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Entec supplies
P J Harvey
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Entec Lighting has supplied
LD Tony Austin with production
for PJ Harvey, who rounded off
her recent festival tour with
her own show at London's Brixton
Academy.
It was Austin's first tour
with PJ Harvey, the latest in
a string of top notch artists
on his CV, and he came highly
recommended by one of the musicians
playing on her album.
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Austin's relationship with
Entec as an equipment supplier
goes back several years, "I
really like the independence
and great atmosphere at Entec.
Your project gets the best service
and attention at all times,
you can speak directly to the
people who are handling the
account and nothing's too much
trouble" he says, adding that
Entec also offers extremely
good value.
His lighting brief for PJ was
challenging - almost the antithesis
of what you'd expect from a
rock 'n' roll artist - no flashing
lights, no smoke, no visible
moving lights, no follow spots
and no gobo projections!
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However,
with a few performances under his belt,
he soon understood where she was coming
from in terms of getting people to concentrate
fully on her music rather than any potential
production distractions! "It was a case
of having to create the right drama
within the parameters, and once you
get started, it's amazing how many options
appear" he enthused.
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Going for a more theatrical
look also proved a life-saver
for the festivals, where they
often only had 30 minutes of
changeover time for programming.
The style of the lighting meant
Austin had no sweeping moves
and gobo focuses to contend
with.
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For the Brixton show, Entec supplied
three trusses with 7 Vari*Lite
3000s and 60 PAR 64s, plus eight
2Ks, four flown and four on the
floor. The floor also featured
four V*L2000 Washes, 6 PARs with
colour changers behind the backline
and ground-rows for illuminating
the black Bolton backdrop - he
likes to use floor lighting to
enhance dynamics and moodiness.
Fourteen Source Four profiles
were used for key lighting. All
this was controlled with an Avolites
Diamond 3 - his desk of choice.
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Much of the show was improvised
- with a pool of over 40 songs
to choose from and a set list
decided about 10 minutes before
show time, it was impossible
to predict what might appear
where. However Austin likes
working this way, with the additional
elements of excitement and live-ness
to the lighting.
Austin worked alongside Entec
crew members Andy Mountain,
Steve Major and Leo Tierney.
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