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Coemar Infinity Wash XL lights
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Lighting designer Travis Shirley has tapped Coemar Infinity Wash XL fixtures for Enrique Iglesias's Insomniac world tour, based on his album of the same name. The tour began in South Africa and Europe last year and will play South America, Central America, Mexico, and the U.S. before heading back to Europe and the Middle East.
Shirley, who also acts as the tour's set and production designer, selected Coemar Infinity moving heads to break through the preponderance of video elements. "Video looks great in a show, but it can be a little overwhelming," he notes. "You really need lighting fixtures than can punch right through it. The Infinity's beam attributes and color mixing deliver the big, bright look the show wants."
Shirley was on tour with Rufus Wainwright when he was asked to meet with Iglesias, whom he knew from a previous one-off show. The designer found the singer to be "pretty open-minded" in his concept for the tour, and they connected creatively and personally. "We're actually very similar," says Shirley. "We have mutual trust in each other, and I've taken control of a lot of the main components of the tour."
"Enrique is trying to get away from the stereotypical pop music show and get a little more into rock," he explains. "A lot of pop artists are breaking out of their category. Enrique's sound features loud guitar riffs and an amazingly high energy level, and he wanted to have a look that matched it."
For the video side of the show, Shirley crafted a 120' Mainlight Industries Soft LED screen with trusses and the largest quantity of Element Labs' Stealth ever used on a tour. He deploys 30 Coemar Infinity moving heads in vertical rows of five. A grandMA console controls video and lighting.
"I used the first-ever Infinities with the band Disturbed," say Shirley. "Inner Circle's Gary Mass convinced me to give them a try, and they've been a solid kick-ass light ever since. Of the 150 lights on Enrique's tour, the 30 Infinities are the only ones that haven't needed to be replaced. They're solid and don't need maintenance every day. I knew I liked them, but didn't know they'd handle this well. I can't imagine doing a show this size and not using them. This is the biggest show I've done and the best."
Shirley believes Infinity represents "the next wave of lighting with the beam attributes they've introduced. The focus you can get out of them is amazing. And the color mixing is great. I can't say enough good things about them. The Infinity is a fixture I'm going to design shows around."
Coemar products are available in the U.S. through Inner Circle Distribution.
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