The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive music festivals, this year saw more than 100,000 music fans come to hear almost 200 performances by artists including John Legend, Bob James, Lee Ritenour, Toni Braxton, George Duke, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, and more.
The festival was held at the Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran (JIE), which presented an acoustical challenge, with rental company Sumber Ria Sound choosing to supply EAW KF Series line arrays, including the new KF740.
“JIE is an exhibition venue,” explains Andre Supryanata of Sumber Ria Sound. “But it fits perfectly to accommodate the festival’s growing audience. What we have to do now is present the best audio system that can cover up the lacking acoustic treatment of the building.”
In total, P.T. Kairos Multi Jaya, EAW’s Indonesian distributor, working closely with Sumber Ria Rental Company, outfitted six of the event’s eight stages with close to 90 EAW KF760 large-format line array modules.
Meanwhile, the recently-unveiled KF740 full-range line array modules handled delay duties at two of the stages.
Halls D1 and D2 were the main stages of the event, using the KF760s configured in left-right clusters of 12 cabinets per side, joined by 20 EAW SB550L vented subwoofers providing clear, punchy bass.
In Halls A2 and A3, Sumber Ria slightly altered that configuration, using 10 KF760s per side.
Jonathan Steiner, the FOH mix engineer for the opening night at Hall D1, notes that, “The show went on brilliantly, possibly better than ever.” Pratama Budiman, also with Sumber Ria, echoed that sentiment, adding, “The EAW KF Series simply sounds great. That’s the way the FOH mixers and everyone else felt.”
