The second edition of Suara, an independent art, music, culture and educational outdoor festival set on the Tabanan coast on the Indonesian island of Bali, welcomed about 4,000 visitors daily who could enjoy a schedule of workshops, cultural activities and performances across nine unique stages, with the largest two equipped with a variety of K-array loudspeakers and subwoofers.
“Having experienced K-array technology in previous museum projects, we had no hesitation in appointing their products at Suara,” states the event’s general producer, Vladimir Belyakov. “We had heard the power of K-array’s flexible Anakonda line array system and Thunder-KS2 subwoofer at Nuanu recording studio, which sounded truly amazing, so we were confident in choosing K-array loudspeakers on the Garuda and Seaside stages.”
The Garuda main stage is a bamboo structure, and hosted music from various headlining acts including popular Balinese artists Joni Agung and The Double T and local favorite Catur & The Sound Nomads as well as international reggae band, Big Mountain, best known for its iconic track ‘Baby, I Love Your Way.’
The largest amphitheatre in Bali, the Garuda was equipped with six Firenze-KH7 compact loudspeakers stacked both horizontally and vertically and seven KS8 touring systems in an arc formation. The second Seaside stage, perched on a clifftop overlooking Nyanyi Beach, hosted a vareity of Balinese performances and thought leaders, and at sunset, the stage transformed into a dance party featuring some of DJs. Here, the K-array system configuration employed three Firenze-KS7s with two KH8s and four Mastiff-KM112 compact monitors.
Both installations were brought to life with K-array audio in a configuration comprised of 16 Firenze KH7s with 12 KS8s, connected to create a longer cluster, four Kayman passive line array loudspeakers and four Thunder KS4P subwoofers.
“The festival gave us full creative freedom but the timing was very tight with five locations to design and fully equip including the construction of the stages, sculptures and a disguised multimedia setup…it was a miracle that we did it all in time!” concludes Belyakov.
