FULGOR MUSIC by IAIN McKINNA + BEAU McCLELLAN << BACK >>             FULGOR MUSIC PRODUCED + COMPOSED BY IAIN McKINNA + BEAU McCLELLAN Programming and Keyboards by Iain McKinna. Programming and Vocals by Beau McClellan. Vocals by Patrina Morris. Electric Violin by Kirsty Anderson Iain "This was a truly mega project which was produced in the Algarve. Portugal in 2002. The show was commissioned by Sheik Bin and his specially invited audience of the Algarve's rich and famous was estimated at 1500, at least million and some billionaires. The site was the Shieks world famous golf course in Alamancil on the coast and the 12th hole had been virtually demolished to create the set. Included was a huge air conditioed marquee which was to host a dinner for the guests prior to the show starting. The theatrical performance art event was specially written by Judite DaSilva for the occassion and was to be performed on 4 stages simultaneously, each representing an element. Fire, Water, Air and Earth. 150 performers and technicians were flown in from all over the World for the show from as far away as Brazil. As the producer of the show Beau McClellan, an old friend and musical collaborator and trainee engineer from my days at Edinburgh's Sonic Studios in the 80's, decided that hiring a studio for the music wouldn't really work as a lot of it would have to be composed along with the choreographers developing their acts, so I had a budget to buy a recording system based around my own Logic Audio system. Beau then set about building a small self contained studio near his home in Espargal in the Algarve especially for the show. Before we even started on the music the gear was bought and shipped out from Scotland, and 2 months prior to rehearsals we set up the studio. This left little room for error, technical support in the Algarve was non existent so we had to get it right first time. At the time I was touring as Bass player with The Jimi McRae Band so I never saw home much around that period. We gave ourselves just two weeks prior to the show to create 40 minutes of music , as it was a performance art production it relied on the music and visuals to make the show work. Prior to going out after the studio was built I spent an entire week listening to samples and selecting at least 5 times more than I needed for the production to make sure I had enough sounds to work with.