Maidstone’s MuMu nightclub in Kent, UK, which recently underwent a major refurbishment after a significant fire in 2021, has been equipped with a range of Martin Audio loudspeakers in a new venue-wide sound reinforcement system implemented by Uxbridge-based Middlesex Sound and Lighting.
The establishment includes a traditional Irish pub, a speakeasy, a hidden laundromat room, an eatery and dining restaurant, a cabaret bar, and a basement club area that presented a challenge for the team at Middlesex Sound and Lighting. “The whole space is like a labyrinth!,” says the company’s director, Darrel Olivier. “The main room is accessed via a small corridor which leads upstairs and along the way, there are these washing machines with quirky content displayed in the centre of them, spinning around. On the upper level, there’s an eatery and dining restaurant with a newly refurbished cabaret bar, and then downstairs in the basement is a new club area, which we were involved in creating.”
The AV crew had to pay attention to the aesthetics, such as using more compact enclosures in the booth seating areas, concealed subwoofers, and a clean finish from both the lighting and audio perspectives. For audio, the crew went with Martin Audio boxes throughout the venue, with an emphasis on coverage and quality of sound to ensure a vibrant customer experience.
ADORN family loudspeakers greet guests, with ACS-55TS ceiling loudspeakers covering the entrance lobby, customer routes and restrooms. In the club, the main dance floor is covered by Blackline X12s with low-end support from a pair of Blackline X118 single 18-inch subwoofers. The Blackline family is also in the DJ booth with Blackline X10s serving as stereo monitors. Supplementing the dance floor system in the booths and peripheral areas are CDD6 cabinets with SX110 10-inch subs conceiled within the banquette seating.
The loudspeakers are driven by Powersoft amplification and controlled by a Symetrix Prism DSP and controller in the DJ booth. There’s also full zoning control, including pre-sets for the venue’s staff, as they plan to use the space for brunch and lunch events in addition to operating as a nightclub. “It was a solid team effort and I think the final result speaks for itself – it looks and sounds fantastic!” Olivier adds.
