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Justin Casey and Helm Projects create transcendent mood for Tash Sultana with Chauvet

Australian multi-instrumentalist Tash Sultana’s recent “The Return To The Roots” tour was supported by a production design from Justin Casey and his team at Helm Projects, featuring lasers, video, and a collection of Chauvet Professional Epix Strip Tour one-meter LED strips, Color Strike M motorized strobe-washes, and Maverick Storm 2 Profiles from Helm’s own inventory.

“Tash is an incredible musician who moves all over the stage”, says Casey. “Her energy is really contagious. There is a lot of improvising, as things change depending on the mood and energy level, which really keeps our team on their toes. They have to be ready to make changes quickly, just as this artist does. So, when I was designing this tour’s show, I made sure to account for different solos by Tash, with the lasers and lighting in places that complimented each moment.”

Casey and the production crew - John Phillips (Production Manager), Owen Pike (Lighting Designer), and Travis Price (L2) - worked the lights in close coordination with their rigs’ lasers, which were run by Nick Stabile. “Lasers were a new item for this tour”, he remarks. “We were going for a trippy pop EDM vibe, while also complimenting Tash’s incredible musical skills. We were able to add them in during solos to pump up the intensity. The lighting set the scene and helped build the intensity for when we finally added the lasers.”

The video content was run by VJ Andrew Gross. “We had some very cool content made by Human Person that Andrew was able to manipulate to make it really pop”, says Casey. “We did carry a video wall on this tour and had a few configurations that we could do. Our main configuration was a 40-foot wide ground supported curved wall. Then we were able to hang it in venues like Red Rocks. We had a camera package on the tour as well, which helped get some great content to the video during big solos.”

Adding to the holistic quality of the production were vivid displays on the deck in the form of gobos projected from the rig’s Maverick Storm 2 Profiles, along with color washes from Epix Strip Tour strips that tied into the looks created by the flown fixtures and video wall. This enhanced the overall immersive quality of the design, and also helped the team adjust the production to the different sized rigs they encountered on the tour.

“For this tour we were playing venues of all sizes, from Red Rocks to the Van Buren in Phoenix (an 1,800-capacity live music venue)”, explains Casey. “The stages were all different sizes, which made us have to adapt. We wrapped the risers with edge lighting then in front of risers we put some Custom brackets we built for Epix to make half sun burst shapes. We used the Epix Strip Tour one-meter fixtures, which gave our set a unique and custom fill.”

Casey notes that the workhorse of the rig was the Color Strike M. “We had a ton of them - they were everywhere”, he concludes. “We had some under our acrylic risers where Tash would solo, along with using them for foot lighting the band and on side trusses.”

(Photos: Sade Batal/Chauvet Professional)

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