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Night Fever-style matrix LED dancefloor in Yesterday. It has also
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lined the venue with several miles of LED tape.
It is in the vast space of Tomorrow that the effects really come into
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their own. The dancefloor geometric is conceived around concentric
profile nightclub in Milton Keynes, the centerpiece of the Xscape
12-metre diameter and six metre diameter Prolyte circular ceiling
Entertainment hub, into an escapist environment of its own, known
truss, the inner suspending the lighting fixtures, while the exterior
as Wonderworld.
truss also mounts the sound system.
This new 1,800 capacity surreal themed venue on the site of the
Up on the inner circular truss are eight SGM Idea Beam 300's,
former Oceana, has been designed into a nightclub twin-scene, re­
complemented by eight SGM Galileo 1200's. These scatter beams
spectively named Tomorrow and Yesterday. The complex includes the
around the 3D pixel tube centrepiece. This is formed of 12 x 3-metre
enchanted Secret Garden cocktail lounge (set behind wrought iron
spokes, emanating from a central point, with 12 xl-metre double­
gates), a resplendent red VIP lounge, three private rooms and various
sided LED sticks running off each, proViding a total of 144 rods,
other 'secret' rooms, which concealed behind faux doors and sliding
Each has individual pixel control to produce a unique circular 3D
bookcases. All are linked by a labyrinth of walkways, flanked by infin­
effect.
ity mirrors, astroturfed walls and colour-changing LED tape.
Based on the prototype first seen at Home in Lincoln, this now forms
Working with main contractor, Optik Leisure, and the inspired interior
part of the SGM catalogue. Stated LED Projects' Ian Kirby, "While
ideas of Dakota Design's Terri Naylor - most notably a large fibre
Home was configured in a rectangle, as Wonderworld has a circular
glowing oak tree through the centre - Nightlife Consultancy has
room we wanted to apply a circular 3D effect and this really shows
equipped the major spaces with RCF loudspeakers, as part of a
the versatility of the 3D concept."
complete multimedia integration which includes two highly-specced
Another highlight is SGM's new generation strobe effects - with six
DJ / LJ stations.
X-5 LED strobes flooding the dancefloor with white light and pulsing
Alongside this, inspired retro and new age lighting, including a be­
the dancefloor like a kinetic snowstorm.
spoke 3D SGM pixel-rod centrepiece, has helped Stephen Thomas'
By replacing the traditional strobe's xenon light source with powerful
evolVing leisure company maintain the futuristic and retro themes
LED (in this case 2,970 LED's) - coupled with 160 0 lens and 0 0 _
respectively.
180 tilt - SGM is providing a more creative palette for LDs, without
SGM's UK distributor, LED Projects provided lighting design support,
the need for high wattage power supply.
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ARGUABLY INSPIRED BY LEWIS CARROLL'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND, FORMER HIGH PROFILE CLUB
OCEANA HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO AN ESCAPIST ENVIRONMENT FULL OF FAUX DOORS, A
LABYRINTH OF WALKWAYS, GLOWING TREES, SLIDING BOOKCASES AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
Also featured are 48 generic Par 64 lanterns fitted with Raylights and
His product selection ranges from the strident n + subs, set on the
12 Chauvet COLORdash LED pars for use over the stage.
truss over the main Tomorrow dancefloor to the stylish, powered RCF
Immersed in the sea of LED tape and infinity mirrors Yesterday's
Art enclosures, playing background music in the private boutique
tiled matrix dancefloor indeed recalls a bygone era, the graduated
Mind, Soul & Body rooms. All were selected for their high perfor­
dancefloor hues animated further, by beams from eight SGM IDEA
mance, evenness of coverage and unobtrusive footprint.
Scan 250's.
But first he designed digital network architecture, based around a dbx
Adding to the traditional flavour, Yesterday features 12 Chauvet
SC-32 32-channel digital matrix processor. The DSP itself contains
Sweeper LED fixtures, 10 Abstract HeliLED fixtures that emulate
several EO scene presets including the main club scene fire evacua­
the classic helicopter effect, and no fewer than 172 of the classic
tion, conference mode, OJ stage and live band mode.
GE4515 recessed pinspot.
For general purpose loudspeakers, Dorney chose RCF's Acustica
If the overhead magic is delivered by those effects, mounted on a four
C3108 compact, wide dispersion, low visibility speakers. Six of these
metre by two metre Prolyte rectangular truss, then the dancefloor, un­
are distributed in the Secret Garden, accompanied by three comple­
derlit with LED tape, marks another piece of magic. The floor itself is
mentary S4012 subs set discreetly behind unobtrusive grilles. These
sound activated, based on a cross beam, wooden sub-frame, with two
will take any of the above feeds - selected locally from the remote
layers of toughened glass under a diffuser. While the LEOs concealed
ZC-1 zone control wall panels.
in each of the 500mm x 500mm panels are driven individually on their
Stroll anywhere along the walkways (and into the toilets), and the
own DMX channels the overhead gobos add more texture to the slabs
aural experience will be forever delivered via large quantities of RCF's
of saturated colour.
PL60FD flush-mount 100V line ceiling speakers.
The retro theme has been delivered to perfection with all dynamic and
Three of the most coveted spaces are the themed private lounges
decorative lighting throughout the venue run off ShowCAD Artist.
- which can double as karaoke rooms - with Regency styled chairs.
Having worked with RCF back in Monitor 5 days, Nightlife Consul­
Respectively named Mind, Body & Soul, they come complete with
tancy system designer Mark Dorney was familiar with RCF's pedigree
their own 46-inch HD TVs, controllable from an Android tablet, and
and chose it primarily for the clarity it delivered from different sound
minibars. Customers can choose their own sound source and in these
sources; this includes live bands, hard dance tracks from the DJs
bijou spaces Nightlife has sited a pair of RCF ART 408-A Mil enclo­
brace of Pioneer CDJ 2000's, and background music from MP3
sures, accompanied by an RCF Ayra 10 aei:ive subwoofer. "This is a
players. He said he always knew RCF drivers sounded "fabulous" and
lovely sounding box and vital if they want to hold a karaoke session,"
again it has lived up to expectations.
states Mark Dorney of the latter.
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The journey through time continues into the large nightclub. named
Tomorrow dubbed 'The Playground of the Future'. Around the pe­
riphery of the dancefloor Oorney has chosen six of RCF's C311 0 full
range speakers, with rotatable horns, set in portrait mode and it was
this flexibility of orientation that drove his decision.
But his carefully worked system design came unstuck when he was
prevented from floor standing the subs he had earmarked. "It was
also impractical to put them in the bulkhead so we had to fly the
subs from the overhead truss," he reports. Instead Oorney turned to
RCF's n + range - selecting six nS28 direct radiating, large format
subwoofers, using flyware from Rope Assemblies.
Interspersed between are six RCF Acustica H 1312 three way horn
loaded controlled dispersion enclosures - chosen for their combina­
tion of low weight and "punchy crispness." Some near fills prOVide
extra presence at the stage. A stylish OJ workstation has been
bespoke manufactured by Nightlife Consultancy, with apertures cut
to house the Pioneer COJ-2000's, OJM-2000 mixer and Soundcraft
MFX20 band mixer. And with a well equipped processing rack along­
side - featuring mostly Behringer dynamics - the OJ could think they
were in the cockpit of an F 1 car.
The main OJ area is further seNiced by three dB Technologies T4
line array, providing nearfills over the stage area, two dB Technolo­
gies Flexsys M 12 floor monitors, a pair of dB Technologies Flex 10's
and Sub 120 for OJ monitoring, with a similar spec provided for OJs
operating in Yesterday).
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world of Yesterday, six RCF C31 08's take care of the peripheral
sound, while on the high-energy dancefloor two RCF S8028 subs
provide LF extension to the six low profile RCF C41 28 boxes - flown
horizontally - a periect footprint for the low-clad ceiling and for the
directional punchiness required, according to Mark Dorney. Here
the DJ is equipped with a pair of Pioneer CDJ-900's and DJM-800
mixer.
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six further RCF C31 08s in landscape format and two RCF S401 2
subs in each corner. In other secret rooms, three sets of Ohm's styl­
ish BootiOue active satellite speakers can be found (each comprising
two mid-highs and a sub). As for amplification, all passive speakers
are driven by RCF matched amps, with Nightlife Consultancy design­
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mode, with one amp per sub. For the full range enclosures, three
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while the mids and high end are assigned to two HPS 1500's. Adas­
for Yesterday - and the remainder of the venue - a DPS 3000, three
HPS 2500's and two HPS 1500's have been specified - with UPS
provided as back-up power supply.
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1 It RCF 54012 sub bass cabinet; 6 x RCF Art 8 loudspeaker; I:::
3 x RCF Ayra 10 SUB sub bass cabinet; 13 x RCF PL·60FD
ceiling speaker; 6 x RCF C4128 mid/high loudspeaker, 2 x
Ref sa028 sub bass cabinet; 12 x ReF HPS-1500 amplifier, 8
x RCF HPS-2500 amplifier; 7 x RCF 0P5-3000 amplifier, 3 x dB :.
Technologies T4 line array cabinet; 4 x dB Technologies Flex 10
: OJ monitor; 2 x dB Technologies Sub 120 OJ monitor sub bass;
Assigned to Tomorrow are eight RCF DPS 3000's, run in bridge
RCF HPS 2500, bridged in 4-ohm pairs, run the 12-inch LF section
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6 It RCF H1312 mid/high loudspeaker; 6 x RCF TIS28 sub
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C3108 mid/high loudspeaker; 5 x ReF 54012 sub bass cabinet;
Elsewhere, concealed behind a faux bookcase is a door leading to
the VIP Lounge, alive with LED and red furnishing, which contains
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2 x dB Technologies Flexsys M12 stage monitor, 4 x Nightlife
Consultancy Vl.F-212 sub bass cabinet; 2 x Nightlife Consultancy !
HOX·1800; 3 x Ohm BootiQue system (each comprising 2
mid/high loudspeaker and 1 It subwoofer); 1 x Soundcraft MFXi·
20 mixing desk; 4 It dbx Sc-32 system processor; 1 x dbx ZC·fire
controller, 7 x dbx ZeaEU co,ntroller; 1 x Behringer MOX·2600 •
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composer Pro XL 1; 1 x Behringer MOX·2600 composer Pro XL
1; 1 It Behringer MOX-4600 Mullicom Pro XL 1; 4 x Behringer
01-100 Direct Injection box; 3 x Behringer OMOX-4600 quad
compressor, 1 x Alesis Midiverb 4 effects unit; 1 x Phonic ppc.
8000E power conditioner; 3 x AKG WMS-450 C-5 condenser !
radio mic; 4 x AKG 0-5 microphone; 2 x Pioneer CDJ-2000 CD
player; 1 It Pioneer OlM-2000 OJ mixer; 2 x Pioneer COJ-900 CD •
player; 1 x Pioneer OJM-800 mixer
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Once again, Nightlife Consultancy has specified the visual elements
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venue, taking Freeview HD and internet feeds, and a custom PTZ
8 x SGM Galileo 1200 scanner; 8 x SGM Idea Beam 300 moving
head; 6 x SGM X-5 LED strobe; 144 x SGM Pixel tube array (12 x
spokes of 12 It tubes) with individual pixel control; 6 x SGM Idea
Scan 250 scanner, 12 x Chauvet COLORdash LED washlight; 12
x Chauvet Sweeper LED fixture; 10 It Abstract HeliLED fixture;
1 x custom made 175·tile LED dancefloor; 48 x Par 64 lanterns
fitted with rayllghts; 172 It Par 36 Pinspots; 1 x Prolyte 6·metre
truss circle; 1 x Prolyte 6-metre truss circle; 1 It Prolyte 4-metre
x 2-metre truss; 3 x Showcad control system; 2 x Madrix control
system; 6 x PulsarOataPak 1210/1805 dimmer pack
camera (with HD upscaling) routing to all screens. As previously
stated, custom Android tablets prOVide lighting and visual control for
the three suites, VIP and Secret room displays, with source switch­
ing carried out by Kramer devices. In Tomorrow, a Mitsubishi ceiling
mounted HD video projector fires onto an Elite 135-inch electric
video screen while there is also a 2m wide custom reveal screen to
the front of the main stage.
Inviting patrons to "discover a new world", Wonderworld ticks all the
boxes. The club's General Manager Jay Davidson, is delighted with
the outcome, stating that the venue's technology is a vast improve­
ment on its predecessor, and credits Nightlife for the immense
amount of work conducted in a short space of time. "The sound and
lighting systems are now phenomenal," he says. "The atmosphere
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14 It LG LK530T 42-inch LCD monitor, 1 x custom PTZ camera; 2
x Kramer VS·66H 4x4 HOMI matrix switcher; 14 x Kramer HOMI
over Cat 6 sender/receiver, 6 x Kramer VM2HX.L HOMI splitter; 1
x dbx ZC-9EU remote wall plate; 1 x Mitsubishi UL-7400u video
projector, 1 It Elite 135UWH2BK electric video screen; Custom
2-melre wide screen for stage frontage
has been transformed.
"In Tomorrow people have been in awe of the Iightshow, while in
Yesterday the lighting has given the venue a true retro feel." Wl
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