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Entec supplies
Skin tour
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Entec Sound & Light has supplied
production lighting and audio
equipment to the highly successful
Skin "Trashed" tour that's just
completed it's UK and European
legs.
Skin's FOH sound engineer
Paul Ramsey and LD Chris Oldfield
have both enjoyed a good working
relationship with Entec for
some years, so they were the
obvious choice as equipment
supplier..
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Being essentially a
club tour, the Skin production team
led by tour manager Andy Bernstein
toured their own consoles, specials
and essentials, integrating them with
the various house systems as they
went.
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Sound
Paul Ramsey has
been working with Skin since
1996 and the Skunk Anansie days.
He's a big d & b fan and had
he been able to take a full
box system on this tour, that's
what it would have been! However,
they used the house stacks and
racks at each venue, and took
in their own Digico D5 console,
mics and cables and a couple
of d & b B2 subs to augment
the bottom end. This proved
a "saving grace" - with the
Skin show being sexy and sub
heavy.
Ramsey loves the
D5 and has been using one since
May, when the tour started.
He's maximising the console's
onboard effects, keeping his
outboard rack expedient and
tidy with a TC 2290 delay, an
SPX 990 for distortions and
radio vocal effects, and an
Avalon 737 valve preamp/compressor/EQ
on Skin's vocal.
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The small physical size of the D5 has
also proved a godsend working in venues
that are tight for space.
"I've always liked working with Entec"
he comments, "The people, service, equipment
and back up is second to none!"
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Lighting
LD Chris Oldfield first worked
with Entec at the Marquee Club,
when it moved from Wardour Street
to Charing Cross Road, and has
used them regularly ever since
to supply kit for his various
projects.
For Skin, he adopted a 'less
is more' philosophy, taking
his initial concept for the
'blue mood' of the 'blue album'
forward to create a reflective
show.
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Keeping the primary looks to a minimum,
the show consists of hues and colour
temperature variations, collaged into
a series of reflective and mood-enhancing
moments.
The touring rig supplied by Entec
consisted of 6 Clay Paky Stage Scans
and 8 Martin MAC 300s, 4 Source Fours,
8 Molefeys and a Pearl 2004 console
- his favourite desk for small shows.
These have been fused with the various
house systems on the way.
Commenting that the house rigs have
been consistently good throughout
most of Europe, Oldfield thinks the
concept of mixing the two has worked
well aesthetically. He has bee aided
and abetted by crew mate Phydeaux,
who has also been operating the house
desks.
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Skin herself gets
very involved in the visuals,
and communicates her thoughts
and ideas with great clarity.
For the Shepherd's Bush Empire
show, visual artist Nick Delves
from Shark Live-Mix Visuals
was brought into mix four numbers
worth of video. His material
is known for its personal and
thought provoking nature.
Skin rocked the
Empire with great energy, style
and character, and now continues
working till Christmas supporting
Placebo and then Robbie Williams.
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