Rave Lighting designed and supplied the lighting systems which include a Martin Total Supplier package of Martin lighting, Mach audio and Jem smoke gear. Rave's Brian Gysegem was instrumental on the project, serving as lighting designer and project manager with assistance from Stephen Cox of Rave. Sound engineer was Chad Busse.
The three-floor club boasts one of the largest club layouts in Denver's lower downtown with four dance floors and five separate bars spread across Rise and a pair of sub-venues, the low-key Shadow Lounge and the patio lounge Skybar. Rise is the main club area, an 18,000 sq.ft space that features nationally acclaimed DJ and band entertainment. Here Gysegem placed MAC 250 profiles and MAC 300 washlights over the main dance floor mounted on five-foot poles in a symmetrical grid front to back. The lights project onto a central four-foot mirror ball and large dancefloor scrim as well as the floor below. Full-house Martin Wizard lights mounted onto adjacent poles fill the dance area while Atomic 3000 strobes give the space that extra punch when needed.
Audio in this main dance area consists of 15" Mach M156i two-way medium-throw speakers with support from 18" Bag End Quartz I subwoofers. At the main bar are 12" Mach 125i three-way near field installation speakers working together with single 18" Bag End S18E-C subs.
Open from ceiling to floor, this main area incorporates a catwalk from which Jem ZR33 and MDG hazer effects fire, providing the mid-air projection canopy and nightclub ambiance. In a separate dual-level VIP area MiniMAC Profiles provide gobo and pattern looks with Mach 125is and 6" and 12" Bag End speakers. Shadow Lounge overlooks the main dance floor where Mach 125i speakers and 18" Bag End subs are used. Skybar uses an MX-10 Extreme to project logos and images, while audio comes from JBL Contractor Control Series ceiling speakers.
LED lighting from Color Kinetics was also an instrumental part of Gysegem's lighting design, with 6" ColorBlast located above the main area catwalk, Icove and ColorBlast used in several bar areas including the Shadow Lounge, ColorBlast lighting incorporated into dancepods in the VIP area, and Icove located in exterior windows, top and bottom.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
