10/22/2008

Fluge Sonido Profesional specializes in the design, setup and sound reinforcement of events: concerts, festivals, tours, techno parties, conventions, product launches, trade fairs...



Since its founding in 1990, year after year it has established itself as one of the best companies in the industry devoted to live performances. Likewise, it has kept improving its facilities and expanding its staff with professionals committed to their work, to guarantee its success. Today, Fluge has a group of companies that allow it to expand its services according to its clients' needs, such as ASL Light Solutions, which specializes in live lighting and visual effects for events, festivals, musicals and tours.



At every event, the equipment Fluge provides is from top brands: Meyer Sound, Turbosound, Martin, Yamaha, Midas, JBL... They also have the support and advice of the industry's main manufacturers and distributors. "The confidence that more than fifteen years of guaranteeing a job well done has given us is what has earned us the trust of the best artists, producers, management offices and companies, as well as our presence at the most important events in Spain."



It's that trust that gave them the opportunity this summer to handle the Spanish shows of two of the bands most adored by teenage girls in our country, both with thousands of fans: El Canto del Loco and Tokio Hotel.



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In April, El Canto del Loco released their fifth album, "Personas," and since then they've been busy promoting it with a tour that began with small concerts in low-capacity clubs for their most devoted fans, and continued in large venues, where the sound was provided by Fluge and the spectacular lighting by ASL, such as the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid.



Initially, the tour (which hasn't ended yet) consisted of more than 50 concerts across the country's main provinces, running until December 28, when they'll close with a show in Madrid, again at the Palacio de Deportes, which will mark a turning point before, as expected, they release a new album and keep touring.



Next Christmas, El Canto del Loco is expected to release "De personas a personas," a reissue of their latest album with lots of extra content.



The main curiosity of this new album will be the cover, for which the band invited all adults who wished to do so to pose naked in a group photo. For El Canto del Loco, this photograph "is a source of beauty, peace and love." It's a continuation of their previous cover, on which they themselves posed naked, showing, as they confessed, "their fears and insecurities."



El Canto del Loco is a band that has grown with each record. The huge success they enjoy today didn't come until "Zapatillas," the album that elevated them to a benchmark band on the Spanish music scene. After that, and following a year off without performing, during which their frontman, Dani Martín, returned to his acting career, they've taken to the stage with more force than anyone, with a great light and sound show.



On this tour their opening acts are Argentine songwriter Lucas Masciano and the Madrid quartet Sin Rumbo.



SOUND EQUIPMENT LIST

P.A.

30 L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC cabinets

24 L-ACOUSTICS SB-218 subwoofers

8 JBL HLA cabinets for outfill

8 MEYER MICA cabinets + 2 MEYER 700 subwoofers for frontfill

Motors and flying system



CONTROL

1 DIGICO SD7 console

Processors required for the P.A.

1 Stage Rack 40 mic inputs / 8 x D-Tube / 8 x AES-EBU / 8 x line outputs (stage out)

1 Local Rack (MADI) with at least 8 mic inputs / 16 line inputs / 24 line outputs /

8 AES-EBU

1 100-meter signal snake made up of 2 x fiber optic lines, 3 x BNC coaxial and power.

1 DIGICO SD7 Spare tour kit (spare parts to be defined: mic/line cards, Optocore, power supply...)

1 WiFi router to use the SD7 by remote control.

1 Mac/Logic Pro 56 multitrack recording system via MADI.

1 KLARK TEKNIK spectrum analyzer

1 AVALON 737 SP preamp

1 TC ELECTRONIC SYSTEM 6000 multi-effects

1 Compact Disc recorder/player.

1 SHURE SM 58 talkback mic with switch

1 Signal distributor with at least 12 outputs

4 Intercom stations

1 Set of walkie-talkies



MICROPHONES

2 Shure SM-91.

2 Shure Beta 52.

8 Shure SM-57.

2 Shure KSM-32.

4 Shure SM-Beta 58 A.

8 Shure SM-98 Beta with clip for drum toms.

4 Neumann KM 184.

4 AKG C-414-TL II.

4 Shure Beta 58 UHFR series (antennas, splitters, combiners and necessary accessories)

8 BSS AR 133 active direct boxes.

4 Optogate.

6 LP clamps.

20 large black Beyer/K&M stands with boom.

12 small black Beyer/K&M stands with boom.



MONITORS

8 SENNHEISER EK 3253 IEMs with 3256 receivers in ranges A, B, C and D.

4 SHURE PSHW-600 PSM wired ear monitors

Antennas, splitters, combiners, cabling and necessary accessories.

2 Drum shakers (attachable to the drummer's throne).

8 Variphone UM-2 IEM earpieces.

2 Sony V-900 / 7506 headphones or equivalent.

9 L-Acoustics 115 XT Hi Q floor monitors. With crossovers and amps for 6 independent sends



CONTROL

1 DIGICO D1 console with Optocore inputs.

1 Stage rack 56 (same configuration as P.A.)

1 5-10 meter fiber optic cable and 3 BNC coaxial cables of the same length.

1 Local rack with 8 mic inputs / 16 line inputs / at least 32 line outputs.

1 WiFi router for remote control use.

1 Complete Win Radio scanner software/hardware system with tablet or laptop PC



LIGHTING EQUIPMENT RIDER

STRUCTURE

16 X 13 MOTHER GRID + 2 16M TRUSSES PARALLEL TO THE STAGE FRONT + 2 2M EXTENSIONS FOR FOLLOWSPOTS, PROLYTE B100 OR SIMILAR IN BLACK

22 M OF THOMAS SUPERTRUSS 76X52 IN BLACK

2 10 M SECTIONS OF SQUARE TRUSS 40X40 IN BLACK

5 COMPLETE PROLYTE CIRCULAR SQUARE 40X40 TRUSSES IN BLACK:

H40V-R775-24

H40V-R625-16

H40V-R475-16

H40V-R325-8

H40V-R200-8

8 40X40 TRUSSES + BASES IN BLACK

10 BLACK 10 M PIPES FOR PIXELS ON GRID

10 BLACK 3 M PIPES FOR PIXELS ON REAR FRAME

10 1-TON CHAIN HOISTS + SPARE

26 VARIABLE-SPEED CHAIN HOISTS + 2 SPARE

2 1/2-TON CHAIN HOISTS FOR BACKDROP

2 TRUSS CHAIRS



LIGHTING

28 THOMAS PIXEL LINE 1044 + SPARE

20 STUDIO DUE CS4

8 MAC 2000 WASH

36 VL 3000 SPOT + 2 SPARE

63 VL 2416 + 3 SPARE

7 VL 2415 + SPARE

72 VL-5 CLEAR LENS + 5 SPARE

114 VERSA TUBES + 10 SPARE + DRIVE + TFT DVI

2 SYNCROLITE B-52

19 THOMAS 8-LITE BLINDERS

19 WYBRON MOLEFAY SCROLLERS + SPARE

52 MARTIN ATOMIC 3000 + 2 SPARE

44 MARTIN ATOMIC COLORS + SPARE

2 TRUSS FOLLOWSPOTS WITH 1/4 ORANGE, LEE 181, 26 AND 119

16 SOURCE 4 PAR + BASES + LEE 201

8 ADB 2KW PROFILE SPOTS + LEE 201

4 ARAMIS 2500W + 1/4 ORANGE AND MINUS GREEN

1 GRAND MA + 2 NSP + 1 ETHERNET SWITCH RACK + 2 17" TFT

1 AVO PEARL 2004

1 UPS FOR THE MEDIA SERVERS



MISCELLANEOUS

1 BLACK TULLE BACKDROP

6 12 X 3 M BLACK TULLE LEGS FOR THE SIDES

1 INTERCOM SYSTEM: 2 FOH, 2 FOLLOWSPOTS, 1 DIMMERS, 1 MOTOR CONTROL, 1 VIDEO CONTROL

4 MDG HO HAZE GENERATORS

8 UNIQUE HAZERS

12 SAHARA FANS

1 ANEMOMETER

2 WIFI CAMS, 1 ON GRID, 1 AT MONITORS + INFRARED FOR VIEWING AT CONTROL

3 VL 3000 GOBOS



Tokio Hotel

For their part, the German band Tokio Hotel also came to Spain with Fluge and ASL lighting. Overnight, this group went from being a completely unknown band to playing big concerts all over Europe in front of legions of frenzied fans.



For those who don't know them, Tokio Hotel is a band led by twins. The first, the face of the group, is a teenager with an androgynous look and a striking hairdo who seems to drive girls crazy; the second has a more urban look, straight out of the Bronx. Both have been making music since they were 4, so it's no surprise that success came to them at such an early age. At 13 they recorded their first album, and by 17 they were stars far beyond their borders. Worldwide success came thanks to a compilation album gathering their hits up to that point, translated into English, which was released in 2007.



In Spain they already have an impressive fan club, who this summer were able to enjoy them live for the first time with Fluge.



You can check out the quality of the riders the company provided to both bands in the lists included.



SOUND EQUIPMENT LIST

P.A.

32 L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC cabinets

24 L-ACOUSTICS 218 subwoofers

4 MEYER CQ cabinets, frontfill

4 MEYER CQ cabinets, downfill

8 MARTIN F2 stacks for outfill (ground-stacked)

Motors and flying systems



CONTROL

1 MIDAS HERITAGE H-3000 console

2 Dolby Lake

1 KLARK TEKNIK DN-360 equalizer

2 DBX-166 compressors

4 DRAWMER DS-201 noise gates

1 TC ELECTRONIC M-2000 multi-effects

1 YAMAHA SPX-990/900 multi-effects

1 TC ELECTRONIC 2290 delay

1 Compact disc player

Intercom



MONITORS

Supplied by the artist



MICROPHONES

Supplied by the artist



CONTROL

Supplied by the artist

Required infrastructure



LIGHTING EQUIPMENT RIDER

28 MAC 2000 WASH

33 VL 3000 SPOT

15 8-LAMP BLINDERS

10 ATOMIC 3000

4 2500 FOLLOWSPOTS

4 SMOKE MACHINES WITH FANS

1 GRAND MA