Gravity Rigs

Since those early days, I’ve been continuously touring, for artists such as Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, Zero 7, Moloko, The Prodigy, Orbital, The Avalanches, Doves, Snow Patrol, Arca, Air, Sub Focus & The Chemical Brothers which ultimately led to the creation of Gravity Rigs and its mission today.

- a fantastic grounding for a career designing solid hardware & software systems. Contacts coming through the studio lead to the first footings into running keyboard & playback rigs live before touring with the Chemical Brothers began in 1997 - a role that still exists today!

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...and its projects - helping to make our services relevant, reliable, forward thinking and indispensable to Productions and Artists worldwide.

After the military, I cut my musical teeth as a tape OP in Manchester, engineering and programming ...

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Developing Gravity Rigs into a go-to source for live system design and build has been a great mission so far..

The focus and attention to detail I learnt in the Army combined with almost 30 years of touring experience ‘at the coalface’ has been crucial for Gravity Rigs...

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If you’re heading to #ADE and want to talk rigs, setups, or performance workflows, let’s meet up!

ADE has 3,300+ artists playing across 1,200+ events, in 300+ venues!

We'll be there this year for the first time - hugely excited to be part of it.

Let us know if you're going, or if you've been before. What's unmissable this year?

If you want to talk Rigs, send us a DM!

#amsterdamdanceevent

"Their knowledge and expertise in the field is what sets them apart, and of course their great service. Big up Matt and Alex!”

As well as production managing Massive Attack & The Chemical Brothers, James has worked with New Order, The Streets, PJ Harvey, Gorillaz & many other artists.

James approached us to work with Massive Attack to upgrade and revamp the MA rig for summer 2025, and there's a bit more to what he said…

“Working with Gravity Rigs to make our set up and load out time more efficient was an absolute pleasure! ...

Whilst having a lot of fun out there, I learned the finer details and know-how for making gear road proof; durability, portability & reliability became second nature.

I’ve always had a passion for technical & creative art forms, so music tech isn’t just a career, it’s in my DNA and will always be!

It’s not just about hardware for me; it’s about people, connection, and delivering the pure energy of live music.

It’s been a long journey… in the 90s, I cut my teeth with touring crews and some of the most influential acts around such as The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Death in Vegas and Blur!

Matt and I set up Gravity Rigs nearly 10 years ago and in that time we've gone from strength to strength.

My mission is creating and refining the best performance systems in the business; testing, tweaking, and making sure artists’ visions come alive on stage.

#Bicep are renowned for their anthemic blend of house, techno, & electronica

Their audio-visual live experiences have captivated audiences at festivals worldwide including #Coachella and #Glastonbury - garnering significant attention and receiving both critical & popular acclaim

This is why we do what we do! Thanks #Bicep

"Gravity Rigs massively helped us overhaul our entire live performance setup. Gravity Rigs customized everything for us - our set up and pack down time is cut by 75%. Highly recommended!"

- Matt & Andy, Bicep

The integration of #Ableton and Cycling '74s #MaxMSP enables us to cater for artists' specific creative vision and expand what's possible with existing tech.

We use #Max4Live with the #ferrofish to enable MIDI mappable presets; turning the unit into an exceptionally useful MADI switcher.

#DJLuciano has a custom communication system enabling him to stay in contact with the tech team in a discreet and efficient way.

For the #ChemicalBrothers we designed a system that enabled them to monitor all time related aspects of the #liveperformance.

Knowing set time finish and time elapsed when looping or jamming is essential when performing on festival stage with strict curfews.

Gravity Rigs provide custom hardware AND software solutions for clients.

We've used @cycling74.bsky.social Max4Live for multiple rig setups - to create bespoke software systems which integrate with hardware, and enables artist(s) to realise a creative goal.

We sliced the pack down time by over a third and with our custom stage boxes we also added some future-proof flexibility.

If you like your shows stirring and hard-hitting then do see them live, you will not be disappointed.

#massiveattacklive

#massiveattack used a live setup upgraded this summer by Gravity Rigs.

The brief from their production team was to cut the setup and pack down time significantly, something we like applying ourselves to!

YouTube video by Gravity Rigs Gravity Rigs + MEDUZA Live - Rig Rundown

Our FIRST #Youtube video is up on the Gravity Rigs Channel! Taking a look at the #Meduza Live Rig we created for them. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=02hA...

Radial's product range allows us to tackle many real world issues present in live audio production, with a reassuringly highly standard of build quality - a keystone of our philosophy.

Their products are well built & survive the rigors of touring which is what we're all about!

We like #Radial gear because we like solving problems!

We used their Key-Largo in the #maluma Rig, the SW-8 Mark 2 for #RagNBoneMan, their JDI Passive Direct Box for #meduzamusic and we resolved a unique switching requirement for #OVERMONO by using the Radial Backtrack.

#roland #alphathe and #akai_pro provided the #musictechnology for many of the performance aspects of these rigs too.

Thanks to all the teams involved - keep up the good work!

Dimension needed his rig to be built into a stage centerpiece, Prospa needed a rig for dynamic #liveperformance, & #SubFocus returned for the most recent edition of his rig.

The rigs featured high quality road tested equipment from #Radial, #SynthaxAudioUK, #RME, #iConnectivity, and #ferrofish

The #Creamfields #musicfestival features a wealth of Gravity Rigs clients across a diverse range of genres.

We created very different bespoke rigs for #Subfocus, #Prospa, and #Dimension - each of which delivered the artist’s vision and ambition.

The Big Playback: Meet The Specialists Behind Your Favorite Live Shows A look into the semi-clandestine work of live playback specialists. We talk to the specialists who work for the Pet Shop Boys, Chappell Roan, The Chemical Brothers, Tainy and many others about the spe...

Find out how #livemusic shows are set up and operated, as well as some of the pitfalls in putting on shows for the biggest #liveperformances in the world over on the #Ableton blog:

www.ableton.com/en/blog/play...

We deliver the artist's creative vision through our experience, skills, and technical knowledge - using a tried and tested combination of #proaudio hardware and software to coordinate audio, video, MIDI, time-code, cues and more.

Catch up on our #ableton feature covering the 'Specialists Behind Your Favorite Live Shows', featuring an array of leading industry talents.

No two shows are the same & bespoke solutions are often required to meet the needs of the team behind the scenes & the artists themselves.

The result for #petshopboys was a clear stage for 5 performers, with 5 x 64 channel streams of 96kHz audio running to the engineers at Front of House & at side stage

Our much-crafted schematic made the centerpiece of the tour program! The #DREAMWORLD tour continues this year throughout Europe.

#PetShopBoys approached us with the ambition to run the entire band digitally at 96kHz, whilst clearing the stage of anything which wasn't being played.

We worked closely with the @petshopboys.co.uk #MusicalDirector, #ProductionManager, and #PlaybackTech to create their ideal rig.