Over thirty Philips Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes have dazzled audiences at
the packed opening party for WHITE club Dubai’s third season.
WHITE Dubai is situated on the rooftop of the glamorous Meydan Grandstand
racecourse. Each season sees a roster of international DJs take to the decks, with
the club offering one of the most extravagant audio-visual party experiences in the
Middle East.
During the opening party’s ‘reality-altering’ light show, the Philips Showline strobes
were employed to deliver beat-perfect bursts of colour that filled the space with
light. The SL NITRO 510C is the colour version of the highly popular SL NITRO 510
and boasts an array of 264 tightly packed RGB LEDs to ensure maximum output.
“The SL NITRO 510C fixtures played a huge role in providing intense colour washes
in conjunction with the LED wash lights,” says the club’s lighting designer Dave
Parry of Most Technical. “Having the ability to colour change is fantastic and allows
every look to be in sync. I also wanted to have a strobe effect running across the
entire space, again working with the moving lights. When the place is rocking the
strobe effects cut through and look absolutely awesome.”
The Philips Showline strobes were positioned onto vertical trusses to add a
perspective-bending edge to the light show. The plan is to also place some units
under the central stage to add extra effects to the upcoming season’s performances.
“As a stand-alone strobe the SL NITRO 510C is fantastic and the icing on the cake is
its range of static and macro effects. These give me a much broader palette to
work with as a designer,” says Parry.
Rami Harfouch of Procom Middle East, the lighting and video supplier of the venue
and distributor of Philips Showline, Selecon and Strand Lighting for UAE, adds:
“WHITE club is a flagship venue for lighting and video equipment in Dubai. Add
mind, the owners and managers of WHITE, are always on the lookout for cutting
edge effects, which is why they embraced Procom’s proposal to use the Showline SL
NITRO 510Cs to replace their existing strobes.”
“This is one of the most impressive club venues I have worked on,” says Parry.
“The beautiful set-up and environment in addition to the quantity and sophistication
of the equipment supplied by Procom has allowed us to create one of the best
nightclubs in the world.”
WHITE Dubai is open on weekends throughout the season and is set to see a jam-
packed calendar of events.
