Lighting designer Churry Lafuente reflects Fonseca's diverse musical message in light on the artist's current Conexión tour, thanks to some help from a collection of Chauvet Professional fixtures provided by rental company Línea Estratégica.
Churry, who began designing for the international superstar almost three years ago during the Ilusión tour, created an intense, bright and very flexible rig for the multi-national tour, which is in support of Fonseca's Top 5 Conexión album.
The lighting design for the current tour captures the mood of these musical worlds, whether it's represented by a ranchera style song that features a unique tuba opening, or a hot dance tune. Churry was able to put this varied mix of music to light through his careful selection and placement of fixtures. "For me quality is always more important than quantity when adding fixtures to the rig," he said.
Churry has put together a well-appointed rig for the Conexión tour. He is using 20 Nexus 4x4 COB LED panels and 24 Next NXT-1 moving LED panels, as well as an impressive collection of moving washes, beams and spots, including 12 Legend 230SR Beams.
The Nexus panels and the moving fixtures are being flown on two V-shaped truss lines that span the width of the stage. Ten Nexus panels are front mounted on each side of the back line of truss. Moving fixtures hung from the bottom of the truss are interspaced among the Nexus panels. The remaining moving fixtures are positioned on the frontline truss.
"I love the Nexus and Next NXT-1 for colour purity," said Churry, who is controlling his Conexión rig using a grandMA2 console. "I also love these fixtures for their output. In fact, I had to make a master group for limiting the intensity to 25% because they are so bright. I also like the Legends because they are quick and their motors don't jump at low speeds."
(Jim Evans)
