Robe Lights Up David Guetta Show in Hungary

	David Guetta rocked Budapest's Hungexpo under Robe lighting

When dance guru David Guetta rocked Budapest's Hungexpo in front of 8000 enthusiastic fans, he was illuminated by a rig of Robe moving lights supplied by locally based lighting rental company, Colossal Rental.

The Robes were an integral element of the automated lighting on Guetta's worldwide touring spec, originated by lighting designer Jonathan "Leggy" Armstrong, and were operated on the night by touring lighting director, Alex "Junior" Cero who is based in the UK.

Colossal Rental's client was Deadcode Productions, who delivered the show's technical package, working for show promoters Burn. They all collaborated with Guetta's own production team led by production manager Al Green to ensure that the rider specs were met for Grammy Award winning Guetta's fifth studio album.

The original Guetta 2011 live show design -- running since the start of the year -- was spec'd and programmed using Robe moving lights. The lighting rig featured twenty-nine Robe LEDWash 600s, 18 ColorSpot 1200E ATs, and 12 ColorWash 250E ATs at its core, plus strobes and blinders, all of which were operated for the show by Cero using a grandMA full size console, also supplied by Colossal. He worked closely with Colossal Rental's lighting designer Adam Nagy in getting the show programmed and running in a tight timescale.

It was the first time that Cero had the chance to use Robe's new LEDWash 600 moving light fixtures to their full potential. "I spent ages playing with them in Budapest" he explains, "... and really enjoyed the opportunity of using features like the zones" (individual control of the three LED rings). He also appreciated the numerous strobe effects possible with the LEDWashes, adding, ".... and will certainly be using them again."

Colossal has two totally separate rental and sales divisions and the latter is also the Robe distributor for Hungary. They have enjoyed a successful year as brand representatives for Robe, and their trade director Csaba Csanádi says, "Everyone has been impressed by the great light output of the LEDWashes, their beautiful ranges of colors and the LED rings which have much impact as a special effect and to create different looking eye and camera candy." He adds the extremely compact size of the fixture, its light weight, and the general reliability of the Robe brand all offer advantages to any show or installation situation.

This was the second time that David Guetta has played Hungary within six months, following a stunning performance as part of the Balaton Sound Festival last summer.