LAGOS, Nigeria – With an audience of some 700,000, The Experience, an interdenominational gospel concert in Nigeria, is thought to be the largest music event in Africa. The 2018 event, held Dec. 7, was the sixth consecutive year where organizers relied on Outline loudspeaker systems from CyTech to cover the massive crowd.
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Convened and hosted by Pastor Paul Adefarasin, the colossal event debuted in December 2006. Along with the 700,000 arriving in person, the event is streamed live on the “House on The Rock” YouTube channel to viewers around the world.
The performer lineup for 2018’s dusk-to-dawn gathering at Lagos’ Tafawa-Balewa Square included Don Moen, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Timi Dakolo, Travis Greene, Nathaniel Bassey, Vicki Yohe, Chioma Jesus, Tope Alabi, Eben, Tim Godfrey, Mike Aremu, Glowreeyah, ONOS, Eno Michael, the Lagos Metropolitan Gospel Choir, Chee, JJ Hairston, Planetshakers and ADA.
CyTech’s owner, Cyril Utomoibor, deployed many Outline products from his inventory, including GTO, GTO C-12 and Butterfly line array systems, LAB 21
infra-subs, DBS 18-2 and Subtech 218 sub-bass enclosures, DVS and Doppia point-source systems and H.A.R.D. 212 wedge monitors, also by Outline.
The Openarray-3D acoustic prediction software was used to plan the installation of the whole sound system, which had the job of covering Tafawa-Balewa Square: a 200 by 280 meter area bounded by tiered seating 20 meters high and 30 meters deep running the full length of its long sides.
Utomoibor, owner and managing director of Cytech World Communication, stated: “This is a project I’m particularly proud of. As a Nigerian, it has always been a very important event for me, and the fact that they confirmed us for the sixth consecutive year means we did our job extremely well. Once again, Outline’s loudspeakers simply outperformed all the others used at previous editions. I’m really looking forward to investing more in their products and technologies.”
