Download Festival Pilot took place on 18 to 20 June with a reduced capacity of 10,000, marking one of the first live music events to return to the UK and had an all-British line-up, headlined by Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Enter Shikari and Bullet For My Valentine.
Mandylights created a spectacular show design for headliners, Enter Shikari. To achieve the desired looks Mandylights utilised a range of leading products, including a Green Hippo Hippotizer Karst + media server, supplied by A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET).
Mandylights Director and Designer, Steve Bewley commented: “With such short notice for the show, we needed products we were familiar with and knew would perform to meet our high production standards, and that could be deployed quickly. Having used various Hippotizer Media Servers in the past, we were confident that their Hippotizer Karst+ would deliver and be able to aid us in our designs and help create the added wow factor. We mapped content on to a video strip as opposed to a traditional screen and the Hippotizer Karst+ helped us do that with ease, creating the effective and hard-hitting result we were looking to create for Enter Shikari.”
Bewley added: “The Karst+ performed perfectly and never missed a beat – the server was solid throughout the whole programming, rehearsal and show periods. The hardware was great for the job as we needed something that could live at the stage end and be controlled from FOH by our lighting console. We found the Hippotizer Media Server very easy to use and we were able to set the server up as we required in a matter of minutes.”
AC-ET Video Sales Manager, Stuart Burdett commented: “We are delighted that we were able to supply Hippotizer Media Servers for such a poignant event for our industry. The creative looks that the wonderful team at Mandylights were able to achieve using the Karst+, nicely illustrate the design possibilities these media servers can help you create.”
Bewley concluded: “We have worked with AC-ET a number of times and the service received is always second to none. We have a great working relationship with their team and look forward to working with them again soon when the world of live events fully returns.”
