Jazz Voice 2023

I recently did the lighting design for Jazz Voice 2023 at the Royal Festival Hall. I have been doing this gig for 5 years now and it’s always a pleasure. Guy Barker conducts an amazing orchestra. There are different guest singers each year who usually do 2 songs each that Guy will arrange for them. This years concert featured China Moses, Emeli Sandé, Judi Jackson, Omar, Brendan Reilly, Naomi Banks, Vanessa Haynes and Clarke Peters who were all amazing!

Check out the concert on BBC sounds.

Hackney Bridge Block A

I recently completed an installation of a PA system in a new bar space at Hackney Bridge. The client plans to use the space for a range of events and will have DJs playing there until 1am at weekends.

The space is split into two areas that can be separated with a roll down shutter. The loudspeakers in the smaller space at the far end of the DJ are fed from a separate zone with it’s own separate input for times when the space is split into two.

For the main bar area I used a pair of Nexo PS10s on brackets bolted to some vertical steel beams and a single Nexo LS500 sub for low end. These are all powered by a Nexo PS10 amplifier which has internal processing specific to these loudspeakers.

This PA is complimented with ceiling mounted d&b e3s to provide fill for even coverage at lower sound levels. These are powered by a d&b ePac V3. The smaller space also has ceiling mounted d&b e3s powered by d&b ePac V3.

Control is provided by an ART MX255 zone mixer. This unit is balanced and allows individual level control of either input for each of the zones.