Last summer, Bending Lite Productions’ Erik Mahowald conceived a lighting design for DJ Dillon Francis’ Coachella 2019 set based around 60 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes, but with the intention of bringing it to major headline events following the reveal. Working alongside Creative Content Director and VJ, Mario Adato; Production Manager, Nathan Rebolledo and Tour Manager, Mike Finn, Mahowald programmed the lighting to animate a set that combined complementary surround elements with creating big moments of drama to produce a high-octane party vibe for audiences to become immersed in. In the centre of this was Dillon Francis himself, performing from an elevated…
Author: Jacob Waite
Headquartered in Tirana, ASLV (Albanian Sound, Lighting and Video) has operated nationwide since 2013 and, with its team of highly qualified staff, provides sound, lighting, video, staging and structures, as well as creative technical solutions for concerts, festivals, theatre and opera productions, key corporate events, expos and more throughout the country. Specialist services also include consultation and design. Recently appointed as exclusive Outline distributor for Albania, following its corporate policy of ensuring its clients equipment that is technically the best for perfectly meeting their requirements, ASLV has also taken delivery of an Outline Superfly Silver audio package, one of the…
Taking advantage of the explosion in performers wanting to livestream their artistry, Chicago, USA-based Charles Ford and his business partner Brandon Clark from Creative Live Control have developed a professional streaming production service – lighting, audio, cameras and broadcast – that meets all the social distancing requirements, can be installed and run by the two of them, and produces a cool, streamlined result. While the challenges of producing special high impact lighting for community lighting projects like Chicago Unite at Night have been stimulating and fun, Ford and Clark also need to generate some business as all their touring work…
The Ahava Festival held its inaugural event at the Woldenberg Riverfront Park in New Orleans, Louisiana in early March. With no admission fee, attendees were encouraged to take in the sounds, sights, and tastes and, if possible, to donate to ten hard-working local charities. The weather was beautiful, and the event raised over $100,000. Danley Sound Labs supported the Ahava Festival with over 4,200 pounds of big-impact loudspeakers, subwoofers, and multi-channel amplifiers for all of its three stages, allowing New Orleans engineers to hear the Danley difference. The whole concept behind the Ahava Festival is based on sharing love and…
Stephan Hartmann left the Neumann&Müller Veranstaltungstechnik executive management team upon reaching his 60th birthday. He will continue his duties in operational support for Sales and Marketing. As of 31 May 2020, there has been a change in personnel in Neumann&Müller Veranstaltungstechnik’s executive management. Stephan Hartmann left the executive management team, which he joined in 2015. After leaving his post, he will still perform his current duties and continue to actively support Sales and Marketing. The 60-year-old will carry on in his role as contact person for clients, associations and the industry’s institutions, thus remaining an important link between the company…
Just as it does at outdoor festivals, nature can work with or against the LD who lights a drive-in concert. Matt Collier got a little taste of both on 23 May when he lit a two-hour-and-ten-minute show by jam band monsters Spafford at the Digital Drive-In outside Phoenix. The brilliant orange sunset that filtered through the feathered clouds at the start of the show served up one of those breathtaking spectacles that happen on special evenings this time of year in the dessert. Along with this gentle touch, however, nature also showed its harsher side with some strong southwest winds.…
As Unusual Rigging’s Managing Director, Tom Harper prepares to moderate an ABTT seminar on Sustainability in Theatres on the 11 June, the company is releasing a series of short videos on its social media channels and its website to stir the debate. Harper, who has an MBA in Innovation and the Circular Economy is passionate about making positive change in the live production industry’s ecosystem – especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and will argue the need for companies to move on from the sustainability argument and to think more circularly instead. He said: “For years, under the sustainability model, companies…
Challenging times call for innovative technology solutions. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for UV-C lighting products offering reliable disinfection. ACT Lighting has announced that it is distributing UV-C lighting devices from Luxibel as well as the GSUV product range from Golden Sea. UV-C ultraviolet light is germicidal breaking apart germ DNA and leaving it unable to function or reproduce. It can even neutralise “superbugs” that have developed a resistance to antibiotics. These properties make UV-C lighting products easy, cost-effective solutions for both permanent installation and portable markets that need to disinfect and sanitize a wide array of venues. “ACT Lighting has begun…
XR Studios leveraged the latest technology from disguise to bring the future of broadcast to primetime American television when pop sensation Katy Perry performed her new single ‘Daisies’ on the season finale of American Idol. The project relied on the collaboration between the creative and technical teams led by XR Studios, with content by Silent Partners Studio using Notch VFX, direction by Silent House Productions and PRG North America as the Production Vendor. “Started on the #AmericalIdol stage, ended up in a whole new world”, as Katy Perry wrote on her Instagram, the performance has since been watched by over…
Generation AV, the company that represents Martin Audio in the APAC countries, has appointed a pair of new distributors to target key markets in Asia. PT Goshen Swara Indonesia has become the exclusive distributor for Indonesia, while Guangzhou Guidance AV Technology will add to Martin Audio’s distribution network in China. Headquartered in Jakarta, PT Goshen is a well-established distribution company, with representation right across the country. “They are a great fit for Martin Audio as they cover all the vertical markets we work in—from Touring/Rental to all the installation markets,” explained Generation AV founder, Dave McKinney. “PT Goshen’s MD, Cunario Suriya…
Creating a sound that felt unamplified was a crucial factor for Cameron Crosby when he was tasked with handling the sound design for Nixon in China, an opera composed by John Adams and with a libretto by Alice Goodman. The phrase Crosby uses is ‘clarified rather than amplified;’ and to this end he deployed an extensive range of DPA microphones for the production, which was a joint venture between Scottish Opera in Glasgow, The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen and Teatro Real in Madrid. All the DPAs used were supplied by FE Live and were chosen for their superior sound…
Solid State Logic has announced that it has appointed Marc DeGeorge to National Sales Manager, Audio Creation Products. DeGeorge, who was previously U.S. Sales and Marketing Manager, Music Products, will continue to report to Phil Wagner, Senior Vice President, Solid State Logic. “Marc has been a key part of our sales team for almost a decade, and in his new role he will help extend our success into adjacent markets — particularly for our products such as SiX and our new interfaces,” said Wagner. “Through our relationship with Audiotonix, we have been able to substantially increase our manufacturing capacity while…
TSL’s package is designed for simple setup, and remote lighting levels and camera balance control. TSL Lighting has developed an innovative new COVID-Secure ‘remote control’ lighting system to enable simple set-up and operation. The Basingstoke-based company devised the solution in response to a project brief from digital web streaming pioneers Beings Broadcast, on behalf of creative agency Collider. “The COVID-19 lockdown has required companies across the event production industry to look at new ways to deliver client communications,” said TSL’s Loz Wilcox. “When the message is important, it’s imperative that this is delivered in a slick, professional manner and sometimes this…
The 62nd GRAMMY Awards became the first major broadcast event to utilise a large complement of Claypaky Xtylos fixtures when Lighting Designers, Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz of Full Flood Inc. deployed 60 Xtylos for Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani’s duet, Nobody But You. In addition, 118 Claypaky Mythos 2 fixtures made up the main set rig and the dish stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. PRG was the lighting vendor. The show’s Creative Producer Raj Kapoor asked the lighting designers for a lighting installation that would separate Shelton and Stefani from the band and enfold them as they…
Ayrton has announced the appointment of LiteNordic as its new exclusive distributor for Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The new arrangement takes place with immediate effect in Sweden and Denmark, and from 1 July in Norway. Formed in January 2018, LiteNordic is a ‘young’ lighting distribution company with many years of industry experience due to its team of skilled and knowledgeable individuals. LiteNordic identifies as a proudly Scandinavian operation with offices and sales teams in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and a comprehensive network of partners in all three countries. “We work closely with influencers such as lighting designers for live and…
In the wake of COVID-19, Chris Brodman and his team have transformed the LIT Lighting warehouse into a livestreaming studio, with the help of CHAUVET Professional fixtures. This is the second incarnation of LIT Live for Broadman, Cody Lisle (also of LIT), and Rodger Pugh of Devus Designs. They began collaborating on the livestreaming program early in the pandemic, but closed up shop after the governor of Arizona declared a general lockdown. In May, with the crisis easing and restrictions lifted, they restarted LIT Live – and as they’ve moved forward, they’ve picked up new bits of knowledge with every…
punQtum has announced a series of webinars in order to communicate more effectively with potential customers as face-to-face contact continues to remain restricted for the immediate future. Starting with an introductory session on 3 June at 11:00 CEST, followed by a session on 8 June at 11:00 CEST that explains the punQtum Expert concept and how to become one, the full schedule plus registration details can be found on the punQtum website. The first webinar on 3 June 2020 – punQtum Digital Intercom – is designed as a company overview as well as a demo of punQtum’s first product, the Q110…
Analog Way announces major updates in the new software release 3.0 for its Picturall series of media servers. The 3.0 software version available now expands Picturall media servers’ functionalities and provides many enhancements to offer advanced media processing, add flexibility in programming and simplify its use. The new features include the support of cue tracking, the NotchLC video codec, NewTek NDI version 4.5, and virtual displays as well as a new web-based media manager and a free AWX encoder plug-in for Adobe Creative Cloud. The support of cue tracking allows users to freely jump from one cue to another in…
