02 May 2012

Photos with kind courtesy Kierran / Ocean Driven Media   When Avicii performed at the Wavehouse in Durban as part of his South Africa tour recently, Insane Sound & Lighting were the technical suppliers. Avicii drew in a crowd of 5 500 people. While the nomadic tent looked amazing with lighting creating an intimate and colourful environment, an enormous rain storm created quite a stir.

Vimal Rawjee from Insane Sound & Lighting asked Lighting Designer Thomas Peters to put together the drawings for something that could work for this renowned DJ performance. The actual show was plotted and operated by Insane’s David Mupanguri who did a fantastic job.

The show started at 3pm, but four hours later, serious rainfall wet most of the equipment. In addition the power tripped. DWR Distribution’s Nick Barnes was on the show with a spare Avolites Titan for back-up and support. Gary Furman from Wild and Marr was attending the show as a patron.

Photo: Kierran / Ocean Driven Media   The hardworking Insane team, accompanied by Nick and Gary, successfully wiped, dried and moved gear about to keep the show running.”Nick helped us quite a bit,” said Vimal. Once the Robins and Robe fixtures were powered up again, they kept working in the rain.

Well done to this technical team who rose to the occasion.

Lighting Equipment List:

6          x         Robe ColorWash 700 AT

8          x          Robe Robin 600 LEDWash

6          x          Robe LEDForce 18

12        x          Mac 700 Profiles

7          x          Martin Atomic Strobes

3          x          Source Four Seniors

8          x          8way Crowd Blinders

1          x          Avolites Power Cube

1          x          Avolites Tiger Touch

Prolyte Ground Support and Totems

1          x          LED Wall

Photo: Kierran / Ocean Driven Media