Killing Vine

We love these photos!  Shot by the Audio Team.

Rustic Wedding

Two weeks ago we provided our lighting and audio services for a wedding weekend. Friday night guests staying in the town of Calistoga took a short walk to Pioneer Park for the rehersal dinner. We provided iPod Playback as well as wireless microphones for toasts. Bamboo lanterns and candles provided dinner light. For the wedding we provided sound for the ceremony, DJ, and toasts. The lighting consisted of 14 - 6' wooden planks with holes cut for Mason Jars. In each jar was a 4hr. burning candle. It was really neat to watch at the end of the night flicker out.

We have moved!

It has been about 2 weeks since we moved into our new office and shop. We are still located in Oakland. The building has had a modern redevelopment from what was the old Oakland Towel Factory, Inc . It is only 8 blocks from our last location. We love the charm which includes a vault upstairs! What is amazing, is all of the bits and pieces of stuff we hold onto. "We might need that someday" was heard a lot over the years. We'll post some photos when we get a little more organized here! Have a good start to your summer!

Cheers!
Ben & Marcel

Flaming Lotus Girls

We were asked to light a large scale art sculpture made by the Flaming Lotus Girls last weekend. We have such a great time when we light this piece. It normally has fire lit on each vertebrae as well as the mouth. There are also various controls that the audience has access to when it is on fire. It is interactive fire art. The egg unfolds and there are various fire effects built into that. They asked us to light it because they couldn't do fire effects in this space. This was an event held on Treasure Island in San Francisco and was produced by the Opulent Temple which had Carl Cox as the headlining DJ. The Serpent Mother is such an amazing work of art and the party was a great setting to display it! Here is a link to a Flickr set by Jess Hobbs that shows off the lighting and the Serpent beautifully.

Mexico

The MX Beat Festival last night in Monterrey was a huge success.  I mixed In-Ears and wedges on a Yamaha PM1D, which is basically just like a PM5D.  We knocked out load-in and soundcheck in less than one and a half hours and were off to dinner for some tacos camarones.   The band travels fairly stripped-down and straightforward which make them perfect for festivals.

We have two more shows, in Guadalajara and Mexico City next weekend.  The band will enjoy a few days off and I will be traveling to Decemberists rehearsals in Portland tomorrow.  I will meet back w/ Vampire Weekend next Friday for their last two Mexican shows.

The Serpent Mother

We are working again with The Flaming Lotus Girls to light The Serpent Mother this weekend at the Opulent Temple fund raiser at Treasure Island. We've worked with the FLG's on various past projects including lighting their piece, the Angel of the Apocalypse, at the Space Cowboys GhostShip Halloween party.

The Serpent is going up right now. Here's a nice time lapse of load-in, day 2.


Flaming Lotus Girls, Serpent Mother, Installation Day 2 from jason chinn on Vimeo.

There's also a post on LaughingSquid.   Unfortunately I cannot be there since I will be in Mexico with Vampire Weekend.  Have fun, safety third!

52nd SFIFF

We are proud to announce our sponsorship for the 52nd Annual San Francisco International Film Festival.   This will be our 4th year as a festival sponsor, providing lighting, audio and technical support for the awards and music events held at the Castro Theater and other San Francisco venues.   We're really looking forward to working with Jeremy Stevermer and his crew once again.