We always love a good party at OneEightyOne, and especially when we can be a big part of it. So we were very excited to hear that we could contribute to one of the biggest dance festivals of the world: Tomorrowland!
Tomorrowland started with the first festival in 2005, and every year they have a lot of visitors. In 2014 there were 360.000 visitors. This year the dance festival had a very impressive line-up, like Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Avicii, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, Hardwell and Tiesto.
OneEightyOne could contribute to the biggest eye-cather of Tomorrowland 2015; the Mainstage! This enormous stage was 140 meters wide and 42 meters high.
Our share was the DMX controllable lighting of several ornaments like the gemstones on the DJ booth and the vases next to it. But also the stairs and the big pillars. For each of these elements we had a suitable product, like our RGBW Downlights. With this variety we could create a lot of creative options for the light technicians.
The gigantic doors which revealed a big LED screen, were a element which really stands out. These doors had 2 types of RGB Power LEDs (for example DiGiDot P9 Powerstrip), which emitted a lot of light. Another special element was the big M, which stands for ‘ The Secret Kingdom of Melodia’, which was the theme of this year. The M was outlined with 80 meters of the DiGidot RGB high res LED strip. The small pixel pitch created an amazing light output and smooth effects.
In this gigantic project our in house developed C-4 controller was the invisible but indispensable force to control the large number of channels and universes. The complete LED installation was controlled by only 8 C-4 controllers!
This year the complete stage will make a tour to Brasil and the USA, so that’s why we have made it completely plug and play. For every set of lighting the complete controlsystem was delivered in waterproof, labeled installation boxes with truss clamps.