LONDON — One weekend in the middle of August saw WE Audio’s Aspect system at not one, but two of London’s parks for three brand new festivals. Victoria Park in East London saw the first ever Field Day and Underage Festival; and central London’s Regents Park played host to a new version of their Fruitstock festival.
WE Audio provided an Aspect system for the Radio 1 main stage at both Victoria Park events, comprising TA-890H, and TA-880L and TSW-218s bass cabinets each side. The Converse Stage was covered with six TA-890H and six TA-880Ls per side, while the My Space Stage had four TQ-445 and three TQ-425s per side.
Processing was from XTA DP448s for the main and Converse stages, with DP226s for the My Space. Amplification was via Turbosound-badged MC2 T45 and T25s. Additionally, all stages employed XTA C2 compressors and G2 gates as inserts at both front of house and monitor positions.
Heavy noise pollution limits were the order of the day, as the park is surrounded by housing on three sides. “We had to work within 75db at the nearest sensitive point and we achieved this over the weekend with no complaints at all,” says WE Audio’s Wayne Barker. “We stacked the system up and pointed it down to keep it within the concert bowl areas and it didn’t throw past 100 meters, which was in the audio spec.
“The fantastic point about point source, if you’ll excuse the pun, is that you can point it at the area you want to cover and not throw it further than required, so everyone was happy.”
WE Audio provided Aspect for the main stage at Regents Park, comprising of six TA-890H and six TA-890L per side, plus six TFM-420s per side and two TQ-445s for Stage two, as well as a full site public address system.
Again noise pollution was an important issue, given the event’s location in the middle of one of the capital’s most expensive residential areas. And once more the event ran smoothly with no complaints or noise issues over the two days.
“Our Aspect system was perfect for both spaces,” concludes Wayne. “The great audio quality, coupled with its superb directional control, makes it the ideal solution for city centre outdoor events.”
Field Day brought together the best of London's alternative live music and club promoters for a day of music and dancing, with bands such as Mystery Jets, The Aliens, 1990s, Bat For Lashes, Pull Tiger Tail and James Yorkston, and DJ's Andrew Weatherall, Erol Alkan and Jo Jo De Freq.
Underage Festival was hailed as "the world's first credible festival for strictly under-18s," where Johnny Flynn, Lethal Bizzle, Errorplains, Fear Of Flying, The Teenagers, The Displacements, Metros and Blood Red Shoes were among the line up.
Over in Regents Park, the family-friendly atmosphere included music from artists like The Epstein, Ben Westbeech, Grantura, Cut A Shine and London Swingphonia, with both nights being topped with an energetic set by the youthful Geno Washington and the Ram Jam.
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