With her trademark shock of dark hair and mournful pop songs, multiple award-winning singer/songwriter Megan Washington is one of the current darlings of the Australian music industry. Her sold-out Tour of Laughter and Forgetting has played in venues in the country’s major cities, two shows of which were at in Melbourne, where DiGiCo consoles took care of mixing duties.

Performing under the simplified moniker Washington, the Papua New Guinea-born songstress injects a much-needed dose of difference to the Australian pop scene. From her multi-part melodies, shot through with sixties, seventies and eighties influences, to a wry sense of self-deprecating humour (the Nord logo on her stage keyboard subtly altered to Nerd, for example), Washington’s difference from today’s endless diet of manufactured, Autotune-soaked music is what makes her so popular.

Melbourne-based Monitor City was hired for both of the city’s shows, deploying a DiGiCo SD9 at Front of House supplied to them by DiGiCo’s Australian distributor, Group Technologies. It was manned by Monitor City co-founder Matt Dufty, with professional partner Ade Barnard on an SD8 at the monitor position.

The first show was at the city’s Ormond Hall, with the second at the Forum. At both, Monitor City also used Nexo PA systems.

“DiGiCo and Nexo was a killer combination for these shows,” says Monitor City system tech Kieran Lang. “World class acts need world class gear, as we all know.

“Everyone was really stoked with the sound. The combination of Nexo and DiGiCo really provides great results".