Krystof celebrates 25th anniversary in Prague
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Full production – including around 100 Robe moving lights – for the tour and the stadium shows was supplied by ZL Production who have a long association with Kryštof. The band’s lighting designer Jiří Rouček is also a long serving crew member, and since 2010 he has also been working as head of lighting for ZL Production based in Plzen and Prague.
A number of LED screens were involved in the stage design – both on and around the stage itself and across the PA wings each side widen out the overall picture and ensure that all in the venue, even those at the very back, could get a good view of the action.
The strong video presence and the epic wide-stage look, stretching over 60m, was originated by Kryštof lead singer Richard Krajčo and film director Karin Babinska who is also his wife. They worked closely with ZL Production’s technical director David Šteiniger, to build one of the biggest stages created for a Czech band on their home territory.
Lighting had to be powerful enough to keep a balance with the video and so Jiri specified 18 x Robe BMFL Spots, four BMFL Blades, 24 x Spiider LED wash beams, 24 x Pointes, 12 x LEDWash 600s and 12 x ColorSpot 700E ATs.
Twelve of the 18 x BMFL Spots were positioned upstage on over-stage trusses with another six on the floor behind the band, while the BMFL Blades and ColorWash 700E ATs were all also rigged on the front truss. The ColorWash 700s provided the basic stage washes.
The Spiiders and the Pointes were on six vertical towers each side of the five onstage sections of LED screen, and these provided all the main effects looks – an infinite variety of colours, shapes and effects that really energised the performance space.
The Spiiders were run in Mode 4 for full pixel mapping potential which created another complete layer of looks.
The BMFL Blades, with their smooth and elegant framing functionality were positioned on the front trusses for accurately highlighting the individual musicians.
ZL Productions’ owner and founder Jan Lippert says, “When we took on delivery of the full technical production of these shows we knew it was an ambitious project, and our goal was to deliver a truly world class show for the band and their many fans … something they would remember for a long time.”
(Jim Evans)
