Many happy returns to founding member of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters on his 80th birthday! Labeled as the conceptual rock ‘n roll genius and creative force behind the band during their golden era. Roger has been keeping busy these past few years and you can catch him performing two nearly sold out shows in London at the Palladium performing his new Redux version of The Dark Side of the Moon produced by Gus Seyffert. Those will take place just before Roger and the band head to South America for his next leg of the This Is Not A Drill tour in late October through early December. Happy Birthday Roger! We hope you enjoy your day!
Monthly Archives: September 2023
The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Tour PA – PLASA Show 2023
As part of their “Classic Gear Live” attraction, the PLASA show which is being held from 3rd September through 5th September at the Olympia in London will have Pink Floyd’s touring PA from their 1973 ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon Tour’ on display playing live throughout the event. The PLASA show showcases the latest and greatest in Audio/Video, Lighting, Rigging and Staging technology.
At this year’s PLASA Show (3-5 September, London Olympia), LSi magazine’s popular column Classic Gear will be brought to life on the show floor via a new attraction called Classic Gear Live. In association with CH Vintage Audio, the display will enable visitors to experience for themselves a range of defining products from the last 50-plus years and meet some of the people who made and used them.
Throughout its 38-year history, PLASA’s LSi magazine has looked forward, covering the never-ending stream of innovations in the live production industry and the shows and people that create and use those innovations on spectacular new shows, events and installations. For 17 years of that history, LSi has also looked back, with Rob Halliday’s popular Classic Gear column taking a light-hearted, nostalgic look at the products that have shaped the industry from throughout its history. Now the column is hitting the show floor and linking up with the team behind last year’s popular vintage audio display.
Set to be showcased in Classic Gear Live are: The PA system from Pink Floyd’s 1973 Dark Side of the Moon tour, which will be playing live at certain times during the show in celebration of the album’s 50th anniversary. Also with a strong Pink Floyd connection, the remarkable Vari-Lite Artisan control console, along with the VL2 and VL4 moving lights that defined the modern era of automated lighting
To register to attend PLASA Show 2023 for free and experience this heritage equipment first-hand, visit: https://register.visitcloud.com/survey/02xe6zwqjxb4w?actioncode=WB1
Find out more about Classic Gear Live at PLASA Show: https://www.plasashow.com/whats-on#VINTAGE%20LIGHTING%20&%20AUDIO
To find out more about how CH Vintage Audio obtained the PA used by Pink Floyd you can check out the interview below:
Talking Dark Side of the Moon PA with Mark Radcliffe and Chris Hewitt
The Orb and David Gilmour – Metallic Spheres In Colour: Movement 1 – Excerpt (Official Music Video)
The Orb and David Gilmour release the official music video for Metallic Spheres In Colour: Movement 1 – Excerpt.
The 2010 album Metallic Spheres by The Orb and David Gilmour has been reimagined and remixed as Metallic Spheres In Colour and will be released on 29th September, on LP, CD, and digital including Dolby Atmos and 360RA.
The Orb & David Gilmour - Metallic Spheres In Colour: Movement 1 - Excerpt (4K Official Music Video)
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Video by Kavi Karnapura das
Album artwork created by Simon Ghahary http://www.ghahary.com
Of this new reimagining producer Youth says “The idea for Metallic Spheres In Colour, was that Alex Paterson (founder of The Orb) could have done more on the first version, and he didn’t really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets Wish You Were Here. So, I asked him why don’t we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it’s almost like a completely different album.” The original Metallic Spheres album initially released in 2010 was created almost by accident. In late Spring 2009 David Gilmour entered the studio to record the Graham Nash track Chicago/Change The World, originally by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with all proceeds going to the campaign for the British hacker Gary McKinnon, who was facing extradition to the USA (later overturned and he faced no prosecution in the UK). The song also featured vocals from Chrissie Hynde, Bob Geldof and Gary himself and the campaign was also supported by Peter Gabriel, Sting and the actress Julie Christie. Ambient pioneers The Orb and producer Youth also lent their support to the campaign by remixing the track and they asked if David Gilmour would contribute further guitar parts at Youth’s studio, The Dreaming Cave, in Wandsworth. Youth and Orb leader Alex Paterson turned this session into two ambient suites, the 28 minute ‘Metallic’ and the 20-minute ‘Spheres’ and released under the name Metallic Spheres, again with all proceeds going to Gary’s campaign. The album was one of the first major releases to be issued in a version of surround sound called 3D60 Audio and remains a favourite among headphone aficionados.