HSL supplied lighting and video equipment plus crew, and designed a bespoke DJ booth for two recent sold-out incendiary performances by The Swedish House Mafia at London's Brixton Academy. The shows were presented and produced by Cream and Loudsound Events and HSL was working for technical co-ordinators, BPM, who also supplied pyro and lasers.

SHM Management's Amy Thomson's brief to BPM was to have the ‘biggest and best' show possible. BPM worked closely with HSL to design a full show based on a four section lighting rig, action-packed with strobe pods, moving heads, specialist LED products and three large video wall sections.

These high-energy-high profile performances underline the current trend for dance events to up the ante in terms of production values and show presentation, taking it to new levels. For HSL, this follows on from work for BPM in the summer, also for the Swedish House Mafia and other artists.

HSL's Mike Docksey project managed for the Blackburn-based company, working closely with BPM's Adam Murray. The results were stunning! The DJ booth was a custom construction made from Litec QX30 trussing, based on 2 x 5 metre diameter half circles top and bottom. HSL utilised 40 CK Accent video tubes for the front fascia, chosen for its smooth and seamless diffused surfaces. On the back corners of the booth were PAR 46 fuzz lights - a powerful contemporary take on a disco classic effect! Five trusses were rigged by the HSL crew in the Academy - a 16 x 12 metre box was flown above the audience, onto which was rigged an eclectic collection of mirror balls, mirrored mannequins and other scenic pieces.

In addition to this, there was a front truss, downstage and mid-stage curved trusses made from two halves of a 10 metre diameter circle and an upstage truss. The back truss supported 70 panels of ColorWeb 250 to dress the upstage area, and also flew the left and right video screens. The mid truss was used to fly the centre screen. Lighting fixtures were scattered across all the trusses. The 40 Atomic strobes were built into a total of 14 custom pods with either two or four Atomics per pod. The pods, flanked with two PixelLine 1044s on each, were rigged below the trusses at varying heights to create a light-wall effect.

The show proved a hugely exciting amalgamation of visual talents and technologies that fuelled the amazing two nights of performances from Swedish House Mafia (Steve Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso).