KASIER CHIEFS TOUR

Kaiser Chiefs Lighting Designer Richard Larkum and rental company Prism Lighting used over 300 Chroma-QTM Color Block DB4 LED fixtures to create a unique effects lighting look for the band’s homecoming concert at Elland Road football stadium.

Larkum has been using Chroma-QTM Color Block DB4 since the debut tour in 2005, using increasing numbers on each successive tours as the budget and venues have got bigger.

For the last tour, Larkum came up with the idea of custom lighting ‘pods’ consisting of square frames holding either strobes or Molephay strips. To enhance the concept, this time he decided to ring the frame with LEDs to give a square light beam. He commented: “The concept was basically built around knowledge of the Color Block DB4, the DB4s being the most versatile LED unit on the market. The size and shape of the fixture was very important. I didn’t want a fixture with the pixels spread out randomly. The uniformity also helps with the colour mixing.”  

The pods were designed by Larkum and Prism Lighting and manufactured by Tomcat. Each pod features 22 Color Blocks providing a square light beam of very bold looks and effects.

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