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Brit Row tours with Kurt Vile

Following on from a Spring visit to Australia and New Zealand, Kurt Vile and The Violators hit the road in the UK and Europe, touring in support of their latest studio album. The Philadelphia psych rock musician’s audio crew chose Britannia Row Productions for equipment rental and international tour support.

FOH Engineer Aaron Brody began working with Vile six years ago, and as of last year, has been pulling double duty as Tour Manager. “We’ve been with Brit Row since I started working with Kurt, when I was originally mixing monitors”, says Brody. “He’s actually the first artist I’ve toured with overseas, and this has given me the ability to rent a production package.”

“I love working with Brit Row - the prep days in their shop are the best”, he adds. “It’s important to know, when you’re mixing and tour managing, that your gear is going to be right for the job. I try to be as specific as I can, down to the length of cables.” Out front, Brody requires a small defined rider. “I used to take a lot more outboard out with me, but over the years, I’ve really paired it back, and I find that works for Kurt’s mix”, he explains. “I’ve been diving deeper into the world of snapshots because I think there’s a higher value to a mix in snapshots than there is in a bunch of fancy toys. This allows my mix to translate no matter where I am in the world.”

“In that sense, I’m relying more on what my desk has to offer, rather than extra elements”, he continues. “I’m focusing on system control and system processing, which I tend to do through the Lake LM44. I also like Rupert Neve Designs’ Master Buss Compressor.” The desk Brody is relying on is a recent switch to a DiGiCo SD12 with SD Rack. Brody explains his mix is “good straight out of the desk”, given that they’re using house PAs across this club circuit. “I just tune the room as best I can, and we run a virtual sound check every day.”

Multi-instrumentalist Vile has used a Telefunken M80 for many years, while a microphone package comprising Shure, Sennheiser, Behringer and Beyerdynamic are spread stage wide for his Violators. Vile plays acoustic and electric guitars while singing, and his four-piece live band switches between bass, keys, and guitar.

Monitor Engineer Erich Miller uses an Avid Venue S6L. “We multi-track the shows, and because we do virtual sound check, I can go through and make any adjustments to the scenes I need to at a later date”, he says.

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