WEST LONDON — Entec supplied lighting and sound gear and crew for two major gigs at Brixton and Bristol on the recent U.K. tour for New Zealand band, Fat Freddy’s Drop. The band – known for their improvised live performances which embrace multiple styles including dub, reggae, soul, jazz, blues and techno – returned to Entec to supply all their production needs following a previous one-off at Brixton Academy in 2011.
More details from Entec (www.entec-soundandlight.com):
Entec’s Head of Sound Dick Hayes oversaw his department and their elements of the project and put together a d&b J-Series package comprising 20 x J8 and four J12 with 12 ground stacked J-SUBS which provided an excellent sound for the band’s eclectic mix of super-bass orientated genres. They used four d&b Q7s and two Q10s for front fills.
Some solid stage side fill coverage was provided by three Q1s and three Q-SUBS a side and there were also 14 x d&b M2 wedges which were combined with some IEMs and radio mics that the band carried with them.
Two Midas PRO9 consoles from Entec were utilised by FOH engineer Chris Gee, who added a selection of his favourite outboards including a legendary Lexicon PCM81 reverb, a TC D2 delay, a Smart Research C2 compressor and the ubiquitous and enduringly popular SPX 990 multi-effects processor.
Tristan Farrow took care of the band’s stage monitor engineering.
On Entec’s sound crew were Ed Hammond looking after monitors and Liam Halpin co-ordinating FOH, with Sam Manigley working as the stage technician.
Dick Hayes comments, “It was excellent being asked back to work with the band again, and we all really enjoyed the experience. We had a very happy customer and my guys told me that Chris Gee produced a fabulous sound with the system. We certainly look forward to working with them again”.
