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Erwin Van Lokeren picks Chauvet fixtures for Ruben Block solo shows

Erwin Van Lokeren created the lighting design for Triggerfinger frontman Ruben Block’s recent solo concerts. His rig featured eighteen Epix Strip IP fixtures from Chauvet Professional, supplied by Splendit.

Like the music of his client, Van Lokeren’s lighting was richly varied, engaging audiences throughout the 90-minute show by changing looks and relying now and then on the element of surprise. “The whole idea for this tour was working with shadows and different contrast with lights on the backdrops and on the artist himself”, he says. “There were a lot of different effects coming from Ruben and his guitar in the songs, and this blended perfectly with the shadow idea I had in mind with cold colors.”

“I positioned lights in different places around and in front of Ruben so I could play with the size of the shadow and work with different kind of shadows”, continues Van Lokeren. “Because there was only one person on stage, I felt I needed to point attention to the artist in the center with the strips, and less to the surroundings of the stage.”

The use of dark space and Epix fixtures flanking Block helped Van Lokeren focus his attention on the award-winning star. “This really sucked me in to each song”, he says. “There was no distraction, only the right light on the right spot to create the right atmosphere.”

As for the Epix Strip IPs, Van Lokeren adds: “The reason for these fixtures was simple: Ruben is the only artist on stage, so it’s all about him. The look of the Epix around him suited things perfectly when the songs became more intense. At those points, I could make the look bigger. Turning the strips on and off was very effective in changing the atmosphere on stage.”

Given their low profile and position on the stage deck, the Epix Strip IP fixtures helped Van Lokeren add his desired element of surprise to the show. “I liked doing a build-up for the show with lights“, he says. “For the first three songs I did not use the Epix Strips, then, when song four started, they were the only lights on - and they lit up the entire stage.”

(Photos: Chauvet Professional/Splendit)

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