With the company’s ongoing global expansion accelerating, Alcons Audio has announced the appointment of Osaka-based E’Spec as its Japanese distributor. Established in 1990, E’Spec has offices in Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya, making it ideally-positioned to cover the whole of the Japanese professional audio market. It chose to distribute Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems because they provide the detail and seamless coverage of sound at high SPLs which is rarely seen in the industry. Initial talks between the companies had started at the 2019 Integrated Systems Europe show, when E’Spec approached Alcons with a keen interest to become its distributor for Japan. …
Author: Jacob Waite
AMTE Power and Britishvolt have announced plans to investigate collaborating to build the UK’s first full cycle battery cell GigaPlant, servicing the automotive and energy storage markets. Both parties have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focussed on each others complementary ambitions to create and expand an onshore manufacturing supply chain. The successful outcome of the collaboration would enable scalable production of a diverse product portfolio of lithium ion batteries to support the country’s Road to Zero targets and unprecedented transition to electrification. Kevin Brundish, CEO at AMTE Power commented: “We are delighted to be working with Britishvolt exploring the…
Lightpower has teamed up with legendary photographer Neal Preston to release a set of more than 25 previously unseen music photographs, in very limited editions, to help support the industry charities. Each of these very special images is being made available in an extremely limited edition run of just 20 per image and will support organisations such as Crew Nation, Behind the Scenes and Backup. The Lightpower Collection is proud to exclusively offer these signed and numbered fine art prints for purchase at the special price of only 950 Euros. These prints will have enormously high collector’s value due to their extremely small…
The charismatic singer-songwriter Mika’s Revelation tour in support of his fifth studio album, My Name is Michael Holbrook, may have been postponed midway through due to the current COVID-19 crisis, but it wowed audiences from autumn through to this spring. Lighting Designer, Vince Foster who, with an impressive CV which spans well over 30 years, requires little introduction. Foster’s design for Mika’s Revelation was clean and uncomplicated: plenty of floor lighting, significant numbers of side fixtures and trusses in the most effective of locations. His choice of fixtures was similarly unambiguous: just four different fixtures and overwhelmingly from Ayrton. Alongside…
Highlite International’s latest campaign, dubbed ‘The Power Of Entertainment’, is well underway – featuring several product introductions and continues with the presentation of the latest additions to the well-known Showtec Performer series. Showtec adds no less than seven new Performer models to the already successful Performer range. It starts with a house-light, the Performer Pendant Q6. This offers a 6-colour RGB ALC LED engine with which a very broad colour spectrum can be achieved, resulting in a very high CRI level of over 90. It is very well equipped to be used in theatres, auditoriums and more. The…
Given his background mixing front-of-house for rock bands, it’s no surprise that when Sphereo sound designer and 3D audio operator Jonas Gehrmann discusses immersive audio, he focuses a lot on music use cases. “In the end, immersive audio for concerts should be about music and not about technology,” he insisted. “If you make an immersive concert mix where stuff is flying around, after two minutes it’s boring. We might use FLUX:: Immersive’s Spat Revolution to create a more 360 degree image of the stage from the viewers position, so you are standing next to the guitar player and you hear…
Festicket has launched a new live streaming platform called Festicket Live, which will allow music fans to watch and engage with artists direct from their home. The new platform – in partnership with YouTube and Vimeo – will allow artists or event promoters to set up their own customisable and unique streaming page, which will include the embedded live stream, webchat, links to social media profiles, and the option to include a shop for either donations, merchandise, or more. Festicket Live will have the ability to host free, but also ticketed live streams. The latter will combine Festicket’s advanced ticketing…
Denmark’s annual music competition to find its Eurovision entry reached its big finale in March at Copenhagen’s 16,000-capacity Royal Arena. Known as the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, hopefuls battled it out against a striking stage design made up of 450sq.m of LED screen, shaped into ever-expanding triangular shapes. These were fed perfectly mapped visuals by a chorus of Green Hippo Hippotizer Karst+ Media Servers. Hot shot Hippotizer aficionado 4K Projects, which is based in Copenhagen, was commissioned by Danish national broadcaster Danmarks Radio to project manage the video and lighting aspects of the show. The company’s Mikkel Samuelsen and Balder…
Lux Partum – translated to ‘emission of light’ in Latin – was a beautifully sculpted interactive lighting installation and live stream staged at the Motorwerk event space in Berlin, created by Lighting and Show Designer, Chris Moylan and his team. The team behind the piece were Lars Murasch, Andreas Schindler, and Matthias Schöffmann, who together with acclaimed DJ and music producer, Paul van Dyk – who composed a special soundtrack – played a three-hour live concert during the first weekend of lockdown. The work utilised 54 Robe moving lights including MegaPointes, Pointes plus TETRA2 moving LED battens which were installed…
LEDBlade has partnered with London-based agency Collaborative Creations to expand its presence in the UK lighting and events market. LEDBlade’s ledstripe system was built with the entertainment industry in mind and can be used to create stunning visuals at indoor and outdoor live events. In addition to a range of straight units the company offers a custom-made curved unit service for more specific lighting briefs. The ‘Curved’ LEDBLADE segments can be used in line with the straight units or as a standalone lighting fixture offering unmatched creative potential to any stage setup. The LEDBlade system was developed by Hungarian visual…
AVANTE Audio has expanded its Imperio Series by launching a collection of pre-configured systems designed to make the lives of audio professionals easier. Devised around specific applications and methods of deployment, each of the systems include everything necessary to get an Avante Audio Imperio PA up and running, including array modules, subs and rigging hardware. Imperio is a ‘mini array’ system that offers a powerful, flexible and scalable active audio system that is ideal for installation in mid-size venues as well as for use by production companies working on one-off events or touring productions. At the heart of the series…
LEA Professional has announced its free online user’s guide complete with videos, blog posts and tutorials. The new user’s guide is designed to support customers and audio enthusiasts alike with educational content on new LEA products including amplifier set up and functionality guides. “At LEA Professional we know how important it is to stay connected with our customers, especially during these challenging times. We want to make sure that, even though we cannot see them face to face, we can still provide support where it’s needed,” said Brian Pickowitz, VP of Marketing, LEA Professional. “Online content is more important than…
With a stated mission to remove barriers to collaboration, T1V has appointed POLAR as a UK distributor. T1V’s suite of collaboration software products, including ThinkHub, HubVC and the AirConnect mobile app, work cohesively to support a seamless, intuitive user experience for in-room and remote participants, replacing much of the hardware equated with today’s meeting room technology. ThinkHub Connect active learning technology is designed to support a wide variety of teaching and learning styles from the traditional lecture, through team problem-solving and group-based work. This solution also supports students at off-site locations and allows easy content sharing between remote locations. All…
Enlightened were privileged to facilitate the team from Network Rail Wales & Borders to light the Ffestiniog Tunnels Entrance and interior to show its support and pay tribute to the NHS, UK key workers and transport colleagues working tirelessly on our behalf. Sited at the southern end of the glorious Conwyn Valley Railway line, the four kilometre long Ffestiniog Tunnel is part of Network Rail Wales and Borders. The team were also pleased to have been asked to facilitate the team from Network Rail to light the iconic Britannia Bridge and turn it blue on 23 April to show their support and…
Point Source Audio’s patented CM-i family of lightweight in-ear intercom headsets has received a design upgrade. The new design—brought to market earlier than initially planned in light of the current health crisis—adds factors such as detachable earbuds for improved hygiene and accessibility to more easily customise with a user’s custom in-ear monitors. The upgraded design now features a connector common among in-ear monitor manufacturers that will allow for a much quicker change over should the user choose to personalise their headset with in-ear monitors from brands such as 64 Audio or Ultimate Ears. A further benefit of this important feature…
Shure UK’s Pro Audio Team has been striving to maintain business continuity and increase industry support amid the coronavirus crisis whilst protecting the health and safety of all their associates. The company has been responding and adapting to help support its industry, freelancers and fans. Virtual Learning – The Shure Audio Institute has built up quite a reputation for their education platform, providing workshops for Shure customers including system integrators, consultants, music industry retailers, engineers, and musicians. In order to continue delivering education to the audio community, Shure have adapted their usual face-to-face workshops to online virtual masterclasses which are…
For over two decades, ALIA has been an invaluable resource for the lighting community in Australia. Now, the organisation has rebrands to focus on a united Australasian Live Industry Alliance. Starting as a simple website, ALIA, it has continued to grow with daily updates on gear, people, projects, productions, business news – basically anything to do with lighting. The ALIA Facebook page remains a popular go-to for many techs in the industry. Earlier this year, ALIA rallied lighting manufacturers to donate gear to its Fireaid Appeal which raised $61,000 through an online auction. Just last month, ALIA organised #LightUnite campaign, designed…
Club Culture continues to thrive in Germany even amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. The country’s world-famous night spots may be closed to the public, but they are still reaching out to clubbers thanks to United We Stream. Run in alliance with ARTE Concert, United We Stream hosts a series of online shows from event organisers and artists that showcase the rich diversity of German club culture. In addition to streaming live DJ sets, live music and other performances, the initiative serves as a platform for discussion sessions, presentations and club culture-oriented films. The alliance was started to support Berlin’s club culture and…
