GLP colours Hertzainak's farewell party
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Hertzainak was a leading light in the movement known as ‘Basque radical rock’. Their first records combined the provocation of punk with the dance rhythms of reggae and ska, maintaining the political situation in the Basque Country as the context of their songs.
Lighting designer Carlos Cirre was commissioned to design a show that would transport the audience back to the style of the 80s and 90s and evoke a retro spirit recreated by 100 fixtures from the catalogue of GLP. This included 35 of the new impression X5.
According to Cirre, “The entire stage ceiling was covered with X5 luminaires. Although it was a completely new experience for me, I think this was one of the great discoveries of the event, as it provided the effect we were looking for to recreate the old PAR/ACL type spotlights. In particular, I was looking for a fixture that would give me a great light output, with a versatile zoom I could play with in order to recreate those classic lights - and above all would offer us saturated, warm colours with correction capacity.”
The X5 boasts an impressive zoom range and CRI thanks to the new iQ.Gamut algorithm. This includes perfectly calibrated white spectrum outputs with CRI 90 at 6,500 kelvin and the ability to select other fixed white points up to 3,200 kelvin while maintaining a high CRI of 85+. Colour temperature changes at the output, with homogeneous light distribution over its entire range and no ‘hotspot’.
To this, Carlos Cirre added 25 GLP GT-1 FL hybrid, functioning as both a Spot and a Beam. Cirre explains: “This is one of my favourite fixtures; it is extremely powerful and, most importantly, it is very light weight for the level of brightness it delivers. We mainly use the GT-1 to play with its gobos and different prism effects.”
Carlos deployed 15 of the X4 Bar 20 battens, each incorporating 20 x 15 W RGBW LED, with high quality optics. These were supported by 18 impression X4, featuring 19 high-power 15 W RGBW LEDs, with a zoom range of 7° to 50°.
Santi Donoso, the event’s tech manager (and owner of rental company, Sonort, which recommended the inventory), comments: “We chose GLP because we needed reliable equipment and colour consistency. Also, the size and weight of the GLP equipment made it easy for us to assemble and dismantle.”
