Technical Rider

This is Taxi-Brousse’s technical rider, it outlines the technical requirements and specifications for your event. Details about equipment, stage setup, and crew needs are listed below so the venue can meet the technical needs for a smooth and successful show.

Provide this document to the technical personnel in charge of your event and call us to discuss!
“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.”
— Hazrat Inavat Khan

Transport, Duration & Catering

The dancers, DJ and swing band mostly travel by car, please provide Taxi-Brousse with some indications regarding the parking places if provided.

Catering has been agreed with the organizer, make sure to provide beverages to everyone, enough fresh water is just fine.

The duration, number of sets, timing has been agreed with the organizer.

Taxi-Brousse loves the input of the audience and follow their wishes whenever possible. Pictures and videos are encouraged! Please ask everyone to tag the band as #TaxBrousseSwing

For the Dancers in your Audience

The swing dancers from your audience, they need a dance floor large enough to swivel, pass through, jump, and many other fun steps they like. The right size for the dancing floor depends on the expected crowd.

For the Virtuoso Dancers

A floor that glides somewhat is essential. A wooden floor is mostly adequate but regular flat floors (and a little sand) will mostly do the trick too. Call us and we will ask our dancers to check out your venue.

The dancers need a place to store their clothes and shoes, out of sight & secure. They also need a place to get dressed and apply make-up for those exquisite vintage looks.

For the Swing DJ

Small Venues

In small venues, the DJ needs amplification (or we provide it) and will output music as 2 x XLR or 2 x CINCH as you wish. Taxi-Brousse can provide amplification if you wish so.

The DJ need a place to store cases, out of sight & secure.

Larger Venues or Open Air

In larger venues, the DJ requires some monitoring and will output 2 x XLRs from his desk.

The DJ need a place to store cases, out of sight & secure.

For the Swing Band

Rider

Taxi-Brousse could use…

  • A small chair or cruck is required for our guitar player who plays seated.
    The other msicians play standing.

  • Taxi-Brousse musicians need a place to store the music cases and regular clothes, out of sight & secure

  • Music stands with good looks are welcome but do not need to be provided

  • Enough light is required so the band can read their parts

Stage plot

Taxi-Brousse is adaptable, they play in large and love small venues.

The 3 saxophones play in line, mostly in front of the rhythm section.

Please foresee some, even basic, lightning on stage as this greatly enhances the band presence and the event in general.

Front Of House

Small Venues

Taxi-Brousse plays mostly in small venues, using the available acoustics. If the place has strong reverberations (large windows, tiles, …), please provide a backdrop behind the band and some carpets under the band so the sound is not projecting too hard.

We will evaluate with you wether we bring our own amplification or not.

Stage dimensions for small venues

Taxi-Brousse would like something like 7m x 6m = 42 m²

Taxi-Brousse needs at least 6m x 4m = 24m²

Call us if your configuration is special.

For Larger Venues

You need to provide amplification for very large venues or in open spaces.

Our input list is

  • one microphone for each of the 3 saxophones

  • standard miking for the drums

  • XLR DI line outputs for the guitar

  • XLR DI line outputs for the acoustic bass

  • XLR line output for the singer/announcements

! PA system or in ear monitoring is required in this case!

Your sound engineer needs to call the band before the event so they can share what they bring along (microphone, DI, …).

Would you like to get to know the musicians?

Here they are!