Robe offered high energy, high profile roles to half a dozen NRG crew members during the latest edition of PLASA entertainment technology trade show in London. During the course of 3 non-stop, high octane days, students and young technicians from every corner of the British Isles supported the international Robe sales team in the jungle adventure that was the Robe stand. Hailing from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, 6 students from 6 different colleges and universities came together to work as a close-knit team to provide a frontline ‘welcome’ to all the trade visitors coming onto the Robe stand and…
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The fast growth in popularity of Amsterdam’s Oranjebloesem festival called for a louder, higher quality and more directional sound solution in one of The Netherlands’ most built-up cities. Peak Audio constructed a d&b GSL system to achieve just that. “We positioned Oranjebloesem as an alternative to the more traditional King’s Day festivities and it’s now one of the major house events in Amsterdam,” says Ridder Haspels, co-owner of the city’s events outfit Chasing the HiHat, which organises the festival. Twenty thousand people attended Oranjebloesem 2018, to enjoy four stages of DJs and live bands at Blijburg aan Zee, Amsterdam’s beautiful…
Vanguardia has announced its move to ‘The Ministry’. Representing a significant step for the business our new London office puts Vanguardia at the heart of the UK’s creative industry and follows the opening of a similar new office in central Manchester. As part of the world-famous , the cutting-edge facilities acoustically designed by Vanguardia mean we continue to be at the forefront of delivering a bespoke client experience in a modern working environment. Lohan Presencer, Chairman of Ministry of Sound said: “We’ve worked with Vanguardia for a number of years and are delighted that they’ve chosen The Ministry as their new…
Russia is an expanding market for the entertainment technology industry, so Ayrton welcomed its showcase in Moscow at the recent Prolight+Sound NAMM Russia 2018 – an astounding interactive lightshow created by its commercial partner, TDS-Pro. TDS-Pro is a leading show design company which specialises in stage design and technical production of TV projects, concerts and major sporting events. Its incredibly creative designers use Ayrton lighting fixtures in its designs. This was reflected in the stunning lightshow which used the latest technologies to combine artists, Ayrton lighting fixtures, video, robots and augmented reality into a dramatic storyline. In it, a robot,…
Limelight Presentation Systems has ended a long search for a potent mid-sized loudspeaker array by investing in Martin Audio’s groundbreaking MLA Compact. The delivery of 24 Martin Audio MLA Compact elements and 13 Martin Audio MLX subwoofers ended a journey that had begun many years earlier, when Martin Audio first revealed the MLA platform to audio professionals at Wembley Arena back in March 2012. Having been a Martin Audio house for 10 years Limelight Head of Audio, Dave Plant had reviewed all the premier brands before deciding that the time was right to invest in MLA Compact. “We service an…
Theatre and live event production company, Blue Parrot, of Edinburgh has recently enhanced its rental inventory with the purchase of an MDG ICE FOG Compack HP low fog generator and an MDG ATMe haze generator. Blue Parrot provides full production services and dry hire of lighting, sound, video, staging, rigging and power distribution, which it has done for more than 18 years. The Blue Parrot team was actively looking for alternative low fog and haze generators which would give a better output with less noise and the durability to withstand the high demands of life in a rental house. “We…
Green Hippo has announced the appointment of Juha Kiuru as International Sales Manager. Juha, who has been working in the lighting and video sector since 2000, will represent Green Hippo throughout northern European territories, including his native Finland. As well as extensive industry experience, Juha also brings proficiency in various languages, including fluent written and spoken English. Combined with his widespread contacts throughout the entertainment industry, Juha is perfectly placed to do great things with Green Hippo. Juha Kiuru said: “I am really pleased to join Green Hippo. I have always been thoroughly impressed with its range of award-winning media servers,…
Orlando-based Professional Wireless Systems has announced the addition of the 1RU Alpha Quad-4 and 2RU Alpha Quad-8 to the Alpha Series, which was introduced earlier this year. The new units will make their industry debut at the AES show in New York City, Booth #834. The Alpha Quad-4 and Quad-8 are designed for use with multiple Shure Axient AD4Q receivers in Quadversity mode. The units provide four individual unity-gain signals (A, B, C, D) to up to four quad receivers, with RF filtering at 470-616 MHz Power is supplied to the units with either the main or the Aux inputs,…
With a total of 80,000 music lovers in attendance, Parookaville retained its status as Germany’s largest EDM festival. LD Robert Sommer of POOLgroup praises aesthetic, performance, dust protection of Elation Professional IP65 luminaire, which lined the downstage edge with more fixtures spread across the setup. On-site as general technical service provider was POOLgroup and as the skies tend to open up at Parookaville POOLgroup lighting designer Robert Sommer put his trust in the weatherproof moving heads. “Set and stage construction plays a very, very important role at the Parookaville Festival,” he commented. Sommer explained: “Everything is very detailed and lovingly designed.…
Music & Lights are thrilled to welcome Show Technology into the fold representing Australia and New Zealand. Its track record within the industry having worked with the likes of Toyota, Brisbane City Hall, Katy Perry, Paloma Faith and TomTom speaks volumes as to the capability of the Show Technology team. Show Technology will take the reins in distributing ProLights, TRIBE and ArchWork throughout all of Australia and New Zealand. Managing Director and all around ‘nice guy’ Emmanuel Ziino commented: “I recently visited the company headquarters and was very impressed with the dedication and effort put into product development and service…
During the summer months, London’s Hyde Park becomes a second home for Capital Sound, and its premier Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker array, as they bookend the summer months with British Summer Time, near the start of the season, and the Proms in the Park and Live in Hyde Park over a single weekend in September. Hosted by Michael Ball, Proms in the Park is billed as Britain’s largest outdoor classical music event and includes the traditional Last Night anthems as 40,000 voices join the BBC Concert Orchestra to bring to a close two months of music with a spectacular finale.…
To mark its 65th anniversary, New York-based lighting manufacturer launches its next-generation Altman Par loaded with new features designed to accentuate any theatrical or architectural lighting design. As the next generation Altman Par, the AP-150 is a compact and lightweight, 135-watt RGBW LED wash which produces deep, saturated colours and soft, delicate pastels, while maintaining a smooth, uniform beam throughout the entire motorised zoom range. Julie Smith, Altman Lighting General Manager, commented: “Since our inception in 1953, Altman Lighting has always been a leading provider of quality and affordable lighting solutions, and we are proud to continue that tradition with…
LynTec will introduce its new line of Xtend Power Control (XPC) remote relay modules and a standalone controller in booth 2427 at LDI 2018, 19-21 October 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, adding virtually unlimited flexibility to the company’s extensive power control options. The company will also demonstrate the award-winning Networkable Power Automation Control (NPAC) rack-mounted system, the industry’s only complete, ready-to-install power and zoned lighting management solution that can manage up to 80 amps in a single 2RU unit. “Our customers often need to control circuits that are being fed from a panel on the other side of…
d&b audiotechnnik has partnered with Grammy award-winning recording artist Imogen Heap for her first tour in 8 years. The live performances on Mycelia World Tour will be presented using its recently released d&b Soundscape system, which allows artists and designers to present more intimate and captivating acoustic spaces for their performances and events. Designed to put sonic artistry at the centre of the sound production process, Soundscape can be used to achieve more natural imaging through source positioning, for sound that resonates with our intuitive understanding of reality, or to create sound art, a work of pure imagination. Imogen Heap…
Monitor Engineer Gavin Tempany has been out on tour with pop principal Kylie Minogue, opting for a Solid State Logic L500 Plus for the shows, supplied by UK tour and events company Capital Sound Hire. Kylie’s latest world tour follows the release of her new album, Golden. It’s a project heavily influenced by the Nashville country scene, which follows through onto the stage via set, costume, and narrative in a typically theatrical set. Kylie is joined on stage by 5 musicians and 2 backing singers, and all are supported at monitor world by experienced engineer Gavin Tempany (Dave Gilmour, Hans…
PK Sound and Excision joined forces to present the first ever Bass Canyon Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre, a naturally scenic venue located near the Columbia River Gorge, Washington, and operated by Live Nation. A crowd of 18,000 attended the inaugural event for four nights of camping and three days of non-stop Bass Music featuring performances by 40 artists, in addition to headliner Excision, who performed 2 solo sets plus a special Excision b2b NGHTMRE performance — all of which was powered by PK Sound. The right choice For seven years, Bryan Andres has worked with PK and DJ/producer Jeff…
Music & Lights celebrated the official opening of its new headquarters, dedicating a day of exclusive celebration for customers, partners and international distributors. The new Headquarter represents a further phase of development, with over 40.000sqm surrounded by greenery and with a covered area of 10’000sqm, which brings together offices, research and development, production, laboratory and logistics. An organisation that has acquired over the years a growing international reputation, with its brands that today are at the top of the professional industry of Audio-Video-Lighting, an industry in continuous updating and technological development. This innovation played a central role in the Distributor…
Newly-shipping Quantum 7 engine will be demoed on the stand, plus versatile 4REA4 system, 32-bit DAC, and other exciting new offerings. DiGiCo’s AES stand (#629) at Manhattan’s Javits Convention Center this month is guaranteed to be a swarm of activity as the company showcases its highly anticipated SD7 Quantum engine, which is now shipping to SD7 owners around the globe. Developed with seventh generation Super FPGA devices that further increase audio processing power, Quantum 7 expands DiGiCo’s flagship SD7 to over 640 channels of processing in 96kHz operation that can be connected in the outside world to approaching 3000 potential…
