Production Hire Show 2020 Vision With Full Martin Audio Set-Up
Experienced operators City Centre Leisure Group have opened the resplendent Club 2020 in Bournemouth — with a technology infrastructure to satisfy the most discerning of practitioners.
The leisure company — run by Josh Simons, Alan Simons and John Tyror — had actively been looking for a nightclub to own and operate. They knew the pedigree of Northampton-based Production Hire when Mark Neal’s company were asked to provide sound reinforcement for a Missy Elliott concert they were promoting at the Bournemouth International Centre.
The conversion of the former K-Bar has been inspired. The ground floor dance room leads down to a VIP mezzanine room and further down still to the main room in the basement.
Various snugs and annexe rooms are invariably served by one of Martin Audio’s architectural AQ series speakers and when it comes to providing a punchy sound Mark (known as Knocker to his mates) has combined Martin Audio Blacklines and intimidating ground stacks of the original Wavefront 8’s in front of the DJ booths on each floor.
On the ground floor, two stacks of Wavefront W8 and W8S complement sets of AQ12 and AQ8’s — as well as the F10 DJ monitors. Guests chill out in the large tented area, with music delivered at reduced volume through another pair of AQ8’s.
For the VIP lounge — there are two further AQ8’s. A stairway then leads down to the deceptively large main club. Here two ground stacks, each comprising of two W8 and two W8S, and a pair of F10’s lay down their intentions immediately — while a further pair of F10’s serve as DJ monitors.
Multiples of AQ12 provide the infills with further bass extension coming from a pair of AQ215 floor-mounted subs, while a pair of AQ6’s service this floor’s dedicated chill-out bar.
Josh Simons says he is delighted with the £1.5m-£2m conversion. “We have already had people like Babyshambles and Peaches Geldof playing here — and have the pedigree of sound system that will appeal to DJ’s like Erick Morillo and Trevor Nelson.” Furthermore, the versatility of the system will enable the venue to stage the many different events they have planned.
