Serrat and Sabina turn to MAC Aura on their tour 'Two birds fight back’

‘Two birds fight back‘, the second tour that Spanish singer-songwriters Joan Manuel Serrat and Joaquín Sabina are doing together to present their new album entitled ‘The Titanic Orchestra‘, is using 34 MAC Aura LED moving head projectors supplied by the sound and lighting rental company MFO Producciones.

Lighting designer Oscar Gallardo has opted for a MAC Aura lighting platform by Martin Professional low consumption and cost-saving for the new tour of Joan Manuel Serrat and Joaquín Sabina. After the spectacular success of their first tour ‘Two birds with one stone‘, Serrat and Sabina have launched their second tour ‘Two birds fight back‘, which will tour Spain and Latin America this summer and next autumn.

Oscar Gallardo is one of the most relevant lighting artists on the Spanish scene, and has lit up the shows of Serrat and Sabina for years, as well as other top-level artists such as David Bisbal, Luz Casal, Alleged Suspects, Rosana and many more.

Proven power

In the show of Serrat and Sabina, This prestigious lighting designer uses 34 compact moving head floodlights with MAC Aura LED technology, an element that he chose for its power and brilliance, as well as cost and energy savings.

Gallardo explained that “The decision was a difficult one, since the stage is quite large, but after the first test with the MAC Aura there was no doubt, was the product for this tour. Effective colour transmission and colour control, The surprising power, the great speed of movement with remarkable precision. After the first performance, everyone loved the Aura”.

The MAC Aura offers eye-catching effects “aura” in addition to the functions it is capable of thanks to its wash-type lens and its fully pre-mixed colors. Its innovative optical system combines multicolored LEDs with a background color (backlight) aura-type to generate a novel visual range that takes the synthetic appearance of LED to achieve unique lighting designs.

Weight and cost savings

The MAC Aura work on stage in combination with 1200W moving head spot projectors. With the choice of MAC Aura over other floodlights with a discharge lamp, have been saved an overweight of 1.000 Kilos, Oscar Gallardo highlights.

“The assembly team was also happy with the choice. An assembler can carry up to four Auras in his arms”, has pointed out. “Normally an aircraft has to be carried by two people.” According to the tour manager of the tour, the success of the Aura is also reflected in the balance sheet, since you are saving more than 1.000 Eurosper day between generators and transport costs. “It is also important to take into account the ecological aspect in the use of the MAC Aura. Less energy consumption means less CO2 emissions into the atmosphere”, added the lighting technician.

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