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Norway's Sceneservices adds second iLive

Norway - Rental company, Sceneservice AS, has purchased a second Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to add to its hire stock inventory.

Based in central Norway, the company originally invested in an iLive system, comprising an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-144 Control Surface, in 2008, employing it for various tours, events and festivals on its roster. In autumn it managed FOH duties on the main stage at the Blues in Hell Festival in Stjørdal, which included headline performances from Walter Trout and Marcia Ball. More recently, it managed FOH at the Nidaros Blues Festival in Trondheim, which featured headline act, Little Feat.

"All the guest band engineers like iLive, without exception, which is why we decided to invest in a second system when the time came to increase our digital capability," claims Sceneservice's Stein Larsen. "Our faith in the brand is so strong, we picked up our new iLive-T system from the train station, immediately took it to a flightcase factory, put it in the pre-ordered case, and went to our first gig."

The iLive-T system, comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface, debuted inside Løkken Mine, a copper and pyrite mine dating from 1654. The unusual venue played host to a concert with young classical talent, Are Hembre, and guests.

"The only transport into the venue was on a small tractor and with water dripping from the cave ceiling, it was a tough start for our new T," continues Larsen. "It managed the job very well, and the opera singers, piano and string quartet sounded great in the cave."

Sceneservice's iLive-T is set to embark on tour with Norwegian gold-selling band, Sie Gubba, for the rest of the year, while the original iLive system will be employed on the firm's summer festival season.

(Jim Evans)

(29 June 2009)