CHAUVET Professional Helps High Scream Reflect Black Coffee's Creative Fusion at O2 Arena

	Comprised of an enormous curtain rig surrounded by draped fabric suspended from trusses, the centerpiece utilized analog projections. The lighting rig featured 23 STRIKE V tilting strobe-wash hybrids and 56 Color STRIKE M motorized fixtures.

The creative production studio High Scream took an eclectic approach when the multi-award-winning South African producer-songwriter Black Coffee appeared at the O2 Arena. Rather than build a production around a traditional LED wall, the High Scream team sought to reflect their client's genre-defying music with a production that felt like a convergence of "theatre, rave, concert and conceptual art." To do this, they built their design around a centrally located stage with a circular overhead centerpiece that moved and flowed with Black Coffee's performance.

Positioned in the middle of the arena, the stage connected the entire audience to the performance. For its part, the overhead structure served as a storytelling canvas for the show, which moved through different art forms during its three-chapter narrative.

Comprised of an enormous curtain rig surrounded by draped fabric suspended from trusses, the centerpiece utilized analog projections. The curtain was fully automated using winches to create dynamic movements and shifting configurations.

The lighting rig featured 23 STRIKE V tilting strobe-wash hybrids and 56 Color STRIKE M motorized fixtures, both from CHAUVET Professional.

The STRIKE V fixtures were used to uplight the draped fabric and also served as the primary floor key light for the stage area. The Strike M units were positioned on trusses to provide strobe and wash effects that extended over the entire audience.

The show opened with a live opera choir supported by lush orchestral textures. The lighting supporting this segment was "highly theatrical, warm, and architectural, accentuating the musicians and treating the space like a grand concert hall."

In the second segment, Black Coffee unleashed his signature deep Afro-house grooves and electronic elements. The lighting moved along with the show, powered by deeply saturated colors, low-level atmospheric glows, and "moody shadows that mirrored the hypnotic progression of the music."

The show's concluding chapter, which the High Scream design team refers to as "The Peak," revved up with surprise guests like Alicia Keys. As the tempo reached a new crescendo, the rig shifted into high gear with sweeping beams, sharp strobes, and expansive textures that filled the entire volume of the O2 Arena.

Black Coffee is currently booked for numerous dates between now and October 21.