Niller Bjerregaard looked after the lighting design on the Jacob Dinesen 40-city 2024 tour of Europe. Bjerregaard, of Happy Light Guy has found that his current work for Dinesen has led him to reignite many ideas from his early work for King Diamond. ”I joined Jacob Dinesen Band in 2017 for a lengthy tour of Denmark as the new LD and production designer,” said Bjerregaard. “Now, I am with his current tour, and it’s been a great learning curve for me to get involved in that scene coming from metal music. This is a unique genre of music with a…
Author: Alicia Pollitt
Less Than Jake are touring with video at the heart of their performance for the first time, wowing fans with live feed footage and pre-made content displayed on three large LED screens driven by tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Media Servers. Longtime Less Than Jake Lighting designer Nikki Dickinson, owner of Rig Lite Design Limited, teamed up with the band and Pete McCrea of Production AV to specify a kitlist of five Marshall CV255 and CV366 cameras to capture the antics of the five band members, live feeds from which were fed into a Hippotizer Amba Media Server. A…
Coachella Festival’s Do LaB electronic music featured a Meyer Sound PANTHER large-format linear line array loudspeaker system. Since 2005, Do LaB, created by brothers Dede, Jesse, and Josh Flemming, has brought elements of underground culture, spontaneity, and community-driven experiences to Coachella, drawing on its founders’ roots in Southern California’s festival and art scene to provide a prime destination for festivalgoers and headlining artists alike. Do LaB’s MACROdose stage, new for Coachella 2024, is a departure from the tent designs of recent years. “MACROdose was a return to our roots of building stand-alone structures that create an immersive environment,” noted Do…
Lighting director, programmer and operator Alexandra Lutz-Higgins utilised a largely Robe lighting rig supplied for Noah Kahan’s at Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium show by lighting and visuals rental specialist, Showscreens, also based in Perth. The company has recently invested in Robe FORTES. The Robe count totalled 22 FORTES, 21 BMFL WashBeams (four running on a 2-way RoboSpot system), plus 32 Spiider LED wash beams. Chase Hall from US-based design studio Cour Design originated the visual design and Lutz-Higgins has been onboard and on the road with it since May 2023 when the tour kicked off. Lutz-Higgins originally programmed the show together with Will Flavin. Over the months…
Wharfedale Pro will be returning to the Royal Armouries this May for PLASA Leeds. “PLASA North is always a great opportunity to connect with our UK market outside of London,” commented Peter Peck, Marketing Manager at Wharfedale Pro. “We’ll be sharing a cross-section of our product portfolio on the booth with a focus on our updated DP series amplifiers with FIR filters, a range of installation loudspeakers and our flagship WLA-1 Hybrid Curvature array system.” The continued development of Wharfedale Pro’s DP series amplifiers, including the DP-F, DP-i and DP-N models is aimed at addressing key market feature requests. DP-F,…
Fourier Audio and DiGiCo announced that they would be releasing the transform.engine, an new Dante-connected server designed to run VST3-native software plugins in live environments in October 2023. Six months later, the two companies announced that the transform.engine is now available for purchase through leading pro audio dealers worldwide. Accolades for the new product have come from many FOH engineers and heads of sound, Jamie Tinsley,for Fred Again commented: “Finally, someone has made a product that the industry has long been waiting for. Although using a version without all of the features yet enabled, I was able to run my…
d&b group announced the launch of SustainSymphony, a cloud-based sustainability management software service. This Software as a Service (SaaS) solution is uniquely tailored to the dynamic landscape of the global live event industry. SustainSymphony is committed to accessibility: the basic version will be offered free of charge, putting sustainable event management within reach of everyone, regardless of organisation size or experience. d&b SustainSymphony is a user-friendly platform with an interface that guides users through a variety of options. Organisers can create accounts based on their specific role. The adaptability ensured that the platform serves a wide range of stakeholders within…
Yellow Studio won the Entertainment Craft Team award at the 2024 BAFTA Television Craft Awards for their work creating the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Julio Himede, founder of Yellow Studios, joined fellow winners Tim Routledge, Kojo Samuel, Michael Sharp and Dan Shipton, who were all recognised for their work creating and delivering the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. For the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, Yellow Studio served as the stage designer, which the UK hosted on behalf of 2022 winners Ukraine. The architecture took inspiration from a wide hug that enfolded the Liverpool Arena, opening its arms to Ukraine, and the…
Swedish metal band, Amaranthe, recently performed a near-sold out, 24-date tour of Europe promoting its latest studio album. The band’s lighting designer, operator and project manager, Lutz Neemann, together with systems technician and LD No2, Daniel Scheuch, used 14 Ayrton Diablo S fixtures as their main source of key lighting. 10 Diablo S were rigged on lighting towers and a further four on top of a truss set on a dolly as part of the floor package. “I chose Ayrton Diablo S for this run with Amaranthe as they are equipped with the perfect features. They have great rotating gobo…
StageOne announced the appointment of Simon Robinson as the new Business Development Manager. Robinson, the co-owner of MediatechAfrica, brings a wealth of experience and a solid network to the StageOne family. Robinson has been a familiar face in the South African Professional AV market and has known Peter Berry, owner of StageOne, for many years through Mediatech Africa and has collaborated with him for the past 18 months, developing the company’s marketing strategies part-time. “I am really excited about joining the company full-time. Peter has built an amazing business with an exciting future ahead of it. I admire his work…
The idea to use EVO 4 and EVO 8 audio interfaces was spearheaded by live engineer Jamie Tinsley, who had one of each of the EVO interfaces. “I’m loving my EVO 8! I’ve swapped it out for the EVO 4 on tour and carry it around with me for my Smaart audio analysis software. The box itself is by far the most compact I’ve used yet, making it perfect for throwing in my bag and taking my sound system calibration tools anywhere I need” he said. Tinsley explained how EVO works for him: “The handiest feature with the EVO is…
Phoenix Lights’ EDM performances were accompanied by a light and video show created by Luis Torres on a massive 100-foot wide and 48-foot tall rig. Taking place on the Pheonix Raceway at the end of March, the festival featured supernatural performances by the likes of Kaskade, Deorro, b2b, Valentino Khan, Dr. Oliver Tree, Apashe, Alleycvt, Levity and Mamba. Torres channeled their musical energy into visuals with help from 40 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M and 30 Maverick MK3 Wash fixtures supplied by Hardwired Productions. The Color STRIKE and Maverick units were spread throughout the truss structures. Torres did this to…
Phoenix elevated its worldwide tour with visuals and effects powered by SMODE. Phoenix tour’s video content was created by Vincent Leroy, SMODE programmer and operator for the tour, based on a set design by famous lighting designer Pierre Claude (The Strokes, Gesaffelstein, Phoenix, AIR). SMODE was chosen for the scenic project, to mix visual sequences, images from different sources, optical illusions, and vibrant 3D effects. The show’s design phase started in January 2022 when the creative team tried out a number of concepts and came up with the final idea in line with the spirit of the band. The initial…
Creative Technology is the first in the U.S. to take delivery of Elation’s new Proteus Radius beam light. Ian Dobson, Technical Director-Lighting at Creative Technology, first saw the fixture at the LDI show in December and immediately recognised its potential: “We were in need of a fast-moving, eye-candy style light suitable for corporate settings that is lightweight and can razzle and dazzle the audience,” he said. “The Radius fit the bill. It projects a beautiful narrow beam and has plenty of gobos for some striking looks.” Elation has launched a new era of beam lights with the Proteus Radius. What…
GIS AG purchased Lift Turn Move in June 2018. The rebranded UK entity will continue to distribute the full range of GIS AG products in the UK market. There will be minimum changes from an administrative standpoint; the revised name ensures continuity of the LTM legacy in the UK market. The directors remain same as do the outright owners. New email addresses and website will be part of wider rebranding to align the business more closely with GIS AG’s corporate image. “LTM has an excellent reputation, built over nearly 20 years in the lifting equipment industry; we’re proud of this…
Italian hip-hop duo Coez & Frah Quintale are first to tour with L-Acoustics L Series and L-ISA. Embracing the absolute latest in technology, the duo adopted immersive audio for their live shows via L-ISA spatial audio technology and did so by pairing for the very first time with L Series, the very latest in line array technology. The L Series is designed to occupy 30% less space than other products capable of the same output, minimising trucks on the road, and lightening the carbon footprint of the tour. For Coez & Frah Quintale, the opportunity to offer an immersive experience…
Bruce Johnston has mixed bands including Hoodoo Gurus, Divinyls, Boom Crash Opera, Crowded House and Midnight Oil in his native Australia, then for a 12-year stint taking care of front-of-house sound for Oasis and, later, building a sound company. It was in his early days with the Gallagher brothers that Johnston first came across NEXO. “Oasis needed serious volume. At the time, line arrays had just started but they weren’t giving me what I needed,” commented Johnston. “We mixed on a NEXO Alpha system, and it was just – wow – right in your face. And it never said no.”…
CAST Group of Companies welcomed HUB (formerly KulTechDesign Kft) as the exclusive distributor of BlackTrax in Hungary. HUB has become a trusted partner of BlackTrax, offering integration support and expert guidance on how to effectively implement the technology in projects across the region. “What initially attracted us to BlackTrax was its ability to create tightly integrated designs and experiences, where the technology blends seamlessly into the background, facilitating a fully immersive and responsive environment where the audience and performers’ focus remains in the creative realm. Its outside-in tracking and simple integration with lighting consoles added another level of excellence, which…
