GLP’s LED tools, especially the JDC family of hybrid strobes, lit up a concert by the Kenyan-Swedish singer and fashion designer Daniel Adams-Ray at the iconic Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset), in Sweden. Lighting designer Jakob Larsson, of Light It Production, chose 68 of GLP’s JDC Line 500 in the Main Hall – supported by a handful of the new JDC2 IP.
The set also maximised on video, with two front projectors and cameras, and two power drops on the house truss – one gauze downstage and a regular black backdrop upstage on the same truss.
With the choir concealed behind the gauze, Larsson used the JDC Line to back-light them through the gauze, while set out front of the choir was another row of 26 JDC Line which came into play once the gauze was released, so that the whole venue suddenly came into view.
“In total there were four rows of JDC Line 500 because we also used the semi-circular hydraulic stage, and with Daniel standing at ground level where the conductor would normally stand we raised the stage 25cm, to mimic the typical position of the orchestra,” Larsson explained.
“I put one row of 16 JDC Lines in the half circle at ground level and with ten heads cross firing over the band. Another line was upstage on the hydraulic stage itself and the last line of JDC Lines was on the railing by the choir.”
The designer often had the fixtures backed off and was never tempted to run them in full pixel programming mode. “Since I first started using JDC1, I have found a way where I can use them effectively at low level, without using so many DMX channels,” he added.
Instead, he ran the JDC Lines in 38 channel mode (DMX Mode 7: MultiPix Quadpix): “This gave me all that I needed. I could still do some single pixel mapping but with the effect already in the light.”
Larsson concluded: “It is clear that this artist was made for the JDC family because he has both very slow pop songs and very dramatic material, so whether you just want an eye candy effect, a powerful wash or the strobe function, it’s all there. The fixture is so powerful it was hard to know when to go full out. This product was perfect for slowly being able to build the drama over the two-hour set, adding things such as the strobes.”
Daniel Adams-Ray was commemorating his 20 years in the business with sell-out shows at the 1,770-capacity classical venue, home of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. With the three anniversary shows over, production is immediately back in rehearsal in preparation for the summer dates, which will feature a completely different touring design.
