A new XL version of Elation Professional KL Panel is now available that extends the size of the original while emitting nearly twice the power and offering multi-zone control for dynamic effects. Broadcast environments require bright and highly variable lighting of very high quality for key, fill and backlight. The new KL Panel XL LED soft light delivers with superior output, precise colour temperature control, full-spectrum colour rendering and an even wash coverage. Optimised for the tunable white light requirements of film and television, it is an ideal soft light source for many situations requiring outstanding performance and colour quality.…
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The National Lottery’s Team GB Homecoming – staged at The SSE Arena, Wembley in August – saw Britain’s Olympic athletes honoured by some of the biggest names in music and entertainment during two hours of performances and big screen content from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. With production led by Global Touring Office, the line up saw Rag’n’Bone Man open and close the event with a powerful audio control package supplied by Britannia Row. “I think any show post-pandemic has a certain electric feel about it, but this one was on another level,” said Rag’n’Bone Man FOH Engineer, Rob Sadler.…
Since the resumption of live performances with in person audiences in Denmark, dozens of live events have drawn thousands attendees, none more so than The Minds of 99’s landmark performance at Parken Stadium in front of 50,000 fans, complete with a show design featuring over 300 Robe fixtures – a mixture of Tarrantulas, BMFLs WashBeams, MegaPointes, Spiiders, BMFL FollowSpot LTs and RoboSpots – curated by Jannik Kenneth Skov Jensen. Jensen has worked with the band since 2017, curating the visual elements of their stage performances – including staging, scenic and video – in collaboration with the band’s Manager, Ole Nørup…
Enchanté: The Songs of Tina Arena was one of the first across the country since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lighting Designer, Peter Rubie, who had previously worked with Tina on online streaming projects, was given the brief to create something beautiful, exquisite and theatrical that would enhance and help convey the emotion in the music. Rubie explained: “The main challenge was how to still deliver those intimate moments that were achieved the previous year for Tina in the streaming project with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, on much bigger arena sized stages. Tina wanted the ability to deliver strong and powerful…
The same team that successfully staged the recent South Facing Festival at Crystal Palace Bowl regrouped a few miles down the road to Brockwell Park, south of Brixton, where a recent three-day festival was divided into three prominent brands. Kicking off on 3 September with Wide Awake, this was followed by Mighty Hoopla and finally Cross The Tracks on the Sunday – collectively billed as “Brixton’s jazz, funk and soul feast”. Mighty Hoopla saw Cheryl headlining, with, Eve and Becky Hill, Jimmy Somerville and Gabrielle among the support, while Sunday saw Corinne Bailey Rae, Cymande, Soul II Soul Lianne La…
Panasonic has announced a partnership with Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), to offer an exclusive version of its Polymotion Chat Pro software for automated control of Panasonic integrated PTZ cameras, PTZ heads and Box cameras. Polymotion Chat Pro Panasonic Edition is an easily deployable software solution that allows an operator to automate tracking and filming from up to three cameras from a single PC. Using limb detection software, Polymotion Chat tracks a presenter and/or guests and provides the same reliable and natural camera moves that you would expect from a human operator. The solution is ideal for recording presenters that…
Founded in 2012, Ruhrtriennale is a three-yearly cycle of music and arts events, which take place from August to October in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region. The prestige of staging this year’s opening production fell to Ensemble Modern, a renowned global collective of soloists, whose Sound Designer, Norbert Ommer chose a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 digital mixing system for the surrealist, unconventional opera Bählamms Fest. Ruhrtriennale is a unique festival which embraces a wide range of performances, all taking place in venues created within the region’s industrial architecture. A new artistic director is appointed for each cycle. For 2021-2023 it is renowned…
Clapham Common Summer 2021, three successive festivals organised by Festival Republic, celebrated the music and culture of the Afro diaspora; RTRN II Dance, a day of bass heavy raving featuring electronic music stars like Chase & Status; and ALT+LDN, a first-ever rock and rap mash up with international headliners Smokepurpp and The Kid LAROI. Although very different music emanated from the festival stage on each of the all-day festivals, the visuals supporting the sound remained consistently bright, bold and dynamic, thanks to a powerful and flexible lighting kit design and installed by Bigabox Production. Featuring CHAUVET Professional fixtures, the lighting…
Sydney-based Audio Visual Events (AVE) has invested steadily in Astera’s range of battery powered wireless controlled LED lighting products. In the last three months alone, the firm has purchased 80 AX5 TriplePARs and 16 Hyperion Tubes, which – along over 100 AX1 Pixel Tubes and AX3 LiteDrops already in stock – have been delivered by Astera’s Australian distributor, ULA Group. AVE’s initial investment of 104 Astera AX1 Pixel Tubes were purchased at the end of 2019 and became invaluable during the early months of the company’s first ON AIR studio. “Everyone loves them, and visually the fixtures can provide that…
The Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival returned to Las Vegas from 17 to 19 September, drawing a record 170,000 attendees with a three-day lineup of performances by Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, A$AP Rocky, Green Day, and more than 100 additional acts. Between shows, festivalgoers took in comedy events, culinary demonstrations, and multidisciplinary creative installations by local, national, and international artists. The sound solutions were supplied by Solotech in partnership with Meyer Sound, which provided PA systems for the festival’s three main stages. The main Downtown Stage and Bacardí Stage were anchored by Meyer Sound LEO and LYON…
Orlando-based Na’cho Production & Design is using a zactrack SMART automated follow system for the 2021-22 world tour by Alanis Morissette celebrating 25 years of Jagged Little Pill. Seven-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette kicked off the 35-date US leg of her amphitheater tour in Austin, Texas in August. It wraps in October in Los Angeles, which includes a two-night special at The Hollywood Bowl. The tour then moves to Europe with dates in Australia and the Pacific following late in 2022. Fans will see Morissette perform her iconic album Jagged Little Pill in its entirety, as well as a…
London’s The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) staged a production of the musical Spring Awakening recently, which saw lighting and video design students create, programme and operate the visual aspects using Hippotizer Amba media servers. Central student Jack Fone took the helm in the pre-production process, alongside fellow Central students Adler Williams on animation and Simon Moss, who’s studying Production Lighting. The team created a striking set dominated by a huge crucifix stage back, flanked by projected images designed to augment the narrative. The two Hippotizer Amba media servers were fed three live camera inputs, comprising two…
Wigwam Acoustics, part of the Solotech UK Group, supported multiple stages for both Parklife and Isle of Wight festivals, with just 24-hours to repurpose the Parklife systems into the package for the Main and Big Top stages on the Isle of Wight. With so many festivals happening over such a short period of time, Wigwam’s hire department and its UK partners SSE Audio, Capital Sound and BCS Audio have been at full capacity during the 2021 summer season. The team has had to get used to quick turnaround of gear to support back-to-back festivals. It is a testament to their…
In true Shangri-La style, Lost Horizon, which launched as a creative playground during another summer without the legendary festival, will continue to push boundaries showcasing art, live music and performance. Headline acts and party organisers showing at the intimate 350 capacity creative venue in the coming months, will include Fatboy Slim, with shows on sale and soon to be announced from Afriquoi, Bad Fractals, Balimaya Project, Big Joanie, Club Djembe, Dub Pistols, Decoy/Kurupt Fm, Emerald, Father Funk’s Funk Aerobics, Flamingods, Freestylers, Future Boogie, Gorilla Tactics, Krust, Los Dedos, The Breath, The Mouse Outfit, The Scorpios, Wargasm & Yung Singh. Lost…
For American five-piece metalcore band Beartooth’s late summer The Below tour, the band, founded by lead vocalist Caleb Shomo in 2012, were joined by FOH Engineer, Danny Harvey for a six-week run of dates across the US. With both audio quality and portability in mind, Shomo and Harvey opted for a dual dLive system, supplied by Illinois based V2 Productions, to meet the requirements of the tour. Harvey, who travelled from the UK to work on the tour, plumped for a 28-fader Allen & Heath dLive S5000 Surface and DM48 MixRack, complemented with a Waves V3 card, to handle FOH. “All the…
As Ayrton continues to expand its international designer relations and sales teams, the company is delighted to welcome Brian Dowd as its new designer relationship manager for North America. The new role takes effect from 1 October 2021. Dowd brings to Ayrton nearly 45 years of experience across almost every aspect of the lighting industry, from production and rental to distribution, sales and leadership roles in a variety of companies. His new role will see him work with lighting designers, specifiers and key production contacts to excite and develop the market for Ayrton, supporting the work of Ayrton’s North American…
Each year, Lighting Designer, Alexander Lehman strives to provide Faith Church’s two-day I Am Woman Conference, which takes place in both St. Louis and West Palm Beach, a visual flourish, not just through the use of brightness and colour, but also with a commanding geometrical centrepiece. “It’s something that we do working for Pastor Nicole Crank, the visionary behind this conference,” he said. “We want to wow people. So, three years ago we used scaffolding to create towers and bridges on stage. Two years ago, we had three large LED diamonds. It’s our way of strengthening the connection to the audience.”…
Marshall Electronics has released CV605 5X HD60 IP PTZ Camera, an entry-level PTZ camera which rounds out the Marshall family of PTZ cameras, providing a high performing option at every price point. The CV605 camera features a 5X optical zoom range with a simultaneous 3GSDI and IP interface. Utilising a grade 2 Megapixel sensor to capture crisp HD video at up to 1,920p by 1,080p resolution at 60fps. The wide-angle optical zoom lens offers an impressive 85° angle-of-view through 20° with smooth transitions and an additional 10X digital zoom range. The CV605 has a low latency 3GSDI output as well…
