FOH Engineer Brian Hernandez and Monitor Engineer Carlos Del Valle choose the eMotion LV1 Live Mixer for both FOH and monitors as well as SoundGrid servers and an arsenal of essential Waves plugins – all for the 2019 world tour of Spanish singer, songwriter and record producer Rosalía. Acknowledged initially for her modern interpretations of flamenco music, Spanish star Rosalía has been praised by international influencers and has collaborated with J Balvin, Pharrell Williams and James Blake. Her album El Mal Querer was number-one on the sales and streaming charts and is the most listened-to album on Spotify Spain in…
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The hugely popular Focus Spot Two compact moving head fixture from ADJ has been upgraded. With increased brightness thanks to a new 100W LED engine, the Focus Spot 2X model inherits all of the award-winning features of the original fixture alongside the addition of a second 6-facet prism to give lighting designers even more creative potential. ADJ’s Focus Series is a range of LED-powered moving head luminaires designed to offer the best possible combination of brightness, feature-set and build quality in the small-to-medium class. Since its launch in 2016, the series has proven immensely popular with both lighting designers and…
What first sparked your interest in the world of live events? “It all started as the best way to skip double German at school. Once I started lighting school shows with the help and guidance of my physics teacher, I was hooked and I knew it was what I wanted to do from then on. After leaving school I went to Oldham College to study Theatre Lighting and Sound. I was drawn in by the spectacle of creating shows and it became my passion rather than just a job. I haven’t looked back since.” Could you talk about the early…
Situated in London’s Covent Garden, the Grade 1 listed Royal Opera House (ROH) is one of London’s largest theatres. Housing both The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, both world-leading companies whose productions feature the very finest national and international talent, the site’s rich history dates back to 1732 when the (then) Theatre Royal was opened. The ROH is home to an outstanding technical team, who work with cutting-edge technologies to enhance every aspect of its world-class program of events. Earlier this year, prior to staging The Munich Opera’s production of Handel’s opera Agrippina, directed by Barrie Kosky, the ROH…
Marking the popular event’s 15th anniversary, this year’s Riot Fest was successfully reinforced by Technotrix with Martin Audio MLA, WPL and WPC line arrays on four stages in Chicago’s Douglas Park. With a variety of high-powered artists ranging from Slayer, Anthrax, The Flaming Lips, Violent Femmes and Bikini Kill to The Raconteurs, Patti Smith, Wu Tang Clan and the Village People, Riot Fest offered some particular challenges in terms of controlled coverage on site and noise mitigation off site. As Technotrix Audio lead, Brent Bernhardt, pointed out: “As always, there’s a commitment to keeping off site noise to an absolute…
Luxibel is the lighting brand by AED group, which is headquartered in Belgium and has divisions in The Netherlands, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Luxibel’s fixtures have been designed and manufactured with the knowledge of AED’s professionals to meet the rigorous demands of live production while still providing very high value at an attractive price point. Each product in the Luxibel range offers unique features for a wide scope of applications; the portfolio includes blinders, expo lights, wash lights, pars, soft lights and matrix lights. Additionally, Luxibel’s new Expo Tools truss series is targeted to the exhibition market but…
Keeping pace with the ever-increasing demand for its products in Benelux, Chauvet has named highly-regarded lighting specialist Gerrit Schottert as its Senior Business Development Manager for the Netherlands. Operating out of the company’s office in Belgium, Schottert will be responsible for the CHAUVET Professional line. Schottert will report to Steven Batslé, Sales Manager Benelux for Chauvet, who said “Gerrit is a tremendous addition to our team. He has a well-deserved reputation as a professional who knows products and is determined to get the job done right for his customers. We are looking forward to working with him.” In fulfilling his…
Will Young released his seventh studio album Lexicon in June of this year, the latest milestone in a career which started with his win in the inaugural series of Pop Idol in 2002. Since then he has won two BRIT Awards and achieved global sales in excess of eight million albums, several of which have achieved multi-platinum status in the process. Young is also an author and actor, having appeared in film, in television and on stage. Shortly after the final date Martin Connolly, Senior Project Manager at Capital remarked, “The Will Young tour has just completed and the Superfly…
There is little doubt that the world of pro audio is a very different one to when NEXO founders Eric Vincenot and Michael Johnson put together the initial building blocks of the company in 1979. With endless technical advancements, customer demands and the expansion of market players, it’s testament to all the companies that have weathered the tide of change. But while speaking to various members of the team that populated the various offices, workshops and testing areas of NEXO Paris HQ, it seems one of the keys to this longevity has been adaptability. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/92 www.NEXO-sa.com
This year SLX launched the brand-new Golden Gobo Award following its involvement with 2019’s Edinburgh Fringe. The award went to Lucy Adams’ for her professionalism and excellent technical skills whilst working with Scottish production company Underbelly. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/96 www.slx.co.uk
Starting life as one of the most successful shows on London’s West End, We Will Rock You is now touring the UK, bringing its inimitable brand of Queen-themed entertainment to theatres up and down the country, presented by Phil McIntyre Productions. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/22 www.queenonline.com www.stufish.com www.thenextstage-uk.com
When Milwaukee, US-based sound, lighting and video event production company Loud and Clear Productions was putting together equipment for Rebel Grace, a local country band that averages 50-60 gigs a year, it needed a package that could cope with a range of venues, from small clubs with a capacity of up to 500 to county and state fairs and summer festivals, where audiences can number over 2,000. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/14 www.workpro.es www.blizzardpro.com
When noted English choreographer Christopher Wheeldon hosted Cinderella for the English National Ballet (ENB) at the Royal Albert Hall in June 2019, he was keen to live up to the rich history of the storied venue. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/12 www.barco.com
Highlite International recently opened the doors of its Kerkrade, the Netherlands headquarters for a unique Experience Day 2019, transforming, once again, into a real entertainment knowledge and experience centre for a wealth of industry professionals. The day included various product demonstrations, workshops and training sessions that displayed new Highlite products and allowed attendees to engage in the company’s growth. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/8 www.highlite.com
Whether you’re a regular at festival sites or in one of the various arenas around Europe, there is little doubt that, at one point or another, you will have seen a BPM SFX logo, with its striking black and orange colour scheme, emblazoned on a hoodie or flight case. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/88 www.bpm-sfx.com
The Brompton Technology team is a busy one – a very busy one. Since it was formed in 2011, the company has experienced rapid growth that has seen several new product launches as well as an ambitious expansion into China, so the fact that TPi was able to catch the majority of the senior leadership team all together in one room was a minor miracle in itself. Settling down in Brompton’s head office in West London, Managing Director, Richard Mead, brought us up to speed with the company’s origin story. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpinov19_digitallr/82 www.bromptontech.com
Becoming a symbol of the Italian youth of the ’80s, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper, Lorenzo Cherubini’s (better known as Jovanotti) first studio album, Jovanotti for President, sold over 400,000 copies in Italy, while his song Piove was released for the second season of The Sopranos as an ending credits track. Still immensely popular to this day, Jovanotti is currently on tour, where his FOH and monitor engineers rely on three SSL Live L550 consoles to provide that signature full, analogue sound – whilst playing to crowds of 40,000 on sandy beaches. Jovanotti’s Monitor Engineer, Massimo Manunza, has been working with…
Although Maggie Rogers’ major label debut, Heard it in a Past Life, officially dropped in January 2019, the singer-songwriter has quickly built up a massive fan base over the past few years thanks, in part, to her captivating opening sets on 2018 tours with both HAIM and Mumford & Sons. For much of this year now, she’s been out headlining her own shows, culminating with this fall’s latest and largest tour leg, for which Clair Global has been supplying a pair of DiGiCo SD10 mixing consoles. Production Manager and FOH Engineer Bob Boyle has worked with Rogers since March of…
