Ayrton has introduced Kseniia Igoshkina as the latest member of its international sales team. Based in Detmold, Germany, Igoshkina is responsible for emerging markets across the Baltic countries, the CIS states and South America. Igoshkina joined Ayrton at the end of 2019, since when she has quickly established her position by appointing new distributors in Belarus, Armenia, Romania/Moldova, Colombia, Panama and the Caribbean. Her previous experience includes two years at Astera LED Technologies as key account manager based in China, after which she relocated to Europe to look for new challenges. “My first experience of Ayrton was its famous lightshow,”…
Author: Jacob Waite
As municipal officials begin to allow small groups of people to gather in public even while the fight against COVID-19 continues, there is a tremendous need for guidance how small events and venues can reopen as safely as possible under these incredibly challenging circumstances. In response, the Event Safety Alliance has unveiled the timely release of The Event Safety Alliance Reopening Guide. The Reopening Guide addresses health and sanitary issues that event and venue professionals need to consider in order to protect both patrons and workers. Since there is still insufficient testing, no contact tracing, and no vaccine against COVID-19,…
London-based Capital Sound (a Solotech Company), long-time audio supplier to the Welsh rockers, deployed an all-Outline system for the European leg of the band’s Kind tour, in support of their new album released in late 2019. The tour made thirteen stops across Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Italy, taking in a variety of venues. Capital Sound provided a total Outline inventory including 28 Superfly enclosures for the main system plus 12 Mantas 28 cabinets for side hangs, six LIPF-082 stage lip-fill speakers and 12 GTO-SUB subwoofers. System control was from a single Outline Newton FPGA processor. The band’s long-serving…
Taking place on a temporary stage in a converted studio in the Creative Backstage warehouse, the KNIX BBQ and Beer Festival livestream does not attempt to replicate the look of a festival. Instead, it aims for a laid back “at home feel.” Although large enough to allow safe social distancing, the stage is relatively small – and the show’s Video Engineer, TJ Watson along with the two Camera Operators, Jamie Rivera and Wes Webb, keep their angles tight and neat. “We treat livestream shows as their own medium, not scaled down versions of a festival stage,” said Lighting Designer Garberson,…
To celebrate Galway’s status as European Capital of Culture, Finnish light artist Kari Kola was commissioned to turn the beautiful Connemara Mountains emerald green and sapphire blue. The result—a massive artwork called Savage Beauty, with Lough Na Fuaiche in the foreground—owed its success to around 900 lighting fixtures, many from the GLP catalogue. With the illuminated area spanning 500 hectares (measuring around 6.5km wide and 700m high), this vast canvas is believed to be the biggest light art project ever created. Kari Kola had originally been approached by Galway 2020’s creative director, Helen Marriage, back in February 2019. The artist…
Sounding out Fantasia’s recent 29-date Sketchbook Tour was an ultra-compact CODA Audio AiRAY system, supplied by Solotech. Lee Moro, VP, Live Productions USA for Solotech and Production Lead on the Sketchbook Tour, commented: “We were one of a first companies in the North American touring market to recognise from the outset the great advantages offered by CODA systems. We’ve deployed AiRAY very successfully on a number of occasions including Corey Hart’s very well-received comeback arena tour of Canada, last year. FOH Engineer, Gary Stokes, rated the system very highly indeed…” FOH Engineer for Fantasia, Gordon Mack (Lionel Ritchie, John Legend,…
Continuing its commitment to supporting its customers in China, Brompton Technology has announced the launch of a customised Chinese version of its website. Including all downloadable documentation, as well as product and feature pages, it makes Brompton’s technical information readily available to the Chinese market. A major part of Brompton Technology’s strategy in recent years has been to find ways of strengthening its support for its panel manufacturer partners, most of whom are based in Shenzhen, China. The new website is the latest in a string of initiatives, the first of which was the creation of an office in Shenzhen…
The Westside Theatre, one of the last remaining commercial Off-Broadway spaces left in New York City, has had an impressive lineup of productions on its marquee over the years, including a 12-year run of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, a show that lighting designer Bradley King remembers seeing as a kid. King, known for his work on Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 and Hadestown, for which he won Tony and Drama Desk Awards for lighting in 2017 and 2019 respectively, was back at Westside last fall, this time designing the lighting for the highly anticipated…
Proel has announced that Fabiano Cammoranesi has been appointed as the new Sagitter Business Unit Manager. His passion for lighting is rooted since the adolescence and keeps growing. Cammoranesi can boast 24 years of experience in the communications and lighting sector – all of them spent in working in this field while continuously training to meet the needs of both market and customers. His career in Proel began in 2007, when his professionality is needed to adequately respond to the constantly growing lighting market . The consolidation of the results and his skills have allowed him to also approach as…
ADJ announces the immediate availability of the new Focus Spot 5Z LED-powered moving head spot luminaire. Building on the success of ADJ’s popular Focus Spot 4Z, the new 5Z model takes the same powerful LED engine and compact body, but adds additional beam-shaping tools to give lighting designers increased creative potential. As with the 4Z, the new Focus Spot 5Z is built around a potent 200W cool white LED engine, which offers an impressive 50,000 hour lifespan. This is focused through high quality optics to allow the fixture to punch out sharp GOBO projections, in vibrant colours, that are equally…
Global Infusion Group’s catering divisions GIG and Eat to the Beat are usually in action at venues, TV studios and event sites all over the world feeding the stars. With theatres, arenas and convention centres closed and concerts, sporting events, festivals, conferences, live performances and filming on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has quickly adapted its operations to deliver catering to the NHS and other key workers on the frontline. Working together, GIG and Eat to the Beat have been catering for 15 NHS and key workers sites across Buckinghamshire. This includes two hospitals, outreach sites and…
BroaMan has announced that it will now offer its Multipurpose Fibre Extender for Video, Audio and Intercom (MUX22) with 12G-SDI interfaces—to support greater resolution, frame rates and colour fidelity. The 12G addition to the existing 3G support means that BroaMan will not only continue to support 4K SDI transport formats but also routing and transport of high bandwidth data streams, such as 10G IP traffic for SMPTE 2110. Uniquely, the company offers not only single-mode but also multi-mode options for 12G fiber transport. BroaMan Technical Sales Manager, Maciek Janiszewski stated: “12G migration is our step into the future. Our customers…
Emmy Award-winning camera operator George Prince III has worked on his fair share of high-profile events. With credits including the Oscars, American Idol and the Superbowl, plus a whole host more, he has proven himself in some of the most watched and most demanding live productions. Clear communication has been vital to the success he has experienced, and this is aided by his use of Point Source Audio’s CM-i5 in-ear intercom headset. “When I first became a camera operator, an engineer gave me a headset and said, ‘don’t lose it, it’s like a plumber showing up without a wrench’. That…
NEC Display Solutions Europe has gone live with its dedicated webinar portal. The educational tool offers a huge amount of on-demand content on a wide range of different themes and technical challenges. It also provides customers with the latest technical expertise and dedicated industry developments to secure knowledge transfer and insight into the best solution for their needs. The portal holds relevant insights for the full spectrum of business users – including sales, consultancy, integration and end users. The webinar content offers insight and expertise on market issues, applications, products and best practice. It is developed by NEC’s product specialists…
On the 13 May edition of the Elation Hour, we sit down with Elation Service Manager Gines Gines to explore a critical topic for any lighting professional, Service & Support, and also take a closer look at Elation’s new atmospherics brand, Magmatic, with Magmatic Product Manager Anthony Velasquez. Broadcast live on Wednesday, 13 May at 10:00 a.m. (PST), join hosts John Dunn and Matthias Hinrichs for this special Behind the Products discussion. Gines has served as Elation’s top service specialist for over a decade and on this episode will cover service/support topics like RMA’s, service centres, updates, warranties and more. Velasquez…
VE Day was an event of particular significance for RG Jones. It is 75 years since RG Jones Engineering founder, Reginald Jones, provided public address systems for the VE Day celebrations in London. It must have been an extraordinary experience to be involved in such a historical event; Britain and her Allies formally accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender after nearly six years of war. Fifty years later, in 1995, RG Jones’ crew returned to continue the company’s legacy providing audio for the performance in front of the palace – the massed bands were on the forecourt, the stage was built…
Magmatic atmospheric effects is pleased to offer Prisma, a new generation of advanced UV LED lighting products with weatherproof IP65 rating. Prisma is changing the quality of UV light projection while making it easier for designers and production houses to implement UV light into their projects. Ideal for clubs, EDM events, glow paint gatherings, or any production with a UV element, Prisma’s IP65 rating and rugged yet sleek fanless design mean they can be used in even the most challenging environment. Compact, lightweight and easy to handle, a variety of narrow to wide beam angles are available. Prisma combines true…
When did you first become interested in live events? “I played in a few dodgy bands in my youth but I found myself more interested in the technical side of music. The first time I went to a music festival, I was hooked. The scale of it blew my mind. I didn’t really know anything about the career options at that time; I just knew it was something that I wanted to be involved in.” What attracted you to a career in monitor world? “I cut my teeth in a little 200-capacity venue in Cardiff, Wales, called Clwb Ifor Bach.…
