For British band Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind tour, lighting and production designer Ed Warren used Robe BMFLs, Martin VDO Sceptron 10s and MAC Quantum Washes supplied by Neg Earth and Solotech. Also joining the tour were a large number of custom LED PAR can frames from LED design and manufacture house Light Initiative (LI). “To maintain the Mumford vibe amidst all the new tricks, I decided to use a back wall of 120 PAR cans positioned in a 10-fixture wide by 12-fixture high grid,” Warren explained. “However, I felt it’d get old quickly if all they did was flash on and off for a whole set, so came up with a way of making the PARs change color using a removable ring of LED tape.” Seeking an assist, he took his idea to Light Initiative. “They jumped at the chance to build and trial the rings and sent me some test videos. I then showed these to the band who loved them.” Light Initiative created 120 of the LED products, named “Halo64s,” building them on robust chrome frames.
—From PLSN, Global News, Oct. 2015, page 26
