Following the success of OCUBO’s Lisbon Under Stars immersive spectacle, the creative studio has returned to produce another ambitious project – the LUMINA Light Festival. Held annually in the Portuguese coastal town of Cascais, the LUMINA Light Festival is an international event, showcasing light art, video-mapping, multimedia and interactive projects, in both urban and natural environments. CEO, artistic director & co-founder of OCUBO, Nuno Maya, explained: “Targeting the general public, LUMINA is a free, open and plural event, created for a wide audience and to be enjoyed by every member of the family, taking them on a sensory journey full of…
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Working with Production Company Attention Seekers, LED Creative provided a selection of products from their exclusive Sigma LED range to help build the clean, modern look created for the semi-final of the McLaren Shadow Project. Staged at the prestigious McLaren Technology Centre and streamed live via the project’s YouTube Channel, the event is a highly contested battle for a place on the McLaren E-Sports Team. Having been whittled down from over half a million applicants, the final eight ‘virtual drivers’ were tested over a series of racing challenges, competing at legendary tracks in iconic McLaren machinery. The custom built McLaren…
Diwali is the Hindu, Sikh, and Jain festival of lights, which symbolizes victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. The 2018 Diwali was celebrated with a huge event in the heart of London with music, dance, workshops, foods, crafts, and, of course, plenty of lights from SGM Light. “The brief was to create something that was both visual and memorable. We mainly chose SGM fixtures because of outdoor usage, and Ethix has a very long relationship with SGM and their products, and an excellent record of support. The high IP classification in SGM’s products is…
Phoenix is an indie pop band from France that has enjoyed a long period of success and a string of popular albums since the first one came out in 2000. The band’s latest Album, Ti Amo, was released last year and has been the focus of their most recent world tour. Experienced Front of House Engineer Matt West (Motorhead, Snoop Dogg, The Cure, Eminem) specified a Solid State Logic L500 live digital console. While West has extensive experience on digital consoles, he said he has mostly used them for ergonomic reasons, rather than sound: “I’m an analogue engineer and I…
Ales Pirman who runs lighting rental company – Intralite – in Slovenia, recently put on the Castle – Kolpa Music Festival, with over 100 Robe moving lights gracing the main stage. This included Intralite’s newest Robe purchase, 20 MegaPointes, which joined the inventory earlier this year. Naturally Intralite supplied the full technical production package, and being a leading rental company, it was an ideal opportunity to show off their creative and technical capabilities. LD Klemen Krajnc was asked to create a production lighting design that would work for all artists. The performance action took place over two stages – the…
This year’s MTV EMA Awards was held at Bilbao’s Bizkaia Arena and hosted by American actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld. For the past two decades, Sennheiser has provided unwavering support to its audio supplier Britannia Row Productions and their partnership delivered perfect results. “The show included 11 acts, including three bands and three multi artist collaborations,” said Colin Pink who lead the audio team. “The presenters and winners all used Sennheiser Digital 9000 Series handhelds, chosen for their great clarity and extraordinary lack of handling noise. As for the music, the line-up this year was very radio heavy and Sennheiser’s…
High End Systems has announced the latest upgrade to their popular HOG 4 lighting console range, OS v3.10. The new release offers several new features and enhancements, including Virtual Wings, Playback Bar docking, Compound Fixture Explode, Inhibitive Masters in the background and new Pixel Map stock content. With Virtual Wings, multiple virtual wings can be opened on a single system, providing additional playback controls when needed. Playback Bar Docking allows users to swap playback bars easily on the console front panel and wings, providing quick access to more playbacks on a single surface. With Inhibitive Masters in the background –…
Star Events’ VerTech Ultra system provided for a stunning production at Riot Games’ League of Legends World Championships final in South Korea, which attracted a record 99.6m unique viewers according to stats revealed last week. The Opening Ceremony at Incheon Munhak Stadium, Seoul used augmented reality (AR) to fit virtual/in-game band K/DA onstage, and across over 2,000sq m of screens, for the first musical performance, alongside Madison Beer, Miyeon and Soyeon of (G)I-DLE, and Jaira Burns later in the show. Broadcast across more than 30 platforms and TV channels, in 19 languages, the extraordinary spectator numbers, boosted by China’s first participation in…
Rentman, maker of Europe’s rental software for AV rental companies, just released a major addition to its cloud-based rental management software. The new mobile app runs on devices such as smartphones or Android-based Zebra scanners, enabling users to manage inventory and rentals at no additional cost. Rentman Mobile is meant to simplify equipment management in the warehouse while offering an affordable scanning solution for every company. On the app’s new features Roy van den Broek, Rentman CEO and former live sound engineer said: “With the addition of mobile scanning and a comprehensive user interface we hope that Rentman Mobile can…
DiGiCo has announced the acquisition of KLANG:technologies as a key new addition to the Audiotonix family that already includes leading audio brands Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiGrid, Solid State Logic and DiGiCo. The deal further brings together some of the most influential and innovative brands within the Pro Audio Industry. James Gordon CEO of Audiotonix commented: “We have had the pleasure of working with KLANG and their pioneering immersive technology for a couple of years and when the opportunity arose for them to join Audiotonix, we were keen to make it happen. We have always stressed that with our M&A we…
Milos recently provided a rectangular structure for a Ninja Adventure course in Helsinki, Finland for the Tubecon Fair, which is Europe’s largest YouTube cultural event. For this event, Finland’s leading YouTubers and thousands of their fans are brought together for two days of fun and excitement. The client for this project was Arctic Playground Solutions, which designs and installs trampoline parks, ninja adventure structures, toddler playgrounds, and other creative activities for its continuously expanding customer base across Europe. The rectangular structure from Milos measured 6m x 3.5m x 3.5m (length, width, height) and was designed as a “ninja track” for…
Philips Vari-Lite VLZ Profile LED luminaires were chosen to meet some specific stage lighting demands on the recent Savage tour by British electronic music pioneer, Gary Numan. For special tour dates, including a showcase performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Numan and his band were joined on stage by an orchestra and choir. In response to this, the visual design, by Luke Edwards of Cue Design, successfully referenced the post-apocalyptic theme of the Savage album, while combining softer theatrical touches to complement the orchestra’s presence, both on the stage and in the music. “To light the orchestra, we needed fixtures…
RCF Group announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of DPA Microphones from The Riverside Company. DPA, based in Allerod, Denmark, is a brand in the high-end professional audio microphone market for the live, broadcast, theatre and studio end-user segments. RCF Group, with Headquarters in Italy and branches in the USA and Europe, operates under the companies RCF, AEB Industriale (dB Technologies) and EAW. RCF Group generates over 80% of its revenues outside of Italy in 120 countries. In 2017 two prominent European private equity players, Palladio Holding and Amundi Private Equity Funds, invested in RCF Group with a minority stake in order…
Production Resource Group LLC, (PRG) has invested in Movecat, innovative motion hoists, notable for their unusual flexible handling. VMK-S hoists represent the elite class on the world market and are recommended for all state-of-the-art applications in locations such as in TV studios, theatres and event venues demanding maximum performance and safety combined with the widest possible bandwidth of uses. VMK-S hoists have the possibility to move both horizontally and vertically and can move live artists; they can be controlled at variable speeds for way- and time-synchronous runs. These high-speed hoists (from 10 m/min) in combination with a V-Motion Powerpack are capable…
The Humans League’s 2018 Red tour saw the band use projection mapping for the first time, with creative content and equipment supplied by Really Creative Media. The 28 date Red tour began at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels on 31 October, landing on UK shores at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend on Sea on 21 November, playing various size venues, from theatres and arenas, wrapping up at London’s Eventim Apollo on 8 December. Really Creative Media (RCM) has worked with The Human League on previous tours, supplying video and server equipment as well as creative content and the band returned to their trusted…
PSI – Production Services Ireland – has been at the forefront of Northern Irish and Irish production rental, service and training for the last 18 years, initially focussing its efforts on lighting, followed by rigging and then training. This year, the company took on pro audio in far more than the sub hire capacity it was able to provide previously. In just 8 months, it seems apparent why and how its latest venture is working… https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpidec18_digitallr/60 www.productionireland.com
Backstage Academy, the live event production educational facility, has announced its new leadership team for 2019. Located on the Production Park campus outside Wakefield, Yorks, the Academy’s undergraduate degree courses, which have been running since 2009, provide the academic and hands-on qualifications to secure a career in the booming live events industry. The team will be headed by Vice Principal, Rachel Nicholson, whose arrival is the culmination of her time in the theatre world. After gaining a degree in Lighting Design, she was awarded a postgraduate studentship to study an MA in Theatre Practice where she specialised in Lighting and…
Le Maitre has announced the re-opening of its pyrotechnic factory on Monday 3rd December 2018 at which time it will resume the manufacture of pyrotechnics at its site in Fourth Drove, Peterborough. Karen Cornacchia, Managing Director issued the following statement about the re-opening: “We would ask everyone to continue bearing with us as we slowly increase stocks, which have been entirely depleted over these last two months. We will be building inventory and making products to order, albeit with slightly longer lead times than normal in the first few weeks of opening. During this time, we also expect to increase productivity…
