Now in
its 17th year, Coachella (or the Coachella Valley Music and Arts
Festival as it’s formally called) is bigger, brighter and more musically
diverse than ever. Among the 160 artists that performed on its various stages
were legends from the world of rock like the reunited Guns ’N Roses, hip-hop
artists including Ice Cube, gospel greats such as Mavis Staples and jazz icons
like saxophonist extraordinaire Kamasi Washington.
For those
looking to enjoy a club experience, though, the center of the two-weekend
festival was the massive and air conditioned Yuma tent, where a bevy of
talented house and techno heavies performed in a nightclub-like setting that
featured an eye searing lightshow designed by Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting,
Inc. The renowned LD added an extra dimension to the DJ booth at Yuma by
calling on the atmospheric power of the Geyser RGB LED fogger from CHAUVET DJ.
A
powerful wireless DMX controlled fogger, the Geyser RGB blasts water-based fog
25’ in the air while simultaneously illuminating it with any combination of
red, green and blue light from 21 3-watt LEDs. The colored fog can be
used to make a variety of effects, such as the colored plume of a jet or
spacecraft taking off. Lieberman evoked such an image in his design at the Yuma
tent by arranging eight Geyser RGB units on the downstage edge of the DJ booth.
The
DMX-controlled foggers released their jet-like plumes at critical times during
performances by the likes of DJ Koze, John Digweed, George Fitzgerald, Black
Coffee and The Black Madonna. “The Geysers served as a CO2 jet at different
points throughout the performance each night,” said Lieberman. “They engaged
the audience throughout the show by adding an extra element of drama and
imagery to the area around the DJ booth.”
Lieberman
also used the Geyser RGB foggers to intensify the impact of the Yuma tent’s
high-octane lighting rig. “Our goal was to create an overwhelmingly powerful
lightshow that made you stop, drop you jaw and say wow as soon as you walked
into the tent,” he said. “This was an awesome lineup of DJ artists that we
welcomed to the tent, some of the most outstanding talent in the world. We
wanted a lightshow that matched this lineup. We had super intense fixtures and
the colored fog added to the impact. The Geysers were a valued piece of our
design.”
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