Electric Love Festival heralds a #NewEra with IP lighting from GLP
The Electric Love electronic music festival promised music, spirit, adventure and community. A top line- up with over 200 artists on a total of six stages and 180,000 visitors from 70 nations made the Salzburgring shake again at the beginning of July.
GLP contributed to the power of the spectacle with 180 impression X5 IP Bars and 60 JDC2 IP on the main stage. The weather-protected devices from the German manufacturer were able to show what they can do during the elaborately staged 16-minute opening ceremony. Another 30 GLP impression X5 Wash were equally impressive in Club Circus.
The main stage forms the heart of the festival site year after year, and the stage design was by TWOFIFTYK.
The LD Company developed the lighting design of the 76-metre-wide by 26- metre-high stage. Equipped with 1,200 fixtures and weighing a massive 200 tons, the design of the main stage remains true to tradition on the one hand and yet reinterprets it in keeping with the festival’s 2024 motto, #NewEra.
As in previous years, the organisers received support from the capable team at Full Scope GmbH. The company, represented in this project by Hannes Schnappinger and Matthias Hochwimmer, supported the festival organiser from feasibility analysis and technical planning to the creation of CAD models through to tender preparation and budget management.
“We coordinate the smooth running of the construction work on site, monitor performance and time management, and act as a link between the organiser and the stage production. Our task includes the coordination of all stakeholder and support with approval processes, as well as complete integral planning, with full transparency and control resting with the client,” says senior stage producer Matthias Hochwimmer, describing his complex area of responsibility.
This year, the main stage was characterised by honeycomb-like constructions made from inverted cubes, which were extended axially upwards by vertically installed impression X5 IP Bars. Arranged both vertically and in depth, this created a kind of matrix that was wonderful to play with.
“With the zoom and tilt function of the X5 IP Bars breathtaking fan effects could be achieved across the entire width of the stage, and the individual pixel control of the lamps enabled a variety of dimmer and colour effects,” states Hochwimmer. “Thanks to the high light output of the Bars, an impressive blinder or strobe effect with a high impact could also be achieved.”
In contrast, GLP’s new JDC2 IP weatherproof hybrid strobes were preferred to classic strobes on the so- called crowns at the upper edge of the stage construction. Here they functioned as an extension of the LED walls, which were also located on the crowns, and “harmonised perfectly with the video content generated specifically for this purpose,” adds Hochwimmer.
All 60 of the video-capable hybrid devices were integrated into the video system via NDI. However, guest LDs worked in DigiFX mode to ensure compatibility with their show files. The powerful dual-cortex CPU with graphics processing integrated into the JDC2 IP allows video-like digital effects, known as GLP DigiFX, to be created on the devices. The JDC2 IP offers over 100 of these elaborately designed DigiFX, which can also be manipulated in real time via special DigiFX channels.
Matthias Hochwimmer is entirely satisfied with the performance of the GLP fixtures: “The GLP impression X5 IP Bar 1000 was hugely impressive with its very fast tilt, as well as the large zoom range and high light intensity. Thanks to the outdoor capability of the fixtures, we can manage without the visually disturbing rain covers, which also significantly reduces installation time.
The effect achieved, especially when you use the vertically mounted Bars as compartments, was impressive with this number of fixtures.” With the increasing spread of GLP’s IP range, the Electric Love team are planning to use impression X5 IP Bar 1000 and JDC2 IP again next year.
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