Lab.gruppen powers HK Audio monitor system on Feeder’s ‘Renegades’ Tour
2010 marked the release of the Feeder’s 7th album ‘Renegades’, seeing them embark on a sell-out international tour, with Lab.gruppen’s FP 10000Q specified to power an HK Audio Countour Series monitor system.
With a set-list full of hits such as ‘Just the way I’m feeling’, ‘Come back around’, ‘Lost & Found’ and of course the classic crowd pleasing singalong (“CD player, player, player!”) ‘Buck Rogers’, Grant, Taka and Karl truly got Leeds bouncing off the walls before taking the tone down with their single ‘Down by the river’ from their new album.
As part of the live rig, the guys used a pair of HK Audio CT115 Contour™ Series monitors each powered by 2 channels of a Lab.gruppen FP 10000Q amplifier, and controlled by an HK Audio DSM 2060 speaker management processor.
Taking the drum seat for the tour is renowned session drummer Karl Brazil, whose previous tub-thumping exploits have seen him work with the likes of Robbie Williams, Take That, James Blunt, Elton John, Leona Lewis, Natalie Imbruglia, Jason Mraz and James Morrison to name but a few. Karl chose to use HK Audio monitors from the Contour Series™ (a pair of CT118 subs and a pair of CT115 speakers) as they are renowned for delivering superb dynamic response and faithful sound reproduction, a must for the live stage.
“Karl is a very musical and dynamic player. It has been difficult for us on previous shows as the drum fills provided haven’t delivered a satisfactory performance – they just didn’t respond well to his technique. It’s been brilliant since using the Lab.gruppen powered HK system, as it’s capable of delivering the subtle detail of the quiet moments with out losing the volume, cut and clarity required for the heavier parts. It has a smooth clear top end on the CT115 and the CT118’s bottom end is simply thunderous. The part played by the Lab.gruppen amp shouldn’t be forgotten, it’s a truly brilliant amplifier.” He also went on to say “the biamped CT115’s running off 2 channels of the FP 10000Q are fantastic, the gain I can get out of them before feedback is astounding.” says Dan Trowhill their monitor engineer.
The tour will be back in the UK in February 2011.