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Absolute and LED Ltd Give Venom to New Viper Bar
An elegantly-designed bar and restaurant recently joined the tapestry of the North-West’s burgeoning nightlife scene.
John Cansfield and Chay Maddox spent in the region of £1m developing the opulent Viper Lounge, in the Warrington suburb of Stockton Heath, inviting Neil Riley and Mark McClellan of Liverpool-based Absolute Lighting & Events to create an inspired LED environment.
The company designed the split-level interior entirely around the products distributed by Lighting Effects Distribution (LED Ltd) to produce a result which Riley describes as “quite spectacular”.
“Three different people all recommended us,” says the installer proudly. “It was just a shell with four walls when I first saw it.”
Absolute have used a wide range of products from the LED portfolio to achieve maximum impact. These include 46 x 3W stair light ‘injectors’ (with 30° lens) placed in the venue’s entrance and on the stairs to the second floor.
Two sets of Alkalite Riva 80 recessed 8-head LED colour-change systems he has placed in the ceiling at various points around the venue to create vibrant pools of colour changing light, and two sets of the Octopod 30 8-head systems have been used to create strips of light along the length of the recessed ceiling.
The Alkalite range of LED products features LED battens, spots and floods; all units are fully stand-alone or DMX controlled, and offer a vibrant and cost-effective colour changing LED lighting solution.
Absolute have also used “endless amounts” of BattenLED (LED battens) in 1200mm, 900mm and 600mm lengths, which have been used to illuminate the walls and bar front. BattenLED is an aluminium bracketed LED strip which offers RGB colour mixing in a compact and vibrant manner. Blue Minispot 3’s, combined with a solid aluminium up/down light housing, have been used to create a stunning lighting effect in each of the seating booths and on some of the venue’s pillars. Eight of the StripLED PCB’s (in blue) illuminate the frosted glass in the entrance foyer — selected in view of their compact 1cm wide by 2mm high profile.
Finally, a simple but powerful tool was needed to control the moods within the venue; thus in order to play back the various states which were programmed by Absolute, a Botex Architectural DMX Recorder (AR-12) was used — this is a recessed wall panel designed to be operated by venue staff. Among its more in-depth functions is the automated facility, allowing the onboard timer to activate certain sequences dependent on the day of the week and time of day.
The result is a staggering, 300-capacity bar of high sophistication - all the more surprising, says Neil Riley, because it is situated in a village rather than the high street of a major town.
2nd November 2005
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