Razzmatazz Barcelona lights up electronic music concerts with Elation Cuepix Panel

The Led lighting technology of this manufacturer has provided new visual and creative possibilities in the different rooms of Razzmatazz, one of the most popular nightlife destinations in the city of Barcelona, with the installation of ten units of the matrix Led Cuepix Panel.

With the capacity to 4.000 people, Sala Razzmatazz is one of the most popular nightlife destinations in the city of Barcelona and is considered one of the most prestigious in Europe in terms of live events and performances by well-known DJ's.. Internationally recognized artists such as Coldplay, Kanye West, The Strokes or Arctic Monkeys, and electronic music such as Kraftwerk, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin or Skrillex among many others, have acted in the same.

their 3.700 square meters of surface area, divided into five different spaces (Razz Club, The Loft, Pop Bar, Lolita and Rex Room), have turned Razzmatazz into a unique venue, that combines live music performances with spaces for electronic music on weekend nights and where technological innovation is a fundamental element.

The Razzmatazz Room, which celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this autumn with a series of concerts and special events that will take place until the end of the year, has relied on the technology of Elation Professional, whose products it sells in the Spanish market visualsvisual, installing ten units of the matrix Led Cuepix Panel this manufacturer, with the aim of offering new visual and creative possibilities in its different rooms, both for live concerts and for electronic music sessions.

As Magdalena Kozlowska explains, responsible for lighting of the Sala Razzmatazz, "We have an established lighting technician rider but, for according to which artists, We rent extra devices. Usually we get guidelines from booking / hiring artists on the aesthetics that each group or DJ wants for their show".

In this sense, Kozlowska stresses that blinding arrays with incandescent lamps and a warm white beam "have always been very popular with artists and visitors., and we have rented them for many assemblies. Once we saw the possibilities of the Cuepix Panel of Elation and it was clear to us that in a space like ours they would be a hit".

Cuepix Panel from Elation Professional is a Led matrix that has twenty-five COB Led modules (chip-on-board) RGB 30 watts each, for one power per panel of 750 Watts.

A robust and durable design is combined with various communication possibilities with lighting controllers, thanks to its In and Out DMX connectors in 3 and 5 pin, as well as RJ45/Ethercon In and Out, and its compatibility with Art-Net and Klingnet lighting control protocols (Arkaos).

The ten units installed in Razzmatazz are used in the different rooms of the enclosure, according to the technical needs of each event, and are frequently used in the hall for concerts and DJ sessions, The Loft, where they are installed behind the DJ booth, and also in the main room Razz Club, where they offer visual resources to the bands that perform on that stage.

"For live music we use a lot of the Cuepix Panel on the floor or hung individually on the truss - points out Kozlowska-. When we manage them by Art-Net with visual content and videos, especially for electronic music sessions, They are usually assembled in configurations of 10×1, 5×2, 3×3 and, Sometimes, on tripods".

Xavi Prats, Technical Director of Razzmatazz, adds that the Cuepix Panel are the first product in the Elation Professional catalog that have been installed in the room and "our experience has been very positive. We did not have Elation material in our room rider and the result has been very satisfactory. The value for money is very good. In addition, the feedback we have had with the technicians of invited artists has also been favorable and this has led us to offer our Cuepix Panel within the usual room rider for visiting artists".

The speed when assembling different Cuepix Panel units, in addition to its construction, They have also been an element in favor for this technical director: "They are quite robust devices., but with just the right weight to be handled by a single person. One of the features to highlight is its versatility to use it with three different communication protocols (DMX, Art-Net and Klingnet) and also the many visual possibilities it offers when programming a show".

In this same line, The person in charge of lighting of the room, He emphasizes that "they have a great versatility of colors, Less consumption than conventional blinding arrays and the beam they emit, even at maximum brightness, does not harm the retina. Personally, I really like assemblies; It is very clean and the video guys have achieved quite amazing effects, Using software for video-jockeys (VJs) and the Art-Net lighting control protocol, in much less time than the time invested with a conventional light tables".

Visual effects and pixel-mapping

For electronic music sessions held from Monday to Friday and also on the weekend in Razzmatazz, Cuepix Panel is used with content launched from computers and software for VJs, and not from a conventional lighting table. This solution provides great flexibility and is faster when it comes to programming and achieving spectacular visual effects.

"For the concerts," says Kozlowska.- I like to use each appliance as a light source. Create beautiful color baths, A curtain of enveloping color. It is also very effective as a backlight effect.".

Cuepix Panel installations in Razzmatazz often show pixel-mapping effects created by the room's VJ team, as described by Eloi Costilludo, VJ in Razzmatazz, whose designs are often based on texts and visual accompaniments with abstract and rhythmic forms in monochromatic cycles, according to the music that the DJ is playing.

"The Cuepix Panel - explains Costilludo- show minimal delay when I send them content and have a high brightness. The economics of using Cat-5 network cabling for long runs and full control of video content displayed, through the Art-Net protocol and from my control software, They are also qualities that I like a lot.".

specifically, when launching the signal exclusively in Art-Net mode, Costilludo assures that "the control is absolute and I only depend on the DMX mapping and IP addresses as far as the Cuepix Panel is concerned..

That freedom means that it can exploit the device at levels far superior to what is programmable with its macros or with a lighting table".

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