Shure works with Southby Productions to supply Icelandic singer, songwriter and music producer, Björk, on her concert tour and first theatrical production, Cornucopia. The production is a theatrical experience which toured arenas across Europe, including London’s The O2, and took up residency in New York City’s ‘The Shed’ and Mexico City’s ‘Parque Bicentenario’. The show, described as Bjork’s most elaborate stage concert yet, included a 50-piece Icelandic choir, a live band including a 7-piece flute ensemble, a harpist, a percussion section, water drums, a magnetic harp and a number of bespoke instruments which were implemented in the immersive sound stage…
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On Tuesday evening, Verge Aero delivered a unique aerial tribute to medical staff and essential workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. The display of gratitude took place opposite the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania as part of the global #LightItBlue and local #PhillyShinesBlue campaigns, not far from Verge Aero’s Pennovation Works offices at the University of Pennsylvania. The aerial light show was launched from Philadelphia’s Franklin Field football stadium, adjacent to the hospital complex. 140 extremely bright drones configured themselves into giant images up to 400 feet above the ground, making…
disguise has released its latest software, loaded with powerful enhancements to help its community make their best work from home and create immersive visual experiences for remote audiences. The world may be in lockdown, but that hasn’t stopped disguise from innovating with the intent to help its community to meet production challenges in the current climate. With its latest release r17.2, disguise introduces improvements to help users optimise their workflow at home such as Application Mode and devise new concepts to connect with audiences online with Augmented Reality and 360 video. A key new addition in r17.2 is the ability…
FOH Engineer Herbert “George” Chapman, who has mixed FOH for Marilyn Manson, Deadland Ritual and Joe Perry, and has mixed monitors for Steely Dan as well as Donald Fagen on his solo tour, uses SoundGrid Rack for Venue, Waves SoundGrid Extreme Server and Waves plugins for live-streaming a show based on Peter More’s latest record, Beautiful Disrepair (produced by Donald Fagen), from the Cabin Studio in Austin, Texas. “In this time of COVID-19,” said Chapman, “we happened to be recording at my Cabin Studio just when the quarantine started. Peter More had a tour planned and still wanted to perform,…
Following a process of evaluation and product demonstrations by CUK’s James Lawford and Outline’s product specialist Fernando Rey Méndez, London-based Britannia Row Productions have joined the long list of leading audio providers investing in the Italian company’s extraordinary Newton processors (patent pending technology). Britannia Row Production’s Technical Head Keith Cunningham said: “Following several demos of the Newton we were very impressed with the GUI, fast workflow and ease of use. The Newton is the all-in-one solution to many technical problems.” “The form factor is the real selling point, it’s a constant battle for all manufacturers to try and shrink the…
Australian alternative dance trio, RÜFÜS DU SOL, have been steadily building their reputation over the past decade. Masterminding the lighting on their tours since 2014—respectively in support of the albums Atlas, Bloom, Solace, and now Live From Joshua Tree—has been Matthew Smith from Melbourne-based Colourblind. As part of the Solace album tour, the band had appeared at CRSSD Festival in San Diego’s Waterfront Park at the beginning of March. “We redesigned the show to give it new life for the second half of the album cycle, deciding to replace the 24 GLP impression X4 Bar 20’s with more [GLP] JDC1’s,”…
As an experienced FOH Engineer, Tim Southorn’s day job, has seen him work with a fascinating list of artists, primarily in the rap and pop genres. Southorn’s day job however is only part of a wider palette of audio work that sees him involved in broadcasting and studio mixing. Whether it’s a live concert mix, an album, a commercial, a film score or live stream, he applies a depth of critical listening that established itself in his psyche from his earliest days. His most recent work has been with artists like Giggs, Jack Peñate, Samm Henshaw and Yellow Days -…
Satore Studio has announced the appointment of Zillah Watson as Director of Content and Executive Producer. She will lead Satore’s development of virtual production and experiential content, as the company enters an ambitious new phase of growth. Zillah was Commissioning Editor for Virtual Reality at the BBC and headed up the BBC’s VR studio. She was executive producer of a number of award-winning VR experiences and led a project to push VR out to over 170 public libraries around the UK, resulting in the most comprehensive VR audience research in the UK to date. Satore Studio combines design and technology…
This year, thanks to Stage One and the Clair Brothers C12 system, The Nestville Open Fest attendees and audio professionals working the festival were treated to a level of clear and powerful sound never experienced here before. Clair Brothers rental partner Stage One was founded in 2006 with its main activity being the rental of LED screens at concerts and festivals. As they evolved the company began providing other services related to concerts and today mainly specializes in outdoor productions. Jozef Kovalik – Owner of Stage One, explained: “As we’ve grown, we’ve always made it a point to work exclusively…
Production AV is harnessing the power of 3D printing technology to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cheltenham-based company recently invested in 3D printing kit for its core AV business, creating parts to “solve niggles” and finesse its delivery of AV solutions. When the Coronavirus crisis took hold Production AV’s founder, Pete McCrea, decided to put it to good use. McCrea and his team are now helping to make various designs of protective face masks, which are being distributed to NHS frontline staff and those in other sectors such as food and medicine…
Your finest hour is not often your favorite hour. These words by Christian author and educator John Maxwell have been a source of inspiration for John Clark of late. Like virtually all of his colleagues, Clark, the Production Ministry Lead at Red Rocks Church, has had to dig deep and explore new ways of doing things now that worship services have moved completely online. Although not necessarily a “favorable hour,” it is, in Clark’s view, one that presents an opportunity to think outside the box and achieve something memorable for his church. Clark demonstrated this in stunning fashion on Easter,…
Chroma-Q has announced they will be offering free weekly training webinars on a number of lighting topics, enabling you to develop and expand your knowledge from the comfort of your own home. “Supporting our wonderful industry and the individuals in it is our top priority. It is important to us to use this time wisely and as an opportunity to help our industry learn new skills, as well as build on existing ones.” explained Paul Pelletier, Global Brand Manager. “We were delighted with the turnout of our first webinar and hope to reach even more people with our series of…
Peavey Electronics enters the podcast circuit with the launch of the Peavey Monitor, a podcast show dedicated to the people and stories behind the company. Powered by Peavey, this behind-the-scenes podcast will tell the stories of individuals who contribute to making the Peavey machine run, including employees, artists, and industry personnel, and highlight new developments across the Peavey portfolio. At Peavey, all roads lead back to the musician. It’s this passion for quality and reliability that drives the company’s spirit of innovation. Peavey Monitor host Fred Poole, General Manager of North American Sales and Product Development at Peavey Electronics, began…
On Wednesday, April 22, Elation Professional launched the Elation Hour, a weekly virtual presentation that will delve into the more personal side of product development while also addressing the technology and process behind the company’s most popular product series. Also on the schedule are a series of discussions with some of our industry’s most noted designers who plan to share their own personal insight and experience across the broad scope of entertainment lighting. On Wednesday, 29 April, join three of America’s top lighting designers for television, Victor Fable, Joshua Hutchings and Ed Motts, for our first Tools & Techniques discussion. Hear…
A short time ago, a group of road cases loaded with gear left the Sound&Co warehouse for what was supposed to be a four-month rental. Then the COVID-19 outbreak brought live events in Belgium to a sudden halt. Although the lockdown is still very much in place, the cases are now playing a new role in bringing entertainment to the people. This time as backdrops in the improvised livestream studio that Sound&Co has set up in its 1,200 square meter facility. Quite a few people have been seeing those cases-turned-backdrops too. At last report, Sound&Co had streamed seven post-lockdown performances…
From mid-February to early March 2020, German-Canadian singer Alice Merton was on the road to promote her long-awaited debut album MINT +4, supported by a versatile lighting setup from GLP. The lighting and set design was a co-production between Merton’s Manager, Paul Grauwinkel — with whom she also runs her own label Paper Plane Records International—and lighting technician Maximilian Hermsdorf, in close coordination with Merton herself. It was Hermsdorf who joined the tour as lighting operator. The technical team around Merton and Grauwinkel had been in constant communication about new and existing products from the GLP catalogue with the company’s Andreas Brandt as far…
White Light (WL) and Gasoline Productions are proud to announce the recent launch of Brave New World Comedy; an online pilot which uses the very latest broadcast technology in order to deliver a range of virtual stand up performances which bring together audiences with some of the UK’s funniest circuit comedians. With most comedy clubs and venues temporarily closed across the UK, a void has been created for those usually present both on and off stage. Over the past few weeks, we have seen many comedians try to connect with their audiences through webcasts, live streams or social media, and…
Brompton Technology has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. Announced today, 21st April, and now in its 54th year, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the highest official UK awards for British business, approved by Her Majesty The Queen. Brompton Technology is one of 220 organisations nationally to be recognised with this distinguished award. “It is really gratifying to be recognised with such a prestigious award, and we want to thank all our partners globally who have been such an important part of this success story,” says Brompton’s Managing Director, Richard Mead. “It…
