Uplighters, LED's and the evoloution of the Disco light over time....

Now with the recent LED revolution of the last few years, its really nice to be able to get cool running lighting and effects lights without burning yourself on the extremely hot bulbs, and of course also saving on the expense of constantly replacing the old halogen style bulbs, most if not all modern Disco's will now be employing some if not all LED lighting into their rig,but what is it and how does it benefit you...?

In the good old days, I'm talking about the early 1970's here, Disco lighting was at best basic, however still effective most Disco's used some kind of light sequencer, a few light screens and some spot boxes, if it was a slightly better Disco maybe some early motorized effects lighting such as helicopters and scanners, for years right through the 80's and most of the 90's Disco lighting was basically analog and extremely heavy, and hot, some of the bulbs burnt at over 600 watts and this could of been just on one fixture, when you consider the average DJ would take a rig out of maybe four or more effects lights the wattage soon added up, as did the heat...

During the early part of the 2000's LED (see above image) technology had evolved to the point that some Disco lighting manufacturers started to implement the use of LED's into their lights, at first they where not that bright or effective, but by the time we got to about 2005/6 LED lighting started to really take off, by the time we had bought our first LED effects in around 2007 they where bright enough to be used in place of some of the lower powered halogen style projectors, the issues that where still apparent though was the lack of patterns and mostly the output from the earlier units is simply dots and matrix's, however on the latest units the lighting output is easily as bright as the old 250 watt halogen fixtures and a fraction of the power drain, of course there is also little to no heat, although this is an advantage in many ways, it means the DJ booth isn't as cosy as it used to be, maybe some will disagree, but I actually liked the warmth in a cold hall or marquee...

The big word of the last couple of years for most DJ's is Uplighting!!, so what is it and what can it do for your event. Uplighting is basically what it says, using a light usually LED now in an upright position to illuminate walls and fixtures in the venue, as you can see in this picture the effect for a Wedding venue can be dramatic, with Uplighting placed in the right position the whole dynamics of the room can change, many people who now plan weddings look for entertainment packages which contain Uplighting, we invested heavily over the last two years in some of the best Uplighting we could get, and to that end can offer it for any event we provide Disco's for, although it can also be hired out on its own to compliment a band or other type of entertainment. When I looked around at what others where offering I decided to take some of the best angles and buy several different type of Uplighting, the standard type is the PAR64 style can, this is the type maybe used to illuminate the corners of rooms, or say a cake table, the next type is the flat beam type, this agian is ideal for the same uses, but has a wider flatter beam spread, maybe more suitable for bands and backdrops, the third type is the flat can, which like the standard PAR64 is totally flat and small

The possibility's are nearly endless now with digital colour mixing, chasing, and fading available all at the touch of a button, you can have the room set as one colour as in the photo to the left, or constantly changing to one colour then another with a slow fade.

Many Brides choose the standard pink, or blue and have it set, but you can really choose what you like for your event. Well I hope this has given you a small incite to another of our services, we currently have available up to 24 PAR64 Uplighters, and 8 Flat beam type, without doubt in the future many more will become available, if you would like to know more about our Uplighting services, or anything else please feel free to call me on, Bognor Regis 01243 268781 or Mobile: 07979846933, Demo's always available.