GLASTONBURY – Twisted Audio supplied numerous Void Audio products for several stages and events at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
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Glastonbury 2017 featured more Void Acoustics systems than ever before: Twisted Audio provided Air Motions and Stasys 218s for the Love Bullets stage; Neuron Pro Audio’s thunderous system, comprised of Air Arrays, Stasys Xairs and Hyperfolds on the Clash stage within Shangri-La; NSL Productions used their brand new Arcline 8 system for the entirely solar powered Croissant Neuf stage in Green Fields. Void systems were also installed at the Ridge & Furrow and The Open Arms.
On the Love Bullets stage, Intentcity Productions worked with Twisted Audio who provided eight of our Air Motions, with Stasys 218 low frequency enclosures in a cardioid bass array, Air Stream loudspeakers, and four Stasys 118 low frequency enclosures on monitor duties, to immerse the crowd in incredible sound. elrow presented two amazing shows at the Love Bullets stage which featured memorable DJ sets by headline such as: Kölsch, Skream, Jamie Jones, Patrick Topping, Jack Master, Seth Troxler, Artwork, and Friday night’s brilliant back-to-back set by Eats Everything and Fatboy Slim.
Barry Williams (Owner of Twisted Audio) was thrilled with the crowd’s response. “We had a great time at Glastonbury this year! The Love Bullets stage started off as a small project but got bigger and bigger. When it all came together, we were blown away with the efforts everyone put forward to make this happen. We designed the sound system with two things in mind: make it sound great and keep the sound contained within the tent. To achieve this we placed Air Motions around the perimeter of the space and setup the low frequency enclosures in a cardioid array. We were overwhelmed by positive comments from DJs and attendees telling us how great the sound was in the tent and heard no complaints from our neighboring stages.” elrow’s Freddy Norris echoed Barry’s enthusiasm for the event – “We’re very happy with how everything turned out – it sounded awesome!”
Jake Manley (Void Acoustics UK Sales Manager): “The excitement had been building for months ahead of this brilliant event. We’re grateful to Barry Williams for providing a massive Air Motion system. The festival this year was like no other – everyone involved created an amazing experience for all who came to the Love Bullets stage.”
Kyle Marriott (Neuron Pro Audio) noted that this year, “the infamous Shangri-La area of Glastonbury’s South East Corner underwent a transformation with new themes, decor, sets and stages. We were contracted to provide a system for the Clash – a 50m-squared area flanked by shipping containers, based around a set for set, rave and roots, sound clash vibe.
Void is all about high impact visual aesthetics, as well as equally impactful sound, so it was a simple choice to roll out our touring Incubus system’s Air Arrays in a broad spaced array, mounted on top of the incomparable Hyperfold quad-15” kick section in one brutal block of 2×2. This was then flanked by no less than 12 Stasys Xair low frequency enclosures in an end-fire cardioid array, tuned to give maximum rearward cancellation at the notoriously problematic 63Hz band. This configuration allowed us to keep maximum output on the dance floor for the 4,000-strong-crowd, easily reaching gut-rumbling levels of 115dB at front of house and some 25m back, while keeping the neighbours, other stages, and most importantly the noise police happy. I’m proud to say that we received absolutely no complaints throughout the entire festival. It was a roaring success, with the stage packed every night for a wide range of music styles, and a whole heap of fun from start to finish.”
The NSL Productions team provided their Arcline 8 and Stasys 218 system for the Criossant Neuf stage in the Green Fields area. “Croissant Neuf has been a fixture at Glastonbury for over 30 years and is run entirely by solar power! The system used was made up of eight Arcline 8s and four Stasys 218 low frequency enclosures for the 1,000 capacity venue, all powered and controlled by four Bias V9 amplifiers. Our new Arcline system was bigger and more powerful than the sound systems the venue had run in previous years so power consumption was a big concern. However, when we fired up the system for testing we found that we were able to maintain a level of 98dBA at front of house, without issues at the power inverters, giving the engineers more headroom than ever before; a true testament to the efficiency of both the Bias amplifiers and the consistent high output and coverage of the Arcline 8.” – Tom Neverlution (NSL Productions)
Thanks you to everyone who made the event such a success this year from everyone at Void Acoustics.
