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HIRE, SALES AND INSTALLATIONS A sound and complete service SSE Audio Group is the largest professional audio service provider in the UK. As an established audio rental company, the names of Canegreen and Wigwam have been added to SSE, combining an unparalleled depth and breadth of equipment, expertise and reputation.

Go to any major event or festival and you are For our sales customers, we provide a high level likely to hear the performance through one of of service — whether you are purchasing a single our rental PA systems, but you are equally likely microphone or a full PA system. to hear a system permanently installed by one of We can offer advice and sales support for most our teams at your local nightclub, church, school of the leading audio equipment brands. We or concert hall. frequently offer training and demonstrations We also install stage lighting and AV products in association with manufacturers and we and provide on call service and support. With package and customise systems to meet the addition of ETA Sound to the Group, we can your requirements. handle large format installations in arenas and Whether you use us for hire, sales or stadia — our portfolio includes the London O2 installations, you are assured of a friendly, arena and the Olympic Velodrome. approachable and professional service from SSE Audio Group.

12,000 people witnessed the BBC Radio 1Xtra Live spectacular at Sheffield Arena – the biggest stand-alone event staged by the digital network. SSE Hire deployed a L-Acoustics VDOSC system SSE Group 04.14 v1 ‘in the round’ and Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing consoles. SSE HIRE, CANEGREEN and WIGWAM together can supply the most extensive range of PA Systems in the UK for the entertainment, music and corporate event industries. Our huge hire stock includes systems from L-Acoustics, NEXO, d&b audiotechnik, Meyer Sound and Martin Audio. We can provide everything from a highly compact PA for a small corporate event to the largest arena or stadium system. We have the largest inventory of digital mixing consoles available from a single supplier — including Avid Venue, DiGiCo, Midas, Soundcraft and Yamaha. In addition to equipment, you will find our hire departments offer the most complete service from audio design through to system installation, operation and site management, enabling us to meet your specific requirements and ensure that L-Acoustics K2 System your event has the best possible sound. Whether your relationship is with SSE Hire, Canegreen or Wigwam, you are assured of receiving a high standard of service backup by the resources and expertise of the whole of SSE Audio Group. Andrew Jones, Paul Weller’s FOH engineer, with the Midas XL8

A selection of recent Hire projects: Above and Beyond Elvis, The Concert Leeds & Reading T in the Park Alice Cooper End of the Road Festival Festival Rock Im Park Tony Bennett Arctic Monkeys Lost & Found Orchestra Royal Albert Hall Tori Amos Bat for Lashes Four Tops & Lovebox Festival Jazz Week UB40 Bestival Temptations The Maccabees Skrillex Vaccines Blink 182 Frankie Valli Madness Slam Dunk Festival Van Morrison Bullet for my Valentine Friendly Fire Marina & the Diamonds Spaghetti Western V Festival Orchestra Cambridge Folk Festival George Benson Metallica Squeeze Camden Crawl Global Gathering Mika Wilderness Festival Stevie Wonder Chase & Status Hit Factory Live Morrissey Wiz Khalifa Stewart Francis Cheltenham Jazz Hugh Laurie No Direction Home Wretch 32 Festival Paul Weller Stone Roses Cranberries Jesus Christ Superstar Placebo Summer Sundae Festival Crisis at Christmas Arenas The Pogues Sunflower Jam Festival Cropredy Festival Joe Bonamassa Primus SW4 Festival The Darkness The Kooks Radio 1 Big Weekend Swedish House Mafia Darren Hayes Radio 2 Folk Awards on the Beach Download Festival Lawson Regina Spektor

SSE RISERS is our stage riser and decking rental business. Our interlocking SetDeck risers can provide anything from a rolling drum riser to a complete multi-level stage set. We provide risers and sets for many major tours and festivals. All our services can be obtained by calling any of our offices in Redditch, London or Bradford. Wigwam operate from offices in Heywood, Greater Manchester.

SSE Risers have a huge range of configurations SSE Risers on hire at Haydn Festival SSE INSTALLATIONS and WIGWAM ACOUSTICS are both key players as installers of equipment for an ever increasing range of venues. Wigwam were winners of the Pro Sound Awards Installed Sound Team of the Year, 2013. The two installation departments complement each other, with a rich mix of expertise across sound, lighting and AV systems and experience across very varied venues including listed buildings, theatres, churches, clubs and bars. The addition to the Group of ETA SOUND in 2012, brings large scale arena and stadia PA and VA installations to SSE’s portfolio.

Aberystwyth University takes delivery of two Yamaha digital Our services include consultancy, in order to assess your consoles from SSE Sales requirements, considering customer comfort, health and safety and noise management issues. Installations can be financed either on a Both SSE SALES and Wigwam Acoustics have a reputation contract rental basis or as outright sales. as major suppliers of new and used pro audio equipment. As Once up and running we provide comprehensive support packages authorised dealers for many leading pro audio brands, our for servicing and on-call engineers to make sure your equipment newly combined sales department can provide a greater range of remains up and running. equipment and services than ever before. We can supply complete PA systems based on all the tried and tested products we use in our own hire stocks, together with all the necessary supporting products from mixing consoles to microphones. But we don’t just shift boxes. We have the expertise to design solutions for just about any live audio situation and always provide a high level of after-sales service and support that includes audio ‘packaging’, customisation, service plans and the sale of used equipment at competitive prices. Sound and Lighting installed by SSE at Tiger Tiger in Manchester SSE Audio Group designs and manufactures a number of specialist SSE Sales supplies products including SSE ProSight, the products designed and MB4 stage monitor, the Digital DJ manufactured by SSE such Interface (DDI), and the Sigma range as ProSight the widely-used of connectors and accessories. laser inclinometer.

ETA Sound installed and maintained the audio system in the Velodrome for London 2012.

SIGMA FABRICATIONS is the name on flightcases and other custom fabrications manufactured by SSE Audio Group. SSE has a very well established pedigree in manufacturing, making its own On Event Production Co take delivery of an L-Acoustics ARCS WIFO products since 1976. As a distinctive brand, Sigma Fabrications system from SSE Sales is bringing our manufacturing capability to new markets and customers. In association with Sales and Installations, Sigma Fabrications offers a wide range of custom products for use throughout the entertainment production industry, enabling us to provide a complete packaging service with cases, racks and cabling designed to meet your specific Digico Console with Wigwam in Greenwich Park requirements. MELPOMEN FRANCE puts SSE Audio Group at the heart of Europe. Melpomen is one of France’s leading live sound, hire Award Winning and installation companies, with facilities in Paris, Nantes and La Rochelle. Melpomen has recently expanded, adding a SSE Audio Group has been voted ‘Favourite Sound Rental video systems division and a lighting division — Melpomen Company’ at the TPi Awards in 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2011, Eclarages Scenic. with Wigwam collecting the award in 2010. SSE also won the Best Live Sound Event award for the Download Festival This means a full rental, installation and sales service can be at the Audio Pro Industry Excellence offered covering sound, lighting and AV. Tour managers working Awards 2010 and Wigwam across Europe can budget in Euros and can access an enormous won Installed Sound Team Of pool of equipment. Melpomen share common processes with the The Year at the inaugural rest of the Group in the packaging, preparation and servicing of ProSound Awards 2013. equipment. Melpomen also has an excellent sales team who are skilled specifically in the area of stadium installations.

SSE AUDIO GROUP HEADQUARTERS SSE offers its services worldwide from headquarters in Redditch in the West Midlands. From here we have extensive warehousing, equipment servicing and stock management facilities supporting all of our divisions, as well as sales demonstration and training facilities. In 2011 SSE Audio Group made all of its services more accessible around the UK, with new offices and warehouses in the North and South of England.

SSE AUDIO GROUP IN LONDON From our London premises in Park Royal, we can offer our full range of services to the capital and the South of England. We now hold a stock of the smaller Nexo and L’Acoustics systems in London as well as digital mixing consoles and outboard equipment available for hire which can be added to at short notice from our main stock. Similarly, London based freelance crew can prep their hire job Wigwam’s base in Heywood, Greater Manchester. in the capital if they prefer. Service engineers are on call to look after our wide range of installations in London and with our sales facilities, you have access to all of SSE’s divisions.

SSE AUDIO GROUP IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND Following on from our success in London, we have established premises in Bradford, West Yorkshire to service our northern-based customers. As in the South, all of SSE Audio Group’s services are available through our northern office, which is staffed by experienced sales and technical personnel. With the addition of Wigwam Acoustics, we now also have a base in Heywood, Greater Manchester. One of the loading bays at SSE’s main headquarters in Redditch.

SSE’s Northern Office and Warehouse in Bradford.

SSE Audio Group’s London premises in Park Royal.

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HIRE | SALES | INSTALLATIONS | RISERS | CANEGREEN | WIGWAM | ETA SOUND | SIGMA FABRICATIONS | MELPOMEN FRANCE HEADQUARTERS: BURNT MEADOW HOUSE, NORTH MOONS MOAT, REDDITCH B98 9PA TEL: +44 (0)1527 528822 LONDON OFFICE & WAREHOUSE: UNIT 3, CUMBERLAND AVENUE, PARK ROYAL, LONDON NW10 7RX TEL: +44 (0)20 8961 1225 NORTHERN OFFICE & WAREHOUSE: 19 GREAT RUSSELL COURT, FIELDHEAD BUSINESS CENTRE, BRADFORD BD7 1JZ TEL: 01274 30 40 83 Wigwam Acoustics: UNIT 101 PHOENIX CLOSE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HEYWOOD OL10 2JG TEL: 01706 363800 (hire) 01706 363400 (sales)