Liverpool electro-rockers Ladytron are currently on tour in support of their just-released fourth album, Velocifer.
Touring with them is LD Nick Van, who brought in 12 Microh LED bars, 12 Chromlech Jarag 5, running on a full-size grandMA with an Arkaos media server. The effect was minimal but striking, creating a dark ethereal silhouette around each of the six band members that perfectly matched their emotional and intense music. Terminal 5’s in-house rig includes 6 Robe ColorSpot 1200s.

The Donnas opened for The Hives last Friday night at NYC’s Terminal 5. I know, I know, I’ve been going there way too much lately, but what can you do? They certainly had a lot happening there last week…

Gear was provided by BML and included 12 MAC 700 Profiles, 8 MAC 2000 Profiles, 2 Atomic 3K strobes, 2 full size grandMA, and 2 Spot lights. Leftover video gear was used to film the show.

In-house LD Luciano Savedra lit the ladies, while The Hives LD “Cheese” did a great job lighting the band’s super charged set. My apologies for the crap pictures. I only had my phone camera with me that night…

The Donnas

The Hives

The third annual PLUG Awards ceremony was held last night at everybody’s fave new Midtown Manhattan venue, Terminal 5. I wasn’t there for work but instead to support a friend who was nominated for Best Music Website of the Year. I did manage to take a few snapshots of Nick Cave, who was given a Liftetime Impact Award, described by host Patton Oswaldt as “a butt plug designed by David Lynch.”

BML brought in a ton of gear, including 12 MAC 700s, 8 MAC 2k Profiles, 24 PixelBricks, custom-built risers, pretty and shiny soft goods, a full grandMA (current in-house is a grandMA light) two of the giant Barco projectors and tons and tons of green and purple gels. Overall design was done by director of photography Eric Cochran, Chris Reddish was the TV LD, and Mike Appel was the rocking LD/programmer.

Have a great weekend!

Chris Reddish (back to camera) and Mike Appel (right)

Nick Cave

Nick Cave

There’s not much I wouldn’t do to see the Beastie Boys live. I basically grew up listening to these guys, and it was especially nice to check them out for a good cause—last night’s show at NYC’s Terminal 5 (See Live Design Take 5 Feb. 2008) was a benefit for the Bronx-based Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (INMF). The INMF’s mission is to promote neurological health and well-being based on the healing power of music, and I totally get it. Some might argue to the contrary, but I do believe that music helps us tremendously, and by default, good lighting at a show can accentuate that music and make it even more powerful. Mike “Chicken” Lamb was the LD for last night’s show, and he provided a fair amount of different looks, working with the venue’s six moving lights (Robe ColorSpot 1200s) as well as 18 six-lamp PAR bars with Altman PAR64 NSPs, four 4-lamp ACL bars, and four 4-light blinders, 8 Source Four ellipsoidals (five 19° and three 26°), and eight High End Systems Cyberlight CXs. The venue has since added a number of plasma screens to help with the limited sightlines. Now if only we could get some better sound in there…