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SLS SUPPLIES JEDDAH SEASON THE COMPANY PROVIDES A TURNKEY SOLUTION AT PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN ABDULLAH AL FAISAL STADIUM. SLS Production transformed Jeddah’s Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium from football ground to music venue, as Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello headlined a special event, which also featured Reggaeton singer J Balvin, for Jeddah Season on 3 June. Hemanth Rao, Senior Lighting Programmer and Operator at SLS, had the pleasure of operating lights for the Swedish House Mafia DJs. TPMEA caught up with him after the show to get his thoughts on what he called an “out-ofthis-world” experience. “I only found out when I arrived on site that Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello had travelled without their LD, so I was more than happy to step up and operate the show for them,” he recalled. “I’ve been listening to Swedish House Mafia for ever, so it was amazing to be able to work with them.” The lighting setup comprised 76 Robe MegaPointe, 48 Spiider and 100 Tetra2 linear bar fixtures, alongside 26 Claypaky Stormys and 37
Vari-Lite Nitro 510Cs, with atmospherics provided by six MDG foggers and 10 Le Maitre G300 smoke machines. A variety of special effects were also provided, including stage flames, stadium shots, CO2 jets and stadium blasters. Rao operated an MA Lighting grandMA3 from FOH, with networking through Luminex GigaCore 10. SLS supplied almost 350 sq m of Lightlink 8.9mm LED, which was split between a 19m by 9m central wall, two 8m by 9m IMAG screens, a 12m by 1m dance platform, a 12m by 1m LED box and 23m by 10m arch around the top and sides of the stage. A complete Meyer Sound audio package was also provided, including 24 LEO and eight LYON, as well as a further 24 LYON for out fills. A total of 28 11LFC and eight 900 LFC handled the low end, with 12 LEOPARD loudspeakers used for front fills. A selection of DiGiCo consoles were also used, including SD10 at FOH, SD12 for the opening acts and SD5 at monitors, controlling the mix on the
artists’ Shure Axient Digital and PSM 1000 IEMs. Michale Sathyadass oversaw the audio department; the Lighting team was headed up by Praveen JayaJumar; Edgar Pulido led the video team; while Kevin Shyam was in charge of the rigging department. “It was a privilege to work with the incoming artist teams,” Rao concluded. “They were equally pleased with what we delivered.” Photo: SLS Production www.slspro.net
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