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Robe Gets Jazzed Up at Glasto
Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs took centre stage at Glastonbury's Jazz World arena, supplied by Essex based rental company DPL who were making their first Glastonbury appearance as a lighting supplier.
Jazz World - arguably the coolest area on site and with the most sought-after aftershow of any stage - featured an exciting line up including Amy Winehouse, Corrine Bailey Rae, the Guillemots, John Fogerty, Mr Hudson and the Library, Rodrigo y Gabriela and many more.
DPL’s Darren Parker says: “It was a great honour to win the pitch to supply Jazz World. We had to design a flexible rig that would accommodate a wide variety of top quality international artists and the creative requirements of an array of visiting LDs. We chose the best equipment for the job which was Robe moving lights.”
He adds that, with the notoriously unpredictable nature of the Glastonbury weather, they also wanted really robust and reliable lights that would withstand the elements.
Pete Watts and Parker designed the production lighting rig that was used by all Jazz World artists, which Watts programmed into an Avo Diamond 4 console that was run for the 3-day event by all the DPL crew - Mike Williams and Mike Pitt, Andy Higgins, Ben Shepherd and Darren Parker.
The 18 Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs were arranged across 4 trusses fitted to the arched shape of the roof of the 2.5 bay 18 metre wide Orbit Stage which offered 9 metres of headroom.
The units were used as washes as well as spots – maximizing the full and very dynamic range of the zoom – and for all the traditional gobo and colour effects and shooting out over the audience.
“The optics are excellent,” states Watts, explaining that it’s also important to have lights that register during the daylight performances, specially for the TV cameras. He also thinks the good combination of looks and abundance of variety made them “perfect” for this stage. He has used Robes on many previous occasions and likes their general robustness and good engineering.
All the visiting LDs were happy with the Robes, and for the DPL operators – often lighting unfamiliar bands during their shifts – they offered plenty of options - for effects and straightforward improvisational moments.
DPL first invested in Robe two years ago, and their stock has been in constant action ever since on a wide variety of jobs from corporate launches to special events to concert tours.
Robe fixtures were also in action on other stages around Glastonbury’s 600 acre Pilton, Somerset site which saw 170,000 people enjoy an action packed weekend of music, dance, theatre, circus cabaret and every conceivable type of performance at the UK’s highest profile festival.
Over on the West Dance stage, Colour Sound Experiment supplied 10 each of their new Robe ColorWash and Color Spot 700ATs, and on the East Dance stage were another 12 ColorSpot and ColorWash 700ATs.
Also in the Dance Village, 8 ColorSpot and ColorWash 575 ATs supplied by Color Sound did their thing on the G-Stage and they had another 5 ColorWash 575 ATs for the Roots Stage, plus 8 ColorWash and ColorSpot 575 ATs for the Glade Stage.
28th June 2007
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