UK based lighting production and installation
specialists, Utopium, recently invested in a range of new event lighting
technologies with sustainable, creative benefits to clients. This included
placing a significant order with SGM UK for their revolutionary P-5 (LED wash
light) and X-5 (LED strobe).
Utopium’s six figure investment has added significantly
to the choice of modern LED lighting the company can offer event organisers and
lighting designers — and the company’s new SGM inventory was soon deployed on a
major series of open air concerts: the inaugural Bristol Summer Series for
Metropolis Music.
Utopium’s managing director Colin Bodenham comments:
“Having listened to clients, applied our experience and researched recent
product releases, we’ve added some revolutionary lights to our inventory,
notably from SGM. LED technology means improved sustainability and economy
through reduced power consumption and being small means less transport and
weight loading. The colours and output from these relatively small
fittings are incredible and we are all looking forward to having less weight to
rig in roofs or truss.”
Fully aware that the cutting edge SGM P-5 and X-5 have
already established themselves on multiple world tours, he added, “They combine
an impressive array of technical advancements to improve creative and control
options, reliability, with vastly improved power consumption to output ratio.”
Helping to enhance the already stunning setting of the
Bristol Harbourside, where the stage was framed by a tall ship, the Kaskelot,
SGM’s X-5s joined the artillery for Paolo Nutini’s headlIne show at Bristol
Summer Series, prior to his appearance at Glastonbury.
Colin Bodenham and John Newman combined their skills to
design and deliver the stage lighting design along with architectural lighting
using the canvas of the amphitheatre building and Tall Ships in the harbour.
The X-5 LED strobes offered increased creativity with reduced weight loading
and power consumption.
On the evidence of this, he said the purchase was fully
justified, explaining: “These new SGM X-5 strobes are proving a fantastic
addition to our inventory. They are a dream with regards to the creative
options they add and both incoming LD’s commented on how much they liked them.”
SGM’s X-5 LED strobes deliver the same output as
conventional strobes from one fifth of the power (at 4 amps) and create unique
effects never delivered before by a strobe. Housing 2,970 LED’s with power
consumption of just 360W, it is designed into three individual cells to boost
creativity.
The SGM P-5 is low-profile fixed, rectangular, full RGBW
LED wash light, with an IP65 rating, making it suitable for outdoor
architectural use. It establishes its green credentials by providing an
efficacy factor of 52 lumens per watt (channelled through various lens
options).
In conclusion, Bodenham said: “Clients who understand
what we have bought are already excited that these lights will be available to
them as we go through a busy summer of festivals, concerts, product launches
and corporate events.”
