2007 was the first time that this unusual festival took place over two days, 19t-20 April, with artists such as Travis, The Charlatans, The Damned and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club sharing the same stages as lesser-known acts.
"As we were working in so many venues and there were so many bands playing, the idea was very much to have a standard system in all of them," says Britannia Row's Roly Oliver. "We needed to deliver a package that was very simple and very compact, but delivered great sound. Self-powered Turbosound cabinets gave the size, quality, reliability and flexibility we needed - and we also wanted to give the new NuQ cabinets a tough test."
The NuQ systems were installed in The Cuban restaurant and the Oh! Bar, using four NuQ-12 mid-high cabinets, two per side, with four B18 subs. The five other venues supplied by Britannia Row were the Black Cap, Camden Tup, Earl of Camden, Enterprise and NW1.
"The quality of the products we were using made things go incredibly smoothly," concludes Oliver. "Things were very relaxed. The systems overcame all the acoustic challenges - we literally couldn't have done it without the right combination of gear and crew."
(Jim Evans)
