When Cassius Creative first got its hands on GLP’s then new JDC Line 1000 some 18 months ago, the world was in lockdown and the band they were lighting – psych-pop act Glass Animals – were presented to their fans as an internet live stream only.
However, the event was widely acclaimed, not least by Foals’ lead singer Yannis Philippakis. The outcome is that Cassius Creative (collectively Chris 'Squib' Swain and Dan Hill) has been brought on board for the first time to light Foals’ European tour which included four sold-out nights at London’s Olympia, and which is overseen by production manager Mark Jones and crew chief Scotty Owen.
Cassius Creative’s first port of call to provide counterpoint to a video-heavy show was the JDC Line 1000 – but this time in much larger quantities. To fulfil the inventory of 140 fixtures used as the backdrop, vendor Lite Alternative made a large investment in the hybrid fixture, which combines a powerful strobe line with a unique LED pixel-mapping stick.