Steve Angello – innovative international DJ and music producer – doesn’t believe in
doing anything by halves, and so asked his lighting designer Jon Trincas to create
something spectacular, full-on and completely unique for his pumping headline set
in the Size Matters arena Creamfields 2015, the UK’s premier EDM festival.
Trincas chose 48 x PATT 2013 luminaires as part of a highly distinctive upstage wall
of lights aesthetic.
The fabulous looking PATT 2013 luminaire – a cool fusion of retro styling and
contemporary technology – designed by leading UK lighting designer Tim Routledge
… is now being manufactured in the Czech Republic by Robe.
At Creamfields, the 48 units were rigged on twelve 25ft high upright pre-rigged
truss towers, each of which was loaded with four PATT 2013s together with an array
of moving lights and blinders.
This is one of the largest collections of PATT 2013s used in a single show to date.
They formed a grid that Trincas was able to map through his grandMA2 lighting
console allowing him to produce a selection of mad, quirky and trippy effects.
PATT 2013 contains a 750W tungsten softlight housed in a striking spun aluminium
body accentuating its curves, complete with a bright, reliable 750W HPL lamp which
really rocks. It produces an excellent output and looks amazing, so it can also be
utilised as a practical / scenic lighting element for any show.
It was the first time that Trincas has used the units on one of his own designs,
although he’s seen them in action on a few others. He chose them for their sublime
scenic appearance as much as for the light output and what he could achieve in
terms of effects.
With PATT 2013s so prominent on the rig, the wall of lights took on a more
theatrical and less heavy metal edge which worked perfectly with the vibe of
Angello’s incendiary set.
The wall of lights was covered by a kabuki drape during the day which dropped as
Angello took to the stage. Upstage there was a 40 ft wide by 18 ft high LED wall
which silhouetted the industrial looking framework of the trussing metalwork highly
effectively introducing another layer of depth to the whole visual production.
All the lighting equipment for Angello’s set was supplied by Basingstoke based
production company, Zeal Live. On-site, the technical production for Size Matters
was co-ordinated by Mike Oates.
Angello’s performance was one of the highlights of a weekend extravaganza with
another sizzling line-up of some the best EDM performers on the planet who made
their way to Daresbury near Runcorn, UK, for the annual pilgrimage.
