Italy - Panorama Festival is a hotspot for electronic music. The multi-day event takes place in the Cave Del Duca in Lecce, a former limestone quarry. From 14 to 16 August 2025, 15,000 fans celebrated to techno beats – accompanied by a lighting design featuring more than 220 GLP fixtures.
Responsible for both stage and lighting design was Roberto Colabufo. All lighting equipment was supplied by Lucidiscena, which had just recently invested in 200 GLP Creos along with 150 JDC Burst 1 and 150 WildBar 16. The technical implementation was handled by Punto Musica under the direction of Claudio Carulli. Programmer and operator was Jerry Roberto Romani, one of Italy’s most experienced MA operators with more than 35 years at the top level of international productions.
On the Main Stage, 64 Creos, 68 WildBar 16 and 96 JDC Burst 1 were deployed. “These fixtures made the stage design perfect for the festival,” says Pino Loconsole of Lucidiscena. “The JDC Burst 1 filled the entire roof with immense firepower. The WildBar 16 traced the LED screens with razor-sharp lines of light, and the Creos created massive side light arrays with effects I had never seen before.”
The Creos were arranged in two blocks of 32 fixtures left and right. Their large luminous surface enabled striking pixel graphics that integrated seamlessly into the overall design. “At low intensity they deliver subtle colour and pixel effects that don’t interfere with the camera image – and when more punch is needed, they transform into extremely tight, piercing beams or a powerful wash,” explains Loconsole.
Lighting designer Roberto Colabufo adds: “My aim was to create a project that stood apart from classic standards and at the same time could stand up to the visual dominance of the LED screens. With Creos, WildBar 16 and JDC Burst 1 from GLP, that’s exactly what we achieved.”
On the JDC Burst 1 he states: “In my opinion, there is currently no strobe on the market that can match the Burst 1 in terms of output and light quality – and on top of that, the units are extremely fast and offer a wealth of graphic possibilities.”
He is also impressed by the versatility of the WildBar 16, with its RGB Lime engine producing stunning colour gradients and brilliant whites, and by the Creos. “I am absolutely certain that the Creos will be a great success,” Loconsole adds.
Another decisive factor was GLP’s availability and service: “We have been working with GLP for many years and have always received outstanding support – both directly from GLP and through the Italian distributor ALTO Lighting, with Cristiano Perandini and Giorgio Radice.”
Alongside the newly acquired fixtures, Lucidiscena also stocks impression X5 IP Bars and a large number of impression X5 IP Maxx.
The extreme conditions in Lecce – over 40°C during the day and dense dust clouds in the former quarry – posed no problems for the fixtures. “Fog generators were almost unnecessary with so much dust in the air. But all GLP products passed this stress test with flying colours and were fully operational again after a quick clean,” Loconsole reports.