A selection of LED lighting products feature in his design, of which the BB4s are prominent. They are mounted in eight custom built floor frames - carefully spaced out between Atomic strobes in the same frames - which form the lower part of Hurst's multi-layered design.
Hurst chose BB4s for their brightness and because he likes the softness of the light output. "A lot of LED sources are harsh and intrusive... And I wanted something refined that was nice and easy to look at." The BB4s blast right into the audience at eye level, reaching out and beaming the vibes and spirit from stage to auditorium.
Hurst test drove the original prototype BB4s (BB16s) at the Isle of White Festival in 2007 for which he was production LD, and liked them right from the start. "i-Pix's fixtures are always well designed and engineered, as well as being built with intelligence and the practicalities of touring in mind," he comments.
The rig also features special LowPro 'satellite' trusses with double mounting brackets, over 100 moving lights, VersaTUBEs, assorted other fixtures and a 30-way Kinesys automation system.
All lighting equipment for the UK tour is being supplied by PRG. XL Video is providing the LC10 LED video screen, with Richard Shipman operating live visuals via an Arkaos system and Matt Askem cutting cameras. Sound comes from Wigwam, with the FOH mix engineered by Jon Burton.
(Jim Evans)
