Dave Parry

Dave Parry is a sound and lighting designer specializing in music venues. He has been involved in the design of some nightclubs, with the majority of his completed projects being UK based. Dave Parry lives between New Delhi, India and London, UK, where he owns and runs his own company Most Technical, which provides a design and specification service for nightclub design and production.

Dave Parry's work is primarily driven by the desire to link all of the club elements into one complete experience (sound, lighting, video and body kinetic dancefloor). He has found similarities in his artistic goals as famous Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, who was also driven by an interest in how the experience of various types of art could have the power to collectively affect all of the human senses.

Early Life and beginning career

Dave Parry first started work in UK club venues by controlling the famous lighting rig at seminal rave spot The Camden Palace (now called Koko (venue)) in 1982, later citing it as the 'best lighting rig he'd ever worked with'.

Soon after, at Ministry of Sound, he was taken on by Hector Dewar around the time he had just formed his lighting and sound design company, "Most Technical". It was here Parry designed his original and award winning lighting scheme. During his time working here he formed a bond with Dave Hayden from Outboard Electronics, whom he would later go on to work with on the design of one of the world's most advanced night clubbing arenas, matter.

As well as the bigger projects he is most famous for, he also designed Rehab in Leeds for Chris Edwards and worked with Mike Greive and Paul Crawford to design the Sub Club in Glasgow.

European venues

Through his work at major UK clubs such Fabric (club), Ministry of Sound and more recently matter as well as India's first superclub, Elevate in New Delhi, he has made a career from bringing nightclubbing into the realms of a full blown sensory experience.

At fabric Dave Parry worked closely with owner Keith Reilly to ensure that the club could offer visitors something they'd never experienced before. The most notable developments Dave introduced was the first body kinetic dance floor (which became an infamous feature of the venue) as well as a timax 3d sound system. The club was since voted the best club in the world for 9 years running.

At matter matter Dave worked alongside Dave Green, owner of Pixel Addicts, where together they brought pixel mapping (tiling and texture mapping of images) to the venue. matter also boasts a 75,000W BodyKinetic dancefloor from Djenerate, Martin Audio and Void Acoustics sound systems and master control via an Avolites desk.

Dave also pioneered the sound and lighting system at Wagg Club in Paris, which is restaurateur Terence Conran's first club, found under his Paris-based restaurant Alcazar.

Current projects

His skills in sound and lighting design have taken him to India, where he has set up Most Technical India. Dave pioneered lighting and sound design at Elevate in New Delhi, India's first super club. Few years later Shroom, Agni, Kitty Su followed. In December 2011, Dave worked alongside Blacksheep Design on Liverpool's newest club: The Playground featured in the E4 reality serie 'Desperate Scousewife'.

Personal life

Dave Parry lives with his longtime girlfriend in UK after having spent a year in New Delhi, India. He is also a regular on the growing social society and party scene in India.

Accolades

Dave Parry's light and sound design work has attracted him media attention - including being featured in The Face (magazine), The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph. He was also featured on the BBC's Tomorrow's World program talking about the world beating sound system he designed at fabric.

Elevate has been voted best nightclub by the [2] 5 years in a row.

in 2009 Night Magazine declared Dave Parry to be the most important club innovator of the decade. Night Magazine have also awarded B.E.D.A awards to every nightclub Dave Parry has designed.

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