It took less time for Dutch DJ legend Armin van Buuren to sell out his much-anticipated Wembley Easter show at SSE Arena than it did to play the incredible five-hour long set, in what was his biggest date ever in the capital. The titan of trance sold out the venue, which is restricted to 6,000 for dance events (occupying the arena bowl and Tier 1 only) in just three hours—a feat posted on social media in advance by promotions company Lock ‘N’ Load Events. The specialist event organisation regularly turns to Capital Sound for its sound reinforcement requirements, and in…
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Maestra Group has made some major sound, lighting and video equipment investments recently in the London office, including white sound and lighting kit, which will ensure all its clients have the most flexible and dynamic solutions available for their shows and events. The ‘white stuff’ is proving especially popular for car launches and other automotive events, fashion shows, corporates, industrials and expo stands as well as for art exhibitions, parties and architainment applications, where white equipment is often better suited to blend into the environment than traditional black. The kit includes a substantial purchase of 30 x custom coated white…
INFiLED has announced that Marco Bruines will join the company as Sr. Vice President of INFiLED Europe. Bruines has a long experience in the LED display industry starting as President of BarcoLeyard in China, where he also lived for 4 years with his family. He held several executive roles in Europe at Inter Visual Systems, BARCO and at his own company SIGHT, a system integrator in the Benelux focused on broadcast studios, which was acquired by LEYARD. In the last 2 years, Bruines held the position of CEO in Leyard Europe, where he was responsible for the expansion of the…
Black Coffee, an inspiring Durban based rental company, have become even more creative since taking ownership of the Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Server. With his imaginative mind, John-Dee Styles, who heads the creative team at Black Coffee, put the Hippotizer Boreal+ purchased from DWR Distribution to the test for the first time at the Globe Theatre. The Globe Theatre is a new multi-purpose dome structured venue which forms part of the Suncoast Casino. The event was held to celebrate the casino’s new massive upgrade and renovation, a project that took two years to complete. “We used our new Hippotizer Boreal+ with…
ADJ is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new Encore Burst 200 professional audience blinder/strobe unit. This cutting-edge lighting fixture combines the power-saving and long life benefits of an LED light source with the classic blinder effect in a flexible modular weatherproof case design that allows it to be deployed in a variety of different configurations. The dual lens Encore Burst 200 is powered by a pair of 110W warm white (2700K) CREE COB LEDs, with a 50,000 hour average lifespan, and offers a wide 50-degree beam angle. It is also fitted with an innovative ‘Tungsten Mode’, which…
disguise has announced that Singapore-based Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd. has joined the growing roster of disguise Rental Partners. With additional offices in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and the Philippines, Hexogon provides lighting, audio and video projection mapping for a wide array of clients. Some offices also offer design and staging for exhibitions and events and design for retail and commercial establishments. Among Hexogon’s most notable projects are the annual Singapore National Day celebrations which they have been a part of since 2012, the Singapore Formula 1 City Light Up (since 2014) and the 28th SEA Games’ opening and…
After supporting various Esports Championship Series (ECS) shows at Wembley’s SSE Arena over the last few years, Sibar Production & Design, along with Capital Sound (and their Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker array), moved to the ICC Auditorium at ExCeLfor the FACEIT Global Summit: PUBG Classic. FACEIT is the leading competitive gaming platform and organisers of some of the largest esports events in Europe and North America including ECS, Universal Open and the FACEIT London CS:GO Major. Capital have been regularly contracted to provide the audio reinforcement for such gameplay events by Sibar’s Simon Barrington, but this represented an entirely fresh…
Powersoft has hired Raymond Tee as an application engineer for the APAC region, effective 1 April 2019. He brings a wide range of experience in live sound and fixed install application to the role and will report to Powersoft’s global business development manager for fixed install and application engineering manager, rack amplifiers, Marc Kocks. Tee’s primary duties will be to support Powersoft’s distribution networks and end users in the region, enabling them to get the most out of the company’s products, as well as providing training and support for the control software platform, ArmoníaPlus. Kocks commented: “Raymond has proven to…
Singer-songwriter Max Giesinger has been a regular in the German-speaking world of music for several years. Following the 2016 album The Boy Who Runs, Giesinger released the studio album The Journey in the Autumn of 2018. From mid-February to mid-March 2019, he embarked on the first leg of his eponymous tour, which led him through German arenas via four stops in Austria and Switzerland. Lighting designer Tom ‘Standtom’ Groß, who has been with Giesinger since 2016, produced an unconventional design for the tour. “In the run-up to the tour, I brainstormed this with the management and the artist,” he recalls.…
PLASA Focus will present a first opportunity for GLP UK to showcase the 5 new products unveiled at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, Germany. It will also demonstrate the degree to which the company has grown this past year. From the corporate end in celebration of its 25th year by adding Fusion to its brand portfolio, while the UK operation, having moved to larger premises in Redhill, and recruited former Robe and TSL specialist, Greg Westwood as new technical manager. The full complement of UK staff will be present at the booth. In order to give full exposure to the new products, GLP have…
The 60th edition of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival was staged from 25 February to 1 March 2019 in the open-air Quinta Vergara Amphitheatre, with 500sqm of Absen LED on stage to ensure the best possible fan experience. Considered ‘the largest Latin event in the world’, the Viña del Mar International Song Festival is an incomparable musical event that has been held annually during the third week of February in Viña del Mar, Chile. Started in 1960, it is the oldest and largest music festival in Latin America. This year the five-day musical event featured both local and…
KB Event has announced the appointment of Cliff Zenker as its General Manager. In this new position within the Company, the role on the Executive Board will see Zenker overseeing the day to day management of all areas of the business. As a Stage and Company Manager in theatre, Zenker initially worked on a wide variety of productions before forging a successful career as a Production Manager, Technical Director and Project Manager on corporate events and concerts. He was instrumental in the opening of a large-scale theatrical pageant in Thailand and was also responsible for training a local workforce to…
Malasimbo Festival 2019, which was held on 1-2 March 2019, welcomed around 5,000 visitors to Puerto Galera in the Philippines. Its organiser Miro Grgic takes a purist approach to sound, leading him to Funktion-One several years ago. After eight years at Malasimbo Ampitheater, the festival relocated to the private nature reserve park of White Beach, only 4km from the original site. The new site includes a jungle and a virgin beach, more nature, new terrain stages, and more roaming space. Grgic is, in fact, more than just the organiser. “It’s a bit of passion project,” he said. “I organise and…
ITV’s Dancing on Ice live grand finale was screened on 11 March 2018 and award-winning caterer Eat to the Beat has been on-hand throughout the series to deliver crew catering services to for the second year in succession. The popular TV programme was filmed at a purpose-built ice rink and TV studio at Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, just a few miles from Eat to the Beat’s HQ and saw celebrities paired with professional ice dancers to perform figure skating routines in front of a panel of judges, including Olympic skaters, Jane Torville and Christopher Dean. Eat to the Beat arrived onsite at the…
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Sennheiser has created materials to help customers understand the imminent government 700 MHz band clearance and the impact that it has on wireless microphones and IEMs more clearly: 700 MHz UK Stay Heard Flyer Sennheiser 700 MHz customer support materials: A detailed flyer about the 700 MHz clearance, including the eligibility requirements for Ofcom compensation, and what customers should do next. An ‘RF health check’ tool for end users to check whether its wireless operating frequencies are: a) compliant after the 700 MHz clearance b) eligible for compensation You can take the 2 minutes long RF Health Check test here: www.sennheiser.com/stayheard
Backstage Academy has announced the continuing support of long-term partner, d&b audiotechnik. This was confirmed by d&b Director Stephen Hogg and Miles Marsden, Backstage Academy’s Industry Partnerships Director, who instigated the original agreement. The loudspeaker and audio solutions manufacturer is one of a number of high-profile technology suppliers, across all disciplines, with whom the Academy is partnered. This provides ongoing access, not only to the latest technology but also to guest lecturers, masterclasses and collaborative projects for the degree programmes. Marsden said he is delighted the German company is embarking on its third year with the Academy. “d&b has a…
