Reunited for a special Australian New Year’s Eve performance at Sydney’s Glebe Island, Culture Club relied on a wide variety of Audio-Technica microphones to deliver a hit-packed set on 31 December 2011. And front of house engineer Jimmy Sarikas will continue their use for the iconic British band’s world tour in 2012, which marks 30 years since their formation.
Sarikas employs no less than four Audio-Technica AT4047 large diaphragm condenser mics for drum and percussion overheads, two AT4051b cardioid condensers for percussion, a pair of ATM350 cardioid condenser clip-on microphones for saxophones and AT4053b hypercardioid condenser mics for hi-hats and snare resonant head. Even Audio-Technica’s popular AT875R shotgun mic was pressed into service for the event – a pair of the short condenser models was used to capture crowd ambience in conjunction with a second pair of AT4051s.
Sarikas said of his mic choice, “The Audio-Technica microphones perform beautifully; with drums and percussion being so much a part of Culture Club’s reggae-influenced sound, it’s really important for me that the kit and percussion instruments sit perfectly in the mix. And the AT4047 and AT4051b just sound wonderful, with a full but crisp, natural tone. I love the ATM350 clip-ons for the saxes too – you get such a big, impressive sound from those little mics.”
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