.

Four of the six RoboSpot controlled fixtures were positioned on one of the Main Stage area delay towers which was stage right (house left), with the other two on a structural element located on the house right side of the audience space. Completing this arrangement were four BMFL Blades - eight in total - also RoboSpot controlled, mounted on the front truss of each stage. In total, seven RoboSpots Base Stations were used to control these 14 fixtures.

Three BaseStations were dedicated to the 8 x front truss BMFL Blades on the two stages and the other four for the 6 x BMFL LTs used on both Main Stages. Two of these were dedicated to the four BMFL LTs on the right side of the auditorium and two for the two on the left side.

The seven RoboSpot BaseStations - and their operators - were located under the stage. Master dimming, colours and effects were operated by Greg Valla positioned FOH running a dedicated house follow spot lighting console. The seven RoboSpot operators had control of the lights’ pan, tilt, iris and zoom functions.

Vincent Murzeau from Regie Lumière - also part of the B-Live Group - co-ordinated the follow spots with Greg Valla who also communicated with the bands’ own LDs and they constantly monitored feedback from the video team throughout the event. The RoboSpot network was partly designed by Yves Venet.

Each RoboSpot station was connected via an RJ45 port on a fibre switch console. The BMFL Blade controlling devices (for the front truss fixtures) were connected via DMX to the house lighting control console, with the BMFL LTs being directly connected to a “regie” switch station at front-of-house. All these elements were supplementary to the lighting network which was designed and set up by Anthony Le Fur.

Two fibre optic network loops were run between all the stages and control rooms. Seven pairs of fibre optics were available to hosted productions for direct and independent connections from the control room to each stage - all in addition to the existing loops dedicated to the basic equipment, RoboSpot control and video. Splitters were dedicated to the RoboSpots and other RDM devices.

(Photos: Jean-Luc Poumarat)

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