His rack also houses TC M6000 multichannel-FX processors, Avalon VT-737DP channel strip and a Klark Teknik DN9650 digital network bridge. I’m very happy with Brit Row’s service, but as a production manager, you have to listen to your engineers, and to what equipment they want to use from which company.”īoth Laughton and Donovan opt to mix on a Midas PRO2, with Ian choosing custom racks of analogue outboard gear for a “warm sound.” Britannia Row invested in vintage GML 8900 compressors for Laughton some years ago. Two Door Cinema Club Production Manager Bennie Brongers also likes to keep his engineers happy: “Brit Row are one of my suppliers of choice, and they are my FOH and monitor engineers’ first choice. They’re producing very dedicated and intelligent audio techs who are on their way to becoming great engineers in the future, so they’re doing something right.” The quality and enthusiasm of the crew they send us is great. “The best thing you can do is get trainees on the road and into real life touring experience. Laughton says this is where Britannia Row’s Training Academy comes into its own and ensures its engineer are a real asset to any tour he works on. “The band’s management came to the first of two nights in Manchester and said not only was it the best gig they’d heard at that venue (the notoriously tricky Victoria Warehouse), but possibly the best they’d ever heard the band sound live.” “I’m very happy with how this tour’s going,” Laughton continues. The audio team’s combined efforts have been noted in the band’s close circles. The band’s engineers are joined by Britannia Row’s seasoned system tech Cesar Lopez, newly qualified stage tech Jacopo Fois and second system tech Giacomo Gasparini. They want a pretty different vibe compared to their recorded sound, and I love that I have to be able to put my own touch on whatever I work on,” says Laughton, who works closely with Monitor Engineer Steve Donovan. “A great thing about mixing this band is that they want you to put your own stamp on it.
Northern Ireland’s new wave indie pop trio return to touring with fourth studio album, False Alarm, continuing a worldwide relationship with Britannia Row Productions.Īlex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths), Kevin Baird (bass, synths, backing vocals) and Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals) have honed a unique live sound in recent years, in no small part due to FOH mixer Ian Laughton, a long-time Britannia Row customer who has live engineered the ‘Clubs shows for over five years.
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