Lectrosonics has announced the appointment of Jimmy Yap as the Company’s new Technical Representative for the Asia Pacific Region. Based in Cambodia, Jimmy will be representing Lectrosonics by supporting dealers, end-users and future customers throughout the region including China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Bangladesh. Jimmy Yap joins Lectrosonics with a very broad spectrum of education and career experience in A/V, including technical engineering, distribution and sales, and having held executive positions at his own company as well as at a variety of industry manufacturers. …
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As the nation and entertainment industry navigate the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, all Bandit offices have made power distribution systems, IT data distribution systems, portable structures and lighting available to local governments and hospitals completely free of charge. Bandit has also made available, free of charge, its Nashville rehearsal facility, Venue One, for use by any artist that needs a place to perform a live stream event during this critical time. “Tennessee has been known as The Volunteer State since The War of 1812, and it was only right that Bandit step up and offer this free support,” said Bandit Lites…
Strand has announced a new LED version of the iconic Strand Leko Profile luminaire along with an updated Cantata Fresnel. The two new fixtures are available in full-colour RGBALC as well as tunable warm and cold white versions, and are part of a full range of theatrical luminaires announced today by Strand targeting theatres, houses of worship, TV and film studios, and other performance spaces. The full-colour versions of the new Leko and Cantata luminaires feature an RGBALC (red, green, blue, amber, lime and cyan) colour mixing system as well as the SmartColor Control system first seen on the recently…
Strand has announced the Leko LED Outdoor Profile, an IP65-rated version of the popular Strand Leko. The new weather-ready profile luminaire is available in both a full-colour version featuring RGBALC colour mixing, as well as a higher output white version. The Leko LED Outdoor is part of a full range of theatrical luminaires announced by Strand. “The Leko LED Outdoor Profile is a modern successor to the iconic Strand Leko, but in a sturdy IP65 housing built to withstand the elements,” explained Martin Palmer, Senior Product Manager, Vari-Lite and Strand Luminaires at Signify. “Designed to take the performance outside no…
SXS events has shared some positivity and insight to what we it has been doing at SXS HQ: “We are delighted that we have not suffered any significant cancellations. Our clients have been decisive, courageous and sensitive in their actions by postponing their events until later in the year. We have supported them in every way possible with this and are grateful to have learnt a lot in the process. They have also been good to us. This has resulted in SXS being able to coast in this situation for 12+ months without additional investment (which is available from…
Strand has announced the new Coda LED Cyc and Aurora LED Strip luminaires featuring the RGBALC colour mixing system and SmartColor Control system first seen on the recently announced Vari-Lite VL5LED WASH. The new fixtures bring a wide range of rich, easily controllable colour options to footlight, graze, and cyclorama applications, and are part of a full range of theatrical luminaires announced today by Strand targeting theatres, houses of worship, TV and film studios, and other performance spaces. The new Strand Coda cyc fixture and Aurora strip luminaires merge modern lighting technology with the colour depth and control simplicity of…
This was a birthday party with a difference: Hamburg rapper Samy Deluxe did not choose to celebrate privately but instead filled the Hamburg Barclaycard Arena with around 12,000 fans last December. The mega show, which also marked the end of his successful SaMTV Unplugged tour, was attended by numerous guests. On top of that was the unexpected release of his new album Hochkultur, which was also given as a present to all birthday guests. LD Bertil Mark, who has been working on the artist’s tour design since 2019 (after handling various festival engagements in previous years), was given the task…
With its stellar lineup of EDM stars, the Green Love Festival has grown into a magnet for music fans, not just for its sounds, but for its visual treats as well. Aside from being located in a beautiful vibrant city on the Danube that was designated the European Capital of Culture for 2021 by the EU, the indoor and outdoor festival also wows fans with some stunning stage panoramas. This was readily apparent in the sizzling looks that lighting designer Predrag Djordjević and stage designer Dragan Rajčin from Chameleon Rental conjured up for artists like Spartaque, Metodi Hristov and Fernanda…
A fund to support artists, venues and production companies hit by Coronavirus (COVID-19) cancellations has been launched, inviting music fans and related companies to support the grass roots music community decimated by the shutdown. The Grass Roots Music Fund is appealing for donations from fans and larger companies to support people whose income has been devasted by the rapid shutdown of all public gatherings. The fund will be there for artists, venues and related production crews whose income would have been derived from ticket sales for gigs up to 500 capacity that have been cancelled from March to May due…
Chinese industry is now back to work following the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, and Guangzhou-based PR Lighting marked the start of a new month by putting out a statement reassuring their global reseller and customer base that it is once again business as usual. China was the first country to register the outbreak of the Coronavirus and while production remained temporarily idle throughout the country during lockdown, PR Lighting used the first quarter of the new year not only to fine tune new products already under development but to make some strategic changes to their global sales infrastructure. “PR Lighting is…
As a wholly owner-operated sound manufacturing, touring, event production and rental company, PK Sound has garnered a reputation for its full-bodied and intelligible sound. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiapr20_digitallr/68 Photos: PK Sound www.pksound.com www.lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com
DJ Snake achieved a massive milestone earlier this year as he became the first DJ to sell out the Paris La Défense Arena. Commemorating the monumental feat was a crack team of touring experts, brought in by the artist’s camp, to create a spectacular show for 40,000 concertgoers. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiapr20_digitallr/50 Photos: Anthony Ghnassia www.djsnake.com www.high-scream.com www.sgroup.fr www.wicreations.com www.bpm-sfx.com
Having spent the past five years collaborating with some of the biggest names on the touring circuit today – he’s the studio wizard behind recent Nao, Stormzy, Cosha, Charli XCX, ASAP Rocky, A. K. Paul, Desiigner and slowthai tracks – Mura Masa’s live shows are famed for their proliferation of electronic music gadgets, instruments and headline guest performers. Following the release of his second record, R.Y.C. (Raw Youth Collage), Mura Masa embarked on a radical departure from convention, expanding to a full band setup. TPi caught up with the young team of creatives on board as they loaded into Manchester’s…
Coming to prominence in 2008, The Script have continued to pull large crowds across the UK and Europe, with each tour cycle pushing their production values. With the trio making a point to surround themselves with similar crew from tour to tour, this tight-knit group of roadies welcomed TPi to Manchester Arena, keen to divulge the latest chapter in The Script’s live anthology… https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiapr20_digitallr/32 Photos: Joe Okpako www.thescriptmusic.com www.mirrad.com www.blinkinlab.com www.prg.com www.adlib.co.uk www.bpm-sfx.com www.brilliantstages.com www.airworksinflatables.com www.beatthestreet.net www.stardes.uk www.popcorncatering.com
A £5m hardship fund set up to offer support to musicians struggling financially due to Coronavirus has run out in a matter of days, according to the charity that set it up. The fund – created by Help Musicians and launched on 25 March – is in the process of arranging one off payments of £500 to 10,000 musicians across the UK in order to help them with household expenses and other living costs. The fund provides immediate financial help for those in need, but £500 is not sufficient for the 2-3 months wait until the government’s support package will…
Technical services provider White Light (WL) has taken delivery of a number of Powersoft’s T Series amplifier platforms from the company’s UK distributor, CUK Audio. The purchase, which took place between July and October of last year, included 31 T604s and 3 T602s, and was made after the company had a chance to get some hands-on time with the products at WL’s warehouse. WL’s senior audio technical project manager, Harry Saxton McCann, said: “CUK’s product demos were brilliant, and the training was ideal to bring our freelance and full-time staff up to date with Powersoft’s latest offerings. A lot of…
Faced with the magnitude of the global health crisis linked to the spread of COVID-19, PRG is putting its skills to work to make a difference in the fight against the virus in Europe and the United States. Known for live event, entertainment and scenic production capabilities, PRG is leveraging its know-how to help patients and health workers in Berlin and New York by crafting face shields and building a temporary hospital. “We are responding to the rapidly changing needs of our customers during this emergency, and, with projects like these taking shape around the globe, we are actively at…
Calibre UK’s HQPro1000 now benefits from a number of enhancements. Many of the new features found in HQPro1000 make it now even more suitable for remote interaction applications, a market that Calibre sees as growing rapidly as businesses and organisations look to minimise travel and face-to-face contact. “Distance learning, cloud meetings and medical display are typical of the remote applications that have become increasingly popular as organisations look to reduce cost, increase productivity and minimise their carbon footprint,” said Willy Tsai, Managing Director, Calibre UK. “Now, they have another reason to evaluate the solutions available from Calibre to facilitate video…
