Audient EVO powers 'The Shadowmaker' live show

The EVO SP8 expanded system They will listen is the core of the audio setup of the electronic producer's new show Simon Shackleton, which has premiered in Denver (USA).

The Shadowmaker is a new show created by British electronic producer Simon Shackleton and his wife, the filmmaker Chele Gutek, which has just been released with great success in the Holiday Theatre the Denver, with a live performance of songs from their new album, which has the same name.

As a co-sponsor of the show, They will listen has helped Simon Shackleton with audio setup, in which it is used EVO SP8, are eight-channel smart preamplifier with AD/DA.

Combining it with the audio interface EVO 16, This electronic producer now has sixteen input and output channels with a extended EVO system as configuration designed by Audient, brand that sells Audio-Technica.

“EVO SP8 is the perfect complement to EVO 16 for my live performances, in which I need more than eight audio channels that go out to FOH -explains Shackleton-. It is very easy to daisy chain the two units using a pair of optical cables, and the sound quality is perfect. With the eight additional channels it provides, I can give the engineer much more control over my audio channels coming from Ableton.”.

Known for rocking dance floors and festivals around the world with his DJ sets, in The Shadowmaker producer Simon Shackleton shows his talent as a vocalist and keyboardist, accompanied by the well-known drummer Jez Noble.

Its live musicality amplifies the cinematic intensity of the show, in which Shackleton provides echoes of Pink Floyd, Massive Attack, David Bowie and Thom Yorke to their new introspective electronic compositions.

In part concert and in part documentary, The Shadowmaker explore the challenges that define life: the fight and the triumph, fear and joy, love and loss, hesitation and resolution. Although it is based on the personal experiences of Simon Shackleton - from his beginnings as a DJ to his struggle with internal conflicts and the search for his emotional voice through music -, “It is a universal story about navigating the chaos of life.”.