VOLUX Supplies Miami's Ultra Festival

	To highlight performers, PHYSOS fixtures provided overhead key lighting with CTO and high-CRI filters for accurate skin tones, while PHANTRA uplights added punch and dimension for dancers and aerialists -- all in a compact footprint.

Kicking off the 2025 festival season, VOLUX Lighting gear was out in force at Ultra Music Festival in Miami. The RESISTANCE Megastructure, known for its immersive industrial design and cutting-edge production, hosted a range of the world's leading techno artists, including Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Charlotte De Witte, Richie Hawtin, and Solomun. Led by lighting designer Evan Bloom, over 220 VOLUX Lighting fixtures were installed, including the PHYSOS, FLARIX 1XK, PHANTOM, PHANTRA, and FLARIS BLADE.

Fifty-plus IP65-rated PHYSOS profile moving heads, arranged in a two-tiered layout known as the "stars." "The PHYSOS were amazingly fast and bright," Bloom says. Quick movements and extensive zoom range provided the responsiveness needed to achieve complex lighting effects, thanks to a 1,000W LED engine and precision optics designed to maximize output.

"I didn't expect PHYSOS to move like that. For an IP-rated profile, they were fast, punchy, and super clean through the air," says guest LD Rane Renshaw.

For energetic strobe and wash effects, 60 FLARIS 1XK units were added; the units feature a four-tube-plus-three-segment pixel plate design. The integrated warm white color plate delivered an authentic blinder effect without needing a separate fixture. Running in a reduced 33-channel mode conserved universes while allowing designers to add an extra level of eye-candy to the layout.

"These things are ridiculously bright, and that warm white is just beautiful, you can't replicate it," says guest LD Victor Sanchez.

Forty PHANTOM Wash moving heads added a vibrant contrast with saturated RGBL colors and a prismatic rotating lens effects while 66 FLARIS BLADE pixel bars along the downstage delivered seamless pixel movement and a cold-white center strobe for extra impact.

To highlight performers, PHYSOS fixtures provided overhead key lighting with CTO and high-CRI filters for accurate skin tones, while PHANTRA uplights added punch and dimension for dancers and aerialists -- all in a compact footprint.

Florida weather put VOLUX fixtures to the test on the third day when torrential rain hit the festival grounds. Despite heavy water runoff and exposure, every IP65-rated fixture performed flawlessly, the company reports.

"Ultra is quite special to me. Not just because it's in our backyard -- but because it shaped some of my earliest inspirations in lighting," says Zach Delzotti, CEO of VOLUX Lighting. "Being on-site and engaging with LDs during programming was invaluable. The Megastructure continues to be the gold standard in live performance lighting."