Sound Division jazzes
up East End at Bistrotheque
Ex-House Of Jazz designer, Pablo Flack, has hung
up his needle and thread in favour of the bar
and restaurant business. He and partners Hazel
Robinson and David Waddington have recently opened
the acclaimed Bistrotheque in the heart of London's
East End. Appropriately set over two floors of
an old clothing factory, Bistrotheque offers two
dining rooms along with a bar, The Napoleon, and
an entertainment area downstairs known as The
Playroom which serves up a variety of entertainment
from live bands to DJs to (wait for it) Tranny
Lip Synching. Entertainment systems specialists,
The Sound Division Group, were called in to design,
specify and install the PA and lighting system
for The Playroom.
Sound Division's David Graham explained that
the brief was to provide a powerful but compact
multi-purpose foreground sound system that was
capable of handling live bands and other stage
acts as well as a DJ. To that end, Sound Division
specified a Crown-driven Turbosound system based
on a pair of Turbosound TXD-121 mid/hi cabinets
supplemented by a Turbosound TXD-115 15"
sub as the stage system, complete with a DBX Drive
Rack processer. The DJ system is equipped with a
pair of Technics SL1210 turntables, Ortofon cartridges,
a Denon DND4000F twin CD player, a Pioneer DJM500
professional DJ mixer and a Phonic MU1202 compact
PA mixer for PA system control. A Shure SM58 hand
held microphone for announcements completes the
system.
Sound Division also designed and installed the
lighting system, which is both simple and effective.
Based on the classic Par Can 56 lights, the rig
also includes sophisticated dimming, scene control
and blackout system from Anytronics. David Graham
is pleased with the results. "What we've
provided is a truly versatile sound and lighting
system that lends itself easily to any live situation,
yet operates just as happily as a powerful DJ
club system when the occasion requires. The combination
of sound and lighting is both versatile and easy
to operate, making it easy to vary the ambience
accordingly."
September
2005 |
