Lost Horizon, created by the team behind Glastonbury’s legendary Shangri-La within the immersive world of Sansar, reveals a new Spring season of virtual reality and livestream events, as well as a new service creating bespoke worlds for artists, labels, festivals and brands that want to take their audience into the virtual world. As the 2021 live season once more faces mass cancellation of large scale events, Lost Horizon’s highly skilled full service team including experienced event directors, designers, engineers, platform architects, project managers, developers, bookers and marketeers, is now opening the doors to the ‘musical metaverse’ to all event organisers…
Author: Jacob Waite
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Queen have graced its stage; artists from Bob Dylan to Blur have released albums recorded within its walls. Now, live music has returned to the legendary Nippon Budokan, as rising J-pop stars Little Glee Monster recently kicked off their Japanese tour at the iconic Tokyo venue. An Adamson Systems Engineering system supported the ground-breaking event for the group, the start of their largest arena tour to date. The Budokan was built in 1964 as a martial arts competition space for the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The venue’s octagonal shape can make sound reinforcement difficult, however, System…
JLLighting takes stock of a significant batch of bespoke 72ways, HDPE distro and cables, courtesy of SES Entertainment Services. “The quote started off as three of these units however quickly turned into HDPE distro, moulded rubber K9s, soca splitters, custom fan outs and Powerlock linking sets as well,” SES Entertainment Services Director, Gordon Cooper informed TPi. Quotes and drawings were supplied quickly by the electronics firm with a “tight” deadline to adhere to. SES worked closely with JLLighting on the specs and branding to ensure the company received the specification, boasting, in Cooper’s words, the “best quality branded components” on…
Building on the instant success of the Streamer, GLP’s new LED light for video conferencing, live streaming and home office work, the company has announced a new packaging variant for those wanting multiple sources, called the Streamer Duo Kit. Simultaneously, the free-to-download app has been updated, offering significant expansion of the remote-control capabilities of all Streamer units. The Streamer Duo Kit packages two of the GLP Streamer units together with a pair of extendable tripods, USB-C cables and USB-A to USB-C adapters for both units. This comprehensive accessory set also comes with a pair of soft drawstring bags to protect…
Elation Professional expands its Key Light (KL) Series of LED Fresnel luminaires with the full-colour-spectrum KL Fresnel 8 FC. Designed for TV and film, theatre, tradeshows or any general AV application requiring high output soft light with precise colour reproduction and adjustable colour temperature, the KL Fresnel 8 FC excels at producing the soft field light that designers desire in order to masterfully highlight performers or scenery on stage. The KL Fresnel 8 FC produces dynamic colour temperature adjustment and full colour control. It houses a highly efficient 500W RGBMA LED engine calibrated at 6500 Kelvin and emits a beautifully…
disguise has secured a spot in the 12th annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200, as the sole live event technology provider among Britain’s mid-market companies with the fastest-growing international sales. This year’s COVID-19 edition highlights the important contribution that private companies have made during the pandemic and marks the fourth consecutive year disguise has made it in the publication’s Fast Track league. In the past year disguise has led the way in extended reality and virtual production, accelerating development of its workflow and launching at a time when the live events industry has started recognising the need for immersive…
When the Almería City Orchestra began preparations for their annual Christmas Concert they realised that due to COVID-19 restrictions, the venue would need to be different from previous years. However, through the utilisation of d&b Soundscape, the venue was reimagined in the minds of those in attendance. Almería City Orchestra (OCAL) had chosen to perform Handel’s Messiah for its annual Christmas concert, a musical fixture of the holiday season delivering this semi-dramatic work on a large scale with chorus, soloists and full orchestra. The concert would normally take place in the city’s fortress cathedral, a historic venue originally built in…
Mvision has equipped for rise in creative content production in France amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the roll out of a 300 sq m studio set, which features a curved LED wall, controlled by two Brompton Technology Tessera S8 LED processors. “Mvision invested in its first LED screens more than eight years ago, and our first cylindrical screen was awarded a prize at the innovation show, Heavent Paris,” said Mvision owner, Meziane Lounis. “Since then, we have been building up our experience and expertise in LED technology, with our latest opening of a studio and investment in Brompton LED processing…
Fuelled by a dedication to customer experience as well as ensuring preparedness for events post lockdown, d&b audiotechnik’s latest Soundscape software updates enhance users’ ability to deliver extraordinary acoustic experiences with the comprehensive Soundscape toolkit. “At d&b we are planning ahead and ensuring the Soundscape platform is not only easy to deploy and accessible, but significantly advanced for when it’s possible to have events again,” said d&b audiotechnik Product Manager, Georg Stummer. “The features released today not only significantly increase the predictability and flexibility of Soundscape, but also the ease of implementation from small theatre productions to large, complex applications.…
DRPG grows its creative and content development capabilities with the acquisition of London-based screen content agency, A-Vision. A-Vision are specialists providing communication solutions from film & video, production, and digital servicing to clients such as Apartments.com, CoStar group, and Avaya. With a team of 10 people, they will be adding a new dynamic to the group. With 90% of A-Vision’s business in the USA, this will complement the opening of DRPG’s new offices on the East Coast later this year. A-Vision Creative Director and owner, Andrew Smith said: “There is already a great working relationship and joint respect with both Dale and…
GLP’s Creative Light 1 (CL1) and Creative Light 1 Plus (CL1+) are the first battery powered and completely wireless creative LED systems on the market. They are designed for maximum flexibility in an almost unlimited range of applications for professional and semi-professional users alike. Both feature 24 RGB LEDs and offer countless design possibilities with features such as main colour control, colour patterns, a sound-to-light feature via an integrated mic and three dynamic pattern macros. Whether all pixels are used together, individually via pixel mapping or via the integrated double layer FX engine the system is capable of producing stunning…
Following the recent announcement of Virtual Showlight 2021, which will take place online on 25 May 2021, organisers are renewing a call for papers from speakers keen to be a part of the inaugural event. Showlight has always centred on a programme of papers, delivered by lighting practitioners from around the world. Determined to uphold the spirit of Showlight despite the global restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Showlight strives to treat delegates to a day of talks and networking opportunities. Showlight is issuing a fresh call for papers to anyone involved in lighting – from lighting designers, lighting directors,…
Lighting Designer, Hugh Taranto illuminated a vibrant array of Australian artists performing on the Sydney Stage of the 2020-21 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s New Year’s Eve broadcast. This year the event was aptly titled ‘We Are One’ in light of a difficult year for the region, which has wrestled with bushfires and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the date of the New Year’s celebrations approached, organisers took the decision to celebrate without a live audience. Taranto enlisted the support of lighting vendor, Chameleon Touring Systems, which deployed 56 Astera LED Titan Tubes, set up to create an “immersive light display” –…
Robe lighting has announced the passing of Marco Bartolini, a popular and well-known industry figure, who passed away on 10 February 2021, following a short battle with cancer. Bartolini began working with Robe in 2004 when at SR Consulting, and since 2007 has headed the team at Robe’s Italian distributor, RM Multimedia. Earlier in his career, he had worked with other notable industry brands and companies including SGM, always living and breathing the entertainment technology world that was his passion and in which he became a key figure. Robe CEO Josef Valchar stated: “Marco was a beautiful person and one…
Rupert Neve, an innovator and business owner whose analog audio equipment designs have become an essential component in music recording, live sound production and home hi-fi systems, passed away on 12 February 2021 in Wimberley, Texas, due to non-COVID pneumonia and heart failure at the age of 94. Neve’s impact on the audio industry can hardly be overstated. It’s no exaggeration to say that millions of people worldwide listen to music every day that was produced using equipment incorporating Rupert’s designs somewhere in the process – from the vocal recording to the final mix, if not from beginning to end.…
Production Park is set to welcome back elite sport following the COVID-19 pandemic, hosting the majority of this year’s Netball Superleague games from its Wakefield campus. The first half of the 2021’s Vitality Netball Superleague season – which involves a partnership between Sky Sports and England Netball – kicks off on 12 February and will be played in Production Park’s Studio 001. The 80ft high facility, which towers over the Production Park campus, is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and is typically used by arena-filling bands to practice performances ahead of worldwide tours. Every match…
Zero 88 has revealed free online product training sessions throughout February and March 2021, presented by Product Specialist, Edward Smith. Running via Zoom, participants can request a link to the record the sessions to re-watch and use these assets as a tool for refreshing and reinvigorating their lighting console programming skills. Most of the training sessions focus on Zero 88’s FLX range of lighting control consoles. The first sessions of the year covers the FLX, FLX S24 and FLX S48 consoles and the ZerOS server, which is applicable to other Zero 88 consoles running the ZerOS operating system. The news…
PRG UK has joined forces with the Saatchi Gallery in West London to present a COVID-19 secure space for recording and streaming virtual and hybrid events, aptly titled Saatchi Studios. “We’ve had an incredible long-standing relationship with the Saatchi Gallery, and it’s been a pleasure to work alongside them once again to develop Saatchi Studios. We had our first client in the studio last week and it’s been great to be back on site,” PRG UK Director of Corporate and Events, John Montague commented. “The team and I cannot wait to continue this journey and are excited about the upcoming…
