Los Angeles based
Felix Lighting invested in 60 of Robe’s BMFL moving lights – 48 BMFL Spots and
12 BMFL Blades – for their busy rental stock.
The fixtures
were immediately deployed on the kineticFIELD main stage at the 2015 Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas,
and at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara
for the West Coast leg of the Grateful Dead’s landmark “Fare Thee Well” shows.
Felix,
established in 1991 when President, Dave McKinnon was still studying at San Diego State
University, supplies full service lighting and video production
to a diverse mix of high profile festivals, concerts, as well as corporates
and special events.
The BMFL purchase follows investments in Robe
Pointes and CycFX 8 fixtures in the last 18 months. “We needed a bright fixture to meet the top specs out
there,” commented Dave adding that BMFLs are “very bright, very fast and
perfect for lighting EDM events and massive stadium and arena shows where they
have to be high up and shooting at long distances”.
They
are already a hit with the Felix crew because of their robust build and
reliability in the harshest working conditions.
Designed by
Gert-Jan Schreuder, the BMFLs were the crucial high power lighting units of the
event, positioned on the stage wing towers, on the high towers at the back of
the stage and on the FOH delay towers, which featured BMFL Blades utilized to
accurately cut into and highlight specific areas of the stage scenery and DJ
booth positions.
The extreme
zoom range and precise framing shutter system in the BMFL Blade worked
exceptionally well from these long throw delay tower locations.
Most
importantly the BMFLs worked consistently throughout the event, despite the
grueling Las Vegas daytime temperatures that peaked at a steady 118 degrees,
dipping to around 105 -111 degrees at night.
Dave stated,
“Lights failing when rigged 85 ft high in the desert are really tough to swap
out. If you want a rig that stays working… Robe is trying hard to own that
stage!”
Dave added,
“When evaluating the BMFL – which was at the top of our list, and we did evaluate every manufacturer\’s brightest movers – we honestly had concerns
about extreme ambient temperature operating environments, as we provide equipment
packages for many leading festivals throughout summer in North America.
Fixtures can\’t fail in these conditions – it’s that simple! And … the high
output 1700w BMFL is flawless!”
“It\’s an
incredibly well-developed automated fixture!”
The BMFL Blade\’s
ability to cleanly focus gobos while making sharply focused extreme cuts for
the scenic elements is “Fantastic”, and the fixture\’s 11:1 zoom is “absolutely
amazing”.
“There’s simply nothing else out there
currently compares in terms of high output automated fixture requirements. I\’m
totally satisfied with our investment decision”.
Immediately
following their remarkable performance at the EDC 2015 festival, Felix
dispatched 50 BMFL units to Santa Clara for use by Candace Brightman and Paul
Hoffman on these two Grateful dead shows in California, where they again
received rave reviews.
Photos of Electric Daisy
Carnival Las Vegas … by Adam Kaplan
