The 5th edition of A Summer Story turned Madrid into the epicenter of global electronic music on June 21st and 22nd.
The first major summer festival held in the Ciudad Del rock of Arganda del Rey, celebrated its five years of life with a record attendance of 100,000 visitors and a poster that amassed the most important national and international names along with a technical deployment at a scale of the finest European festivals.
The festival assorted more than 70 different artists which paraded through its four stages, including world stars Richie Hawtin, Paco Osuna, Carl Cox, Nicky Romero, Lost Frequencies, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, Amelie Lens amongst many others.
Also worthy of noting is DJ Nano, who on his second day played a twelve-hour special set of Oro Viejo for the first time in his history that made the audience dance from sunset to sunrise. Hip hop and urban music premiered a space in the festival during its first day with artists like Beret, Delaporte, or Ayax & Prok.
In addition to the poster, another highlight of this 5th edition was its stages, whose outstanding construction was a demonstration of technical and audiovisual capacity. The Main Stage, which was designed by Eduardo Valverde of Pixelmap Studios, presented a pyramid building 35 meters high with an extensive set of lighting and screens along with a robust sound kit with 340,000 watts that featured Raúl Méndez (Fluge ) as its technical director of sound, in addition to the rest of the stages.
The Air Europa Stage, designed by Juan Carlos Pérez Rodríguez, which hosted DJ Nano’s Mike Williams’, Borgore’s or Don Diablo’s performance, exhibited a rectangular structure accompanied by a striking light and video design. It included a large central LED screen which split into two horizontal halves thanks to its variable speed motors.
The Live and Techno Stage, designed by Enrique Jiménez (Fluge) and intended for the performances of urban artists and DJs like Óscar Mulero or Ben Sims or Sam Paganini, exhibited a design inspired by the legendary video game Space Invaders. It’s setup also included vertical LED screens tilted above the stage whose arrangement was a technical challenge. Likewise, the AliExpress Stage by Trade DJ summoned many other artists to display their electronic proposal.
Fluge Audiovisuales for the 5th consecutive year, provided all the sound, lighting, video and audiovisual technical staff for A Summer Story thanks to the trust of Disorder Events, producer of the festival.
The most relevant equipment used
| MAIN STAGE | ||||
| SOUND SOUND – P.A. SYSTEM 32 MEYER SOUND LEO 8 MEYER SOUND LYON W 48 MEYER SOUND 1100-LFC SOUND – FRONTFILL 24 MEYER SOUND LEOPARD SOUND – OUTFILL 16 MEYER SOUND LEO 8 MEYER SOUND MICA SOUND – DELAY 16 MEYER SOUND LEOPARD SOUND – CONTROL FOH 1 YAMAHA RIVAGE PM7 SOUND – MONITORS 2 MEYER SOUND MJF-212A SOUND – DJ BOOTH MONITORS 6 L’ACOUSTIC KARA 2 L’ACOUSTIC SB-28 |
LIGHTING CONTROL |
VIDEO CONTROL |
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| AIR EUROPE STAGE | ||||
| SOUND SOUND – P.A. SYSTEM 28 DAS AUDIO AERO50 32 DAS AUDIO UX-221 SOUND – FRONTFILL 16 DAS AUDIO AERO20 SOUND – OUTFILL 8 DAS AUDIO AERO50 SOUND – FOH CONTROL 1 DIGICO SD5 SOUND – MONITORS 2 MEYER SOUND MJF-212A SOUND – DJ BOOTH 2 d&b Q-7 2 d&b B-4 MONITORS – DJ BOOTH 6 L’ACOUSTIC ARCS 2 L’ACOUSTIC SB-218 |
LIGHTING
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VIDEO
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| LIVE AND TECHNO STAGE |
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| SOUND SOUND – P.A. SYSTEM 32 DAS AUDIO AERO40 24 DAS AUDIO UX-218A SOUND-FRONTFILL 10 DAS AUDIO CONVERT15 SOUND – OUTFILL 5 DAS AUDIO AERO40 SOUND – FOH CONTROL 1 DIGICO SD7 SOUND – CONTROL MONITORS 1 DIGICO SD10 SOUND – MONITORS 10 L’ACOUSTIC 112-p SOUND – DRUMFILL 1 MEYER SOUND USW-1P SOUND – DJ BOOTH MONITORS 8 L’ACOUSTIC DV-DOSC 2 L’ACOUSTIC SB-218 |
LIGHTING CONTROL |
VIDEO CONTROL |
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| ALIEXPRESS STAGE |
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| SOUND SOUND – P.A. SYSTEM 8 DAS AUDIO AERO20 6 DAS AUDIO UX-218A SOUND – MONITORS 4 DAS AUDIO AERO20 4 DAS AUDIO LX-118A SOUND – CONTROL 1 DIGICO S21 |
LIGHTING 20 CLAY PAKY SHARPY PLUS 8 ATOMIC 3000 LED |
VIDEO 1 SCREEN OF 4 X 2 METERS AND 4.8 PITCH 1 SCREEN OF 4 X 2 METERS AND 4.8 PITCH |
