MAC 700 Profiles for The Idan Raichel Project

Idan Raichel catapulted onto the Israeli music scene two years ago with the hit album “Idan Raichel’s Project.” The singer/songwriter’s latest album “Out of the Depths” was followed by a successful tour that embarked last winter.

Lighting designer Amir Mickey Vilensky chose 12 MAC 700 Profiles to connect a simple set with Idan’s unique musical style. "It was the best fixture to achieve the goal of intensifying the visuality of the show with the best colors and a wonderful movement," he stated.

Martin’s local Israeli distributor, Lightone, provided the 700’s to light and sound company Yeda Kol with a ‘no problem’ guarantee that turned out to be 100% accurate.

Co-designer and programmer for the show was Ofer Brum who worked with Amir to create a distinctive and complementary set of color and effects especially for The Idan Raichel Project. The show was initially programmed using other automated lights but was reprogrammed for the MAC 700 Profiles by Ofer using the Martin ShowDesigner (MSD) lighting and set design software package. Ofer programmed 80% of the show at home. He comments, "Since I was not able to be on site for the first show with the new fixtures, Lightone lent Amir and myself their facility over night so we could finish the missing 20% of the job - mainly gobo projection images. All the operator had to do on site was focus the preset updates. Everything ran smoothly."