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The Raven, Tower Bridge

Background & live music system

The Client

The Raven, Tower Bridge is a classic East London style public house, with an extensive range of real ale, hearty pub food, along with free pool, darts and regular live entertainment.

Owned and operated by the Bloomsbury Leisure Group, The Raven features a live event room on the lower ground floor, with a capacity for one hundred people, and a separate pool room on the first floor with five pool tables and darts. The bar, which serves more than 26 ales and beers, is located on the main floor.

The Raven Tower Bridge is a traditional pub style with a relaxed, informal atmosphere with great food and beer.

Project Brief

Our brief was to install a multi-zoned background music (BGM) system throughout the three separate floors of The Raven and to provide a foreground music solution in the basement’s ‘Live Room’ suitable for gigging bands.

System Solution

For background music, we installed four high output JBL Control 25T loudspeakers in the ground floor lounge and bar and a further four in the first-floor pool and darts entertainment room. We also installed a pair in the underground ‘Live Music’ room to fill the gaps between performances.

For the ‘Live Music’ room’s primary audio, we installed a portable EV FOH system connected to an Allen & Heath 16-channel front of house mixing desk, making it easy for visiting bands and musicians to plug in and play. A pair of EV floor monitors complete the setup.

In terms of control, we implemented three Cloud RSL-6 remote source selection and volume control panels, one for each floor of The Raven. This allows staff to adjust volume levels of the BGM system locally, on each floor.

End game

“Sound Division is proud to partner Bloomsbury Leisure Group in the design, supply, installation and maintenance of their music systems in a number of their traditional public house hostelries including the Pelt Trader, Holborn Whippet, Waterloo Tap, Crofters Rights, Resting Hare and the Jackalope, all proper London pubs offering real ale at its best”, says David Graham, Director of Sound Division.

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The Raven, Tower Bridge

Background & live music system

At a Glance

  • JBL Control-25T loudspeakers
  • Electro-Voice FOH 4K system: ELX200-12 12” tops & -18SP 18” bass
  • Allen & Heath Mix 16ch mixing desk
  • Outboard equipment rack
  • Cloud 46/120T zone mixer amplifier
  • Cloud RSL-6 remote source and volume controls