Clay
Paky’s laser-like beam Sharpys have been used to create dynamic, fast effects
at American electronic musician Skrillex’s tour of South Africa.
Lighting
designer Andrew Nissley specified 18 of the pure beam Sharpys to provide an
easy to rig, powerful, and reliable laser-like beam effect at Skillrex’s gigs
in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban.
“We used
the Sharpys on every single show, Sonny [Skillrex] likes them, and so do I”
says Nissley. “The design was a simple roof/floor festival style to avoid
attempting an overly complex design with almost no time to do so, but we’ve
achieved great things – if tons of kids are flipping out when the big show
points happen and talking about it after, that\’s feedback enough for me!”
The
Sharpys were supplied by Durban-based Insane Sound and Lighting.
“There is
no other fixture like the Sharpy,” says Insane’s Vimal Rawjee. “They have the
punch to create a \’wow\’ effect which a lot of our clients are looking for. We
send Sharpys out to most events as they are becoming very popular – they\’re on
every rider these days, and promoters are asking for them by name. It’s getting
to the stage that it’s almost expected that they will be in the rig.”
The
Sharpys were purchased from Johannesburg-based distributor for Clay Paky DWR.
Duncan Riley, managing director comments: “The Sharpy remains as popular as
ever in South Africa and we are delighted to hear that Insane Sound and
Lighting is planning to double its stock of Sharpys to meet demand this year.”
Massimo
Bolandrina, Clay Paky Sales Manager for South Africa, added: \”we are very
glad that such an internationally renowned artist chose our products for their
performances in South Africa, and we are very happy that Insane Sound and Lighting
and Vimal chose Sharpys and Clay Paky. In this last year we have had very good
results in this country, thanks to the professionalism and constant widespread
presence of our distributor DWR. We will be attending the MEDIATECH trade fair
in Johannesburg together with them in July for the first time to present our
technology and demonstrate it \’live\’ to all local operators in our
business.\”
