The world’s northernmost festival offered an ideal opportunity for Swedish PA company Parashoot to put its new Allen & Heath dLive mixing system to the test.
The Polar Jazz Festival takes place in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, on a Norwegian archipelago extending into the Arctic Ocean. Established in 1998, it attracts well-known artists from across Scandinavia. This year, Parashoot managed the sound requirements for Swedish singer Ane Brun’s headline set, using a dLive C Class C1500 rackmount surface with CDM32 MixRack.
‘This must be the furthest north a dLive has ever travelled,’ says Parashoot owner and engineer, Oscar Söderlund. ‘Our new compact set-up was easy to transport and load in/out – which was very important given that the temperature was -13°C.
‘We have several dLive S Class touring systems but for unusual or fly in gigs like this – I love the fact that I can now have all the features of dLive in a carry case. The dLive range, with its new C Class addition, is just making it more clear that dLive is becoming a classic mixer and workhorse.’
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