West London based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting equipment and crew for the latest Orbital UK tour – Wonky - which was designed by Jonny Gaskell from Pinnacle Productions. Orbital, at the cutting-edge of the UK’s original electronic dance music scene in the heady days of acid house, showed they are still fresh and innovative 23 years after … [Read more...]
Launch Of The Association Of Sound Designers
For many years there has been a conspicuous lack of a professional body representing Sound Designers working in the UK. For the last 18 months a group of sound designers have been working to create a new professional association with a series of meetings to discuss what the association should do and how it should work. The meetings were held at the National Theatre, the Royal Court and the Royal … [Read more...]
i-Pix new BB7s for Orbital
LD Jonny Gaskell is using 12 of the new i-Pix BB7 LED wash lights - with the 20 degree wide angle lenses - on UK dance gurus Orbital's ongoing own shows and festival dates. Gaskell has worked with the band since 1996 - enjoying plenty of imaginative scope to evolve and re-invent their lightshow over that time. "Dynamics are always the key with lighting an Orbital show," he explains, "You have … [Read more...]
