Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur recently staged the first full UK performance of their new project, Junun, at the London Barbican. Gavin McComb took on the FOH mixing duties with Allen & Heath’s dLive system to meet the show’s very diverse audio requirements.

Heralded as ‘a powerful coming together of Eastern and Western musical traditions’, Junun comprises compositions performed by Ben Tzur and the nine-piece Rajasthan Express band, with Greenwood adding electronic elements.

‘Having used iLive for many years, this was my first opportunity to use A&H’s new dLive system,’ McComb explains. ‘The Junun act is a big sound with Indian drums, brass, guitars, harmonium, percussion and lots of vocals. For this gig there were 11 musicians on stage with a lot of open mics. There was a fantastic range of instrumentation to manage but these guys can seriously play, they are so tight as an ensemble. I also have complete confidence in the audio capabilities of A&H. Very little EQ was required for the instruments apart from having to contain the room a little where the overall GEQ couldn’t without destroying large chunks of the sound.’

The sold-out gig reunited the musicians for the first time since they recorded the album last year in India with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.

‘I will most certainly be wanting to use the A&H dLive system on my next tour,’ McComb says. ‘It has all the best qualities required of a high-end console, and sounds even better.’

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