Commanding attention at the centre of the stage was a grand piano (photo: Sebastian Biesen)
Germany - Sefa Jeroen Vlaarkamp, known by the stage name Sefa (pronounced Sèfa), has been making waves in the music scene with his high powered hardstyle and hardcore scene music, with Frenchcore as a subgenre.
Joined by a group of guest artists at Cologne’s Die Halle Tor 2, Sefa shook up the famed venue during a four-and-a-half-hour show with a blend of musical influences coming together in a multi-sensory experience that combined the fiery intensity of hardstyle with the melodic influences found in Frenchcore.
With the technical support and lighting design of Guido Schütz of Laser Frame and Patrick Hirt of Creative Sounds Veranstaltungstechnik, the show captivated the audience.
Commanding attention at the centre of the stage was a grand piano. Adding to the visual impact of that piano, which was set up on a rolling platform, were the four Chauvet Professional Rogue Outcast Beam 1 fixtures set up in front of the instrument. With intense light from their 300-watt light source fanning out from the piano, the high output fixtures gave the piano a magical aura, almost as if it had landed on the stage from a higher place.
The transformative quality of the stage was further heightened by the geometric patterns of light created on the rake line of truss overhead. Light from an additional 14 Rogue Outcast Beam 1 units fanned out from this truss structure in a variety of different directions to reflect the depth of Sefa’s music while still focusing attention on the performance on stage.

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