Power Logistics took home three awards from the Festival Supplier Awards 2020 when they were held at London’s Hurlingham Club on 30 January 2020. The company received the awards for ‘Best Power’, ‘Best Festival Technology Supplier’ and ‘Green Supplier’. Judges in all three categories were quick to praise Power Logistics’ commitment to sustainability, comments read out on the night included: “The winner of this award has been at the forefront of bringing sustainable energy to the industry and efficiency is clearly at the core of their practices; they are consistently delivering results for clients; the technology provided by the winner…
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Active Audio professional loudspeakers have announced the appointment of Allied ProTech as its exclusive distributor for the United States. Founded in 2002 in Nantes, France, Active Audio have forged a global reputation for loudspeakers that deliver superior sound performance, intelligibility, and neutrality, with installations in some of the world’s most prestigious, yet acoustically challenging spaces. “We’re very excited about our new partnership with Active Audio,” remarked Allied ProTech founder and President Rik Kirby. “They are a company that is constantly innovating and finding better ways to deliver superior audio performance. Their StepArray column loudspeakers deliver outstanding intelligibility in reverberant spaces,…
Meyer Sound has promoted a key executive and announced a strategic realignment of sales and technical services to realise greater efficiency, closer collaboration and faster response to customer needs. The changes were prompted by continuing sales growth globally in all market verticals. John McMahon has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his expanded role, McMahon now assumes responsibility for global sales, with all U.S. regional and international sales managers reporting directly to him. McMahon also will oversee all of the company’s “outward facing” operations, including marketing, technical services and education/training. “By placing…
d&b audiotechnik will present a full range of technology and design solutions to ISE 2020 in Amsterdam from February 11-14 2020. Among the products being showcased on the d&b stand (7-C210), will be the new KSLi System package, including the new 40D amplifier and the A-Series augmented arrays. The KSLi System package comprises the KSLi8 and KSLi12 loudspeakers combined with matching KSLi subwoofers for both flown and ground stacked applications and d&b’s new 40D amplifier. Completing the KSLi system approach is a full catalogue of system specific accessories, hardware, customization options, and software. The introduction of the KSLi System package…
Following Kaiser Chiefs’ landmark homecoming show at Elland Road – celebrating 100 years of the group’s beloved Leeds United – the multi award-winning Yorkshire outfit embarked on a tour in support of their seventh studio album, Duck. During the early stages of the tour’s UK leg, TPi caught up with the crew gearing up for a second consecutive sold-out show at Hull’s Bonus Arena. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpifeb20_digitallr/30 Photos: Dani Beck & TPi www.kaiserchiefs.com www.adlib.co.uk www.brilliantstages.com www.csuk.coach www.flybynite.co.uk www.pyrojunkies.com www.thepantrymaid.com
In the ever-changing world of live events, artists are breaking the norms and conventions more than ever. Take Gerry Cinnamon; armed with an acoustic guitar, a loop pedal and raw lyrics sung proudly in his native Scottish accent, this independent artist has defied expectations by making the leap from academy favourite to headline arena act – all without the backing of a label or management. Despite his rocket ship success, Cinnamon has kept his small team of loyal crewmembers along for the ride. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpifeb20_digitallr/40 Photos: Anthony Mooney & DAS Film by tomphotography www.gerrycinnamonmusic.com www.illuminationcreative.co.uk www.adlib.co.uk www.sseaudio.com/wigwam www.bpm-sfx.com www.stardes.uk www.sugarandspicecatering.net www.radiotek.co.uk
The last time Dido booked a tour was 2003, following the unprecedented success of smash hit singles Thank You, Here With Me, White Flag and Life For Rent – all of which became ubiquitous during the mid-Noughties. At the time of writing, the singer’s first two records are still among the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Following an intentional 15-year hiatus, the hitmaker returned to the touring landscape with a selection of familiar back catalogue hits alongside some fresh tracks from her latest album, Still On My Mind. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpifeb20_digitallr/48 Photos: Shirlaine Forrest www.didomusic.com www.globaltouringoffice.com www.lmeworldwide.com www.negearth.com www.liteup.co.uk www.clairglobal.com www.bildstudios.com…
Audinate has announced that the new Dante AV Product Design Suite (“Dante AV PDS”) will be shipping in Q1 2020 to manufacturers who have ordered it to develop AV-over-IP products that employ Dante AV technology. The Dante AV Product Design Suite is a complete turnkey recipe allowing OEMs to build a high-quality AV over IP endpoint for visually lossless results with low latency over a 1Gbps network. It provides complete interoperability for audio distribution and control with the more than 2,500 existing Dante products from more than 450 different manufacturers, delivering independent, fully synchronized audio and video streams. Based around…
PixMob lit up the crowd at Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show featuring performances by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. Fans donned the new LED wristband made of recycled plastic to create lighting effects synchronised with the artists’ performance across the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. This was PixMob’s second presence at the Halftime Show. For this occasion, PixMob released its first-ever wristband from recycled material, the latest addition to its fleet of LED wearables. Using the same technology that made the X2 wristband the most popular wearable of PixMob’s lineup, the X2R comprises of a band entirely made of recycled plastic, a…
PROLIGHTS has confirmed that Andrea Gabrielli has joined the company in the position of Technical Director. Andrea Gabrielli brings a broad experience and extensive knowledge, having been involved in the design and manufacturing of professional stage lighting and architectural lighting products for more than twenty years. Managing Director for PROLIGHTS, Fabio Sorabella, said: “I look forward to work closely with Andrea, as his addition to our team will play a strategic role to consolidate and elevate the technological development of the brand. He boasts a complete background, from design to manufacturing of products intended for the professional lighting market. Andrea…
This New Year’s Eve, some 200,000 people gathered in downtown Nashville to watch the descent of this 16-foot, 400-pound red note during the final seconds of 2019. Adding to the spectacle they enjoyed were 36 CHAUVET Professional COLORado Solo Batten fixtures supplied by Bandit Lites. Chris Lisle and Erik Parker of CLLD, LLC, positioned 18 of the RGBAW IP65 rated batten units on each side of the three-dimensional note. Positioned this way, they provided a dynamic and vividly colored setting to highlight the giant three-dimensional music note as it made its annual passage down its 138-fot tall tower. “The COLORado…
What started out in very small cellar clubs in 2016 now sees large arenas filled with ease. From mid-November to early December, German singer-songwriter Wincent Weiss toured through largely sold-out arenas with his album Irgendwie Anders (Somehow Different) which was released in March 2019. You quickly realize that a lot has happened since his first big hit Being Music in 2016. The lighting technicians at FoH have varied between Tom ‘Standtom’ Gross and Tino Weinhardt, who alternate from time to time and often produce joint productions. Actually, Tino Weinhardt is currently responsible for Wincent Weiss’s lighting production. But because with…
Waves Audio announces X9 versions with more processing power for three SoundGrid® DSP Servers. With X9, users now get more processing power for the same price; these three units have been updated with 9th-generation Intel Core CPU, for processing audio through hundreds of plugins at ultra-low latency – with more real-time processing power than ever before. Waves immediately starts shipping Intel 9th-generation processors with the SoundGrid Extreme Server-C Server, a compact and powerful, light and robust DSP unit that effortlessly processes hundreds of SoundGrid-compatible plugins in real time, live or in the studio – taking only half the width of a…
Formed in 1976 and with almost two million records sold to date, Eppu Normaali – named after the character Abby Normal in Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein – is Finland’s best-selling band. To accommodate the needs of this powerhouse of Finnish rock, Front of House engineer Mikko Engberg chose a DiGiCo SD12. Purchased through Audico Systems OY, DiGiCo’s Finnish distributor, Engberg declares that the console’s substantial ‘torque’ is more than enough to handle the band’s full effect processing, negating the need for external FX. Engberg is an icon of engineering in the Finnish music scene. He first got to know DiGiCo…
At the age of 16, Elliott Mountford set up his Ti22 lighting design company with a view to providing lighting and video integration on live shows. Little more than a few months later he was handling his first arena show at Wembley. Now still only 19, and from a background in programming, Elliott has developed into a full lighting designer. Most recently he has been out with Charli XCX—with an armoury of GLP fixtures for company, supplied by Liteup. “We had 34 X4 Bars and 34 JDC1 [hybrid strobes] on the European and USA tour, and then the show at…
After enjoying an informal relationship with Backstage Academy—the leading live event production educational facility—stretching back many years, Manchester-based STS Touring Productions have now put the relationship on a formal basis. BA’s Industry Partnerships Director, Miles Marsden, confirms that the rental company has been supplying a vast range of equipment, including Litedeck staging, PA, lighting and backline as required, virtually since the Academy set out its stall a decade ago. “But my relationship with Director, Pete Dutton goes back to the late ‘80s,” he said. “They are an established supplier and we are delighted that they have now signed a partnership…
It was big, brash, and frequently overwhelming, and the only thing really missing amid the din of an incalculable number of floor demos was silence. When it was over all that you could feel was brain paralysis and your swollen feet, but there was one certainty: NAMM Show 2020 was a winning show to remember for Allen & Heath. Visitors to the Allen & Heath booth may have noticed a number of awards on display. Topping the NAMM 2020 award roundup, the company’s SQ Series scored a repeat victory at the TEC Awards for the second year running in the…
Creative Technology Sweden celebrated its success together with 150 invited guests at its Christmas Expo. Held at the company’s HQ in Kungälv, the annual event spread over two days and saw the company showcasing the latest in technical innovations, including Brompton Technology’s High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology. One of the event’s true head-turning moments was certainly a three-year old ROE Black Onyx 2.8mm LED screen that had been re-calibrated with Brompton’s new Hydra advanced measurement system, which is custom-designed for LED panels fitted with a Tessera R2 receiver card. The panels were measured with Hydra to benefit from Dynamic Calibration,…
