Live Sound

Supported By

Britannia Row Deploys L-Acoustics L-ISA For Childish Gambino

This Is America Tour of North America reinforced with Hyperreal Sound technology, Kara and K2 arrays, driven with LA12X amplified controllers.

Emmy and Grammy winner Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) has announced that his “This Is America Tour” is his final trek. Britannia Row is supporting his latest North American tour with L-ISA Hyperreal Sound technology from L-Acoustics.

Childish Gambino’s tour director, Christian Coffey, additionally serves as tour director for Run The Jewels. He first heard L-ISA when the hip-hop duo went out on Lorde’s North American Melodrama Tour earlier this year.

“Lorde’s tour sounded incredible—really full and panoramic,” Coffey recalls. “Childish’s management was at her Staples’ Center show and felt the same way, so that’s when our discussions began. Everyone wanted an immersive experience with a non-traditional arena show, and we felt that the L-ISA system could be a great fit.”

To widen the sonic panorama and add dimension to the 20,000-seat, sold-out arenas on this tour, the L-ISA Scene system provided by Britannia Row comprised three center arrays of 15 K2 flanked by a pair of 21-enclosure Kara arrays. For increased horizontal spread, four arrays of 15 Kara were flown, two per side, outside of the Scene system as an additional L-ISA Extension system, while two arrays of 13 K2 were deployed to provide coverage to the seats on the extreme sides of the stage.

Palpable low frequency coverage was delivered by two adjacent center hangs of eight KS28 each, flown in a cardioid configuration, while an additional eight ground-stacked KS28 provided LF reinforcement to the near-field audience. Six Kara spread across the stage lip provided front fill, and the entire system was driven by LA12X amplified controllers housed in LA-RAK II touring racks.

“Despite the large venue, the performance still felt intimate,” wrote University of Maryland’s Diamondback newspaper, also describing the concert as “an immersive show.”

“The L-ISA system has the capability to improve the overall breadth and dynamic possibilities for a live concert experience,” Coffey notes. “It can really widen and improve the aural experience in a multitude of settings and shows.” Coffey also praised the people behind the technology: “Everyone at L-Acoustics has been excellent to deal with. They went above and beyond to provide assistance and help wherever they could to make sure that we had everything possible for a successful show.”

L-Acoustics

L-ISA

Britannia Row

Live Sound Top Stories