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Production Services & Manufacturing

Author: SimonM

  • Gorillaz Tour 2010

    The world’s most famous virtual band, Gorillaz, made their live debut in Australia in December 2010.

    After headlining the UK’s Coachella and Glastonbury festivals earlier in the year, Gorillaz headed to the Southern Hemisphere to tour Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and then Auckland.

    The band – the brainchild of Blur singer Damon Albarn and Tank Girl cartoonist Jamie Hewlitt – consists of an eccentric animated quartet: singer and keyboardist 2-D, bassist Murdoc, guitarist Noodle and drummer Russel Hobbs.

    As part of their first world tour the band included over 20 musicians on stage at any one time. JAS provided a D&B J system – and lots of it.

    Date

    December 11, 16, 19, 21

    System

    60 x d&b J series
    16 x d&b J-sub
    18 x d&b B2
    Powered by d&b D12 amplifiers

    FOH

    DiGiCo SD7

    Monitors

    DiGiCo SD7
    24 x L-Acoustics 115xt HiQ wedges

    JAS audio crew

    Craig Gordon
    Conor Dunne
    Guto Magic – Otavio Santos
    Matthew ‘Boz’ Boaro

  • Powderfinger Farewell Tour 2010

    Powderfinger hit the road late in 2010 for their farewell tour of Australia and New Zealand. The band had decided after 20 years of making music and touring the world to call it a day and set out on the Sunsets Farewell tour. It consisted of arenas for the capitals cities and big-top tents for the regional areas. They toured for 3 months in total.

    The band’s FOH operator Mark McElligot contacted JAS and asked for a D&B J system for the tour. He was enthusiatic about the systems amazing sound quality and knew that because of its size and weight it would be ideal for the big-top tents.

    The system design incorporated J8 & J12 for the main and side hangs. J-subs were also flown with B2 subs on the ground.
    The tour also had a B stage just in front of the FOH desk and with a separate monitor system package.

    At Acer arena in Sydney a 2nd audio system was supplied and flown above the B stage and thus above the band.

    Jet supported Powderfinger on the whole tour with FOH duties by “John Boy Rock” and Monitors by Will Burston.

    Date

    September 1 – October 16 2010

    System

    60 x d&b J series
    16 x d&b J-sub
    18 x d&b B2
    Powered by d&b D12 amplifiers

    Acer Arena B stage system

    48 x Adamson Y18
    24 x Adamson Y10

    FOH

    1 x Midas XL4
    1 x Midas XL3 extender sidecar (B stage mix)
    1 x Digidesign Profile (Jet and other acts)

    Monitor system

    1 x PM5DRH console
    Nexo PS15 wedges
    Nexo Alpha M3 side-fill system

    JAS Audio Touring Crew

    Conor Dunne
    Craig Gordon
    Mark Crawley

  • Russell Peters 2010

    Global comedy ‘rock-star’, Russell Peters, brought his hillarious Green Card Tour to Australia in May. As part of his “Green Card Tour,” the shows featured all new material since the release of his latest DVD, “Red, White and Brown”. He was recently ranked by Forbes — along with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock — as one of the top ten highest grossing stand-up comics in the U.S.

    JAS supplied a D&B J series arena system for the shows at the Acer arena in Sydney and the Rod Laver arena in Melbourne.

    Date

    May 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20

    System

    56 x D&B J
    12 x D&B J-sub
    6 x D&B B2 sub
    Digidesign SC48 FOH console

    JAS crew

    Audio system tech: Doug Pringle
    Audio system tech: Otavio ‘Guto!!’ Santos

  • Groovin the Moo Festival 2010

    The 2010 Groovin the Moo festival took a big leap in production from the previous years. The festival promoters had asked how they could step up the production levels without too large an infrastructure change.

    The festival featured Silverchair, Vampire Weekend, Empire of the Sun, Tegan and Sara, Grinspoon and many more and with such a large number of acts the promoter was keen to upgrade the system and maintain consistency across the festivals.

    Bruce Johnston helped out as the festival production manager with Natalie Earles as the production assistant. James Leydon also was the advance production manager for the Townsville and Canberra sites.

    Johnston Audio supplied a complete turnkey production management service to the festival.

    Date

    May 1-2, 8-9, 15

    Bendigo – Maitland

    Main stage 1 & 2

    24 x L-Acoustics VDosc
    24 x L-Acoustics SB218
    12 x L-Acoustics ARCs

    FOH Consoles

    2 x Digidesign Profile consoles

    Monitor consoles

    2 x Yamaha PM5D consoles
    1 x Digidesign Profile
    1 x Digidesign D-show

    Stage monitors

    16 x Wayloud wedges
    16 x Nexo PS15 wedges
    4 x Nexo Alpha side-fill systems

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Doug Pringle
    FOH system tech: Jock Bain
    Monitor system Tech: Nicholas Brunney
    Monitor system Tech: Mark Nicholls
    Audio system tech: Jamie Davidson
    Audio system tech: Otavio ‘Guto !!’ Santos

    Townsville – Canberra

    Main stage 1 & 2

    24 x L-Acoustics VDosc
    24 x Wayloud SB218
    12 x L-Acoustics ARCs

    FOH Consoles

    2 x Digidesign Profile consoles

    Monitor consoles

    2 x Yamaha PM5D consoles

    Stage monitors

    16 x Wayloud wedges
    16 x Nexo PS15 wedges
    4 x Nexo Alpha side-fill systems

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Peter O’Leary
    FOH system tech: Nathan McGuinness
    Monitor system Tech: Mathew “Boz” Boaro
    Monitor system Tech: Simon Keet
    Audio system tech: Shaun Ayles
    Audio system tech: Sam Figalo (Townsville only) Gordon Wood (Maitland only)

  • Lady Gaga Tour March 2010

    Lady Gaga hit Australia for the Monster Ball tour. It was the first Lady Gaga solo tour and a monster show that featured an elaborate stage set. The shows ran for over 2 hours with numerous costume changes and sets that morphed constantly between songs, moving from New York cityscapes to Tim Burton-esque dream worlds

    Eighth Day Sound Systems, Inc supplied the console and monitor package along with 6 crew. JAS supplied the stacks and racks along with an additional 2 audio crew.

    Dates

    March 17 – April 9

    System

    60 x D&B J8/12
    8 x D&B J-sub
    18 x D&B B2
    24 x L-Acoustics dV-Dosc
    64 x 1 ton motors.

    JAS Crew

    Audio system tech: Josh De Jong
    Audio system tech: Peter O’Leary

  • The Pixies Tour 2010

        Photos courtesy of Stephen Booth Photography

     

    The Pixies returned to Australia for a sell out national tour. JAS provided a D&B J series system along with a M4 monitor system.

    In a sign of things to come the shows were recorded live and CDs were available at the end of the show.

    DATES

    March 14 – 27

    SYSTEM

    32 x D&B J8/12 line array boxes
    12 x D&B J-sub
    6 x Q7
    2 x Yamaha PM5DRH
    3 x DV-Dosc sidefill systems
    12 x D&B M4 wedges

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Craig Gordon
    Monitor system Tech: Mathew “Boz” Boaro
    Audio system tech: Nathan McGuinness

        Photos courtesy of Stephen Booth Photography Click to enlarge

  • Future Music Festival 2010

    2010’s Future Music Festival featured The Prodigy, Empire Of The Sun, Franz Ferdinand, David Guetta and co along with new musical acts including: Spank Rock, Way Out West, Operator Please, Bag Raiders, Space Invadas and Jump Jump Dance Dance!

    Dates

    Feb 27-28, March 6-8

    Melbourne Festival

    Main stage

    24 x L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    24 x L-Acoustics SB218

    Stage 2

    24 x D&B J
    18 x D&B B2 sub
    1 x Digidesign Profile FOH console
    1 x Yamaha PM5D
    12 x D&B M4 wedge
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    Stage 3

    16 x D&B J
    12 x D&B J- sub
    1 x Digidesign Profile FOH console
    1 x Yamaha PM5D
    12 x Wayloud wedge
    2 x Nexo Alpha E side-fill systems

    Sydney festival

    Main stage

    24 x L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    24 x L-Acoustics SB218

    Adelaide festival

    Main stage

    24 x L-Acoustics V-Dosc
    24 x L-Acoustics SB218

    Prodigy package

    Consoles

    2 x Midas XL3
    3 x quad D&B C4 side-fill systems Loud!!!
    16 x D&B M2 wedges

    Franz Ferdinand package

    1 x Digidesign Profile FOH console
    1 x Yamaha PM5D monitor console
    2 x D&B M2 wedges

  • Soundwave Festival 2010

    This year’s soundwave festival was a sell-out success and rocked Australia. With bands like Faith no More, Placebo, AFI, Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, Janes Addiction and many more it made for a huge few weeks.
    The festival kicked off in Brisbane and ran over 2 long weekends.

    With the 2 overnight festival events, JAS supplied the audio for the main stages 1 & 2 and it was decided this year to tour the systems and duplicate the audio. V-Dosc speakers were used to provide consistency throughout the festivals and sideshows at the Horden Pavilion and Festival hall which both have in-house V-Dosc systems.

    JAS supplied a total of 10 Digidesign Profile console systems and also Jamie Davidson as the console tech for the entire run.

    Dates

    February 20-21, 26-27
    March 1

    SYSTEM A

    Main stage 1 & 2
    36 x V-Dosc over 3 x 12 hangs
    36 x SB218
    12 x ARC

    FOH Consoles

    3 x Digidesign Profile consoles
    1 x Digidesign D-show

    Monitor consoles

    2 x Yamaha PM5D consoles
    1 x Digidesign Profile
    1 x Digidesign D-show

    Stage monitors

    24 x Wayloud wedges
    16 x Nexo PS15 wedges
    4 x Nexo Alpha side-fill systems

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Jock Bain
    FOH system tech: Nathan McGuinness
    Monitor system Tech: Mathew “Boz” Boaro
    Monitor system Tech: Dave Leggatt
    Audio system tech: Shaun Ayles
    Audio system tech: Stephen Brown
    Audio system tech: Jamie Davidson

    SYSTEM B

    Main stage 1 & 2
    36 x V-Dosc over 3 x 12 hangs
    36 x Wayloud SB218
    12 x ARC

    FOH Consoles

    3 x Digidesign Profile consoles
    1 x Digidesign D-show

    Monitor consoles

    2 x Yamaha PM5D consoles
    1 x Digidesign Profile
    1 x Digidesign D-show

    Stage monitors

    24 x Wayloud wedges
    16 x Nexo PS15 wedges
    4 x Nexo Alpha sidefill systems

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Peter O’leary
    FOH system tech: Josh DeJong
    Monitor system Tech: Richie Robinson
    Monitor system Tech: Mark Nicholls
    Audio system tech: Nahuel Gutierrez
    Audio system tech: Otavio ‘Guto!!’ Santos
    Audio system tech: Scott Barry

  • Rob Thomas 2010

    Rob Thomas hit Australia for the first time on a solo tour and a D&B system was requested. Jim Yakaistori contacted us and mentioned he was keen to us the J system and ran us through what he was looking for. It ended up being quite a substantial setup.

    JAS supplied 2 x 96ch Digidesign console systems with 2 x HD3 pro-tools recording/playback systems.

    A surprise at the Melbourne show was INXS who turned up and played the last 3 songs with Rob Thomas with a hint of what might be coming later in the year.

    The tour ran through a combination of arenas and wineries throughout Australia.

    DATES

    February 12-13

    SYSTEM

    48 x D&B J8 & J12 line array boxes.
    16 x D&B J-Subs. There was a combination of flown and ground sub J-subs.
    16 x D&B M2 wedges
    Digidesign 96ch FOH console
    Digidesign Pro-tools HD3 system FOH
    Digidesign 96ch FOH monitor console
    Digidesign Pro-tools HD3 system Monitors

    JAS crew

    FOH system tech: Doug Pringle
    Monitor system Tech: Conor Dunne
    Audio system tech: Nicholas Brunney

  • Manson, Minnelli and Gray 2009

    Marilyn Manson Tour Oct 2009

    Dates

    October 5, 7, 10, 14, 17 2009

    Marilyn Manson rocked through Australia for another full-on tour. The system was made up of a 32 box V-Dosc system along with 24 x SB218 subs and a Digidesign D-show out front.

    The monitor system included D&B M2 wedges, L-Acoustics ARC side-fills and a PM5DRH console.

    JAS crew

    FOH system tech: Craig Gordon
    Monitor system Tech: Mathew “Boz” Boaro
    Audio system tech: Shaun Ayles

    Liza Minnelli Tour Sept 2009

    Dates

    October 16-17, 21, 23, 25, 30 2009
    November 2 2009

    Liza Minnelli returned to Australia after a 20 year hiatuses. A nice quiet affair for all to be had! A pleasant change from Slayer and Manson that week!!
    The system supplied was a V-Dosc system with a Digidesign Profile out front.
    The monitor system comprised of a PM5D console and the Wayloud wedges for Liza.
    We supplied 16 x Nexo PS8 wedges for the orchestra as personnel monitors

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Josh DeJong
    Monitor Operator: Alan Mourant

    David Gray Tour Sept 2009

    Dates

    13 & 15 Oct 2009

    David Gray flew through Australia for a quick promo tour.
    D&B J line was requested and supplied for the Hammer Hall show.
    We supplied a console and monitor package for the other shows.
    Analogue was recalled for FOH with a Midas H3000 and lots of that stuff we love. The monitors ran from the PM5D with the M2 wedges everywhere else.

    JAS Crew

    FOH system tech: Tristan Johnson
    Monitor system Tech: Conor Dunne