In March 2022, Claypaky launched its CP Green – Spotlight on Sustainability initiative for environmental sustainability. The project was undertaken in cooperation with Spinlife, spin-off of the University of Padova. The Spinlife team provides public and private organisations of all sizes with tailored consulting plans regarding strategic environmental management and sustainability management techniques. Claypaky took the first step of understanding, quantifying and analysing its current carbon footprint using the ISO 14064-1:2018 norm and achieving certification via a third-party auditing process. Developed by the International Standards Organization, a non-governmental organisation in Geneva, Switzerland, ISO 14064 offers policy makers and organisations a…
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Sterling Event Group has turned to Van Damme TourCat cables as part of its infrastructure to deliver live events for clients on a daily basis. Supplying sound, lighting and video equipment to multiple industries, Sterling Event Group has expanded rapidly since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. With work split across the whole spectrum of sectors including corporate, private, public, sporting and live music, it is vital that all equipment is both reliable and durable. Joseph Timmons, Head of Vision at Sterling Event Group, commented: “As our fleet of equipment grows the infrastructure behind it also needs to grow with it.…
The Chai Wallahs stage has become a rite of passage for up-and-coming acts as it tours around UK festivals. With a self-contained setup and its own roster of artists, Chai Wallahs has built its reputation around a quality experience for both bands and crew. The sound system has played a major role in developing this reputation, with sound engineer and system designer, Harry Bishop central to this process for nearly 15 years. “The stage is quite famed for its audio,” said Bishop. “The big feedback from the audience and from the bands has always been the quality of the sound.”…
At the booth (#1032), ADJ’s Hydro range of IP65-rated automated luminaires will be showcased, including profile, spot, beam, and wash fixtures. In addition, a wide variety of ADJ’s other recently released entertainment lighting products will also be exhibited, alongside two previously unseen mini spotlight fixtures and a new hybrid moving head. The four new additions to ADJ’s popular Hydro series released throughout the year will take centre stage on the company’s LDI booth, alongside existing models from the range. These fixtures have been extensively road-tested throughout the summer by numerous production companies on both sides of the Atlantic, including at…
elektraLite has expanded its cost-effective Mini family with the addition of a new 60W, DMX-controllable Stingray Mini and Fresnel Mini. “Our original Stingray Mini COB LED profile spot fixture proved to be such a popular choice among lighting designers that we decided to also make the product available in a 60W version, as well as simultaneously add a companion Fresnel wash fixture, both of which deliver professional-grade features and performance,” said Brandon Tsaptsinos, National Sales Manager for elektraLite, a division of Group One. “These new fixtures are unique in the field due to their size, power, and ability to be…
After decades of working with some of the biggest names in live music, four industry leaders are coming together to launch a professional conference unlike anything that has come before it. In partnership with the Rock Lititz Community, CJMS (Charlie Hernandez, Jake Berry, Marty Hom, and Stuart Ross) are putting on a one-of-a-kind conference for live-event professionals. Come get creative with current emerging live event industry leaders and from 7 to 9 December 2022 on the Rock Lititz campus in Lititz, Pennsylvania. THE Conference: Live at Lititz will deliver interactive, dynamic content to foster the next generation in live-event production.…
Alice In Chains hadn’t performed a live concert in three years when the band took the stage on 10 August 2022 at The Star Lake Pavilion. Keeping pace and capturing their sounds visually was a multi-faceted lighting design by Scott Holthaus with assistance from Cort Lawrence that included over 40 CHAUVET Professional fixtures, which like the rest of the rig, was supplied by Bandit Lites. Like the music it supported, the Holthaus-Lawrence lightshow started out with a bang. Moments after AIC walked on to a darkened stage, illuminated only with hints of deep blue light, the rig erupted, led by…
On Tuesday 29 November event professional, Dan Assor will lead and host an 11-hour virtual event, raising essential funds for three event industry charities: EventWell, MAKEITBLUE, and Meeting Needs. Over a 11-hour period, running from 8am to 7pm (GMT), different companies and individuals from across the event industry will run a mixture of fun and informative sessions on the hour every hour, to raise awareness and donations through creative and imaginative approaches. “Mental health-related illness affects one in three event professionals every year. Mental health services are seeing unprecedented demand and the impact of the cost-of-living crisis is wide-reaching –…
Brian Ruggles has been mixing Billy Joel’s live shows ever since the singer-songwriter came on the scene in 1971 with his Cold Spring Harbor LP. Now, more than half a century later, he continues to collaborate with the iconic artist, including mixing Joel’s multi-year, record-breaking, one-show-a-month residency at Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden. The past eight years of that partnership have found Ruggles mixing the Piano Man’s shows on a DiGiCo SD5 console. The SD5 meets Ruggles’ needs for a console that can offer him the kind of warm sound that he grew up with using analogue desks throughout most of…
The University of Houston recently took advantage of the University Outreach Program from Vari-Lite, which enables emerging lighting design students to elevate their production looks and facilitates hands-on professional fixture experience. The latest collaborative project saw Andrew Archer, who is undertaking a BFA in Technical Theatre Production, create an inspired design for the play The Learned Ladies using VL2600 SPOT luminaires. Archer took delivery of six VL2600 SPOT fixtures as part of the Program, working with Bobby Harrell, Vari-Lite Sales and Applications Specialist at Signify, who spearheads the initiative. Archer says he was impressed by the powerful features and capabilities…
K-array will be at LDI Show 2022 in Las Vegas from 18 to 20 November to demonstrate its state-of-the-art touring system, Firenze KH7. The Firenze line features powerful touring systems with the ability to precisely and independently control each element of the array for deep steering control, providing continuous, even coverage. The KH7 is a self-powered solution designed to prevent distortion from cumbersome and fragile passive crossovers and power loss due to long running cables and offers plenty of advantages ranging from the compactness of the solution to the ease of installation and integration. It features K-arrays signature Slim Array…
More than 200 events, including Boardmasters, Boomtown Fair, End of the Road, Cambridge Folk Festival and BBC Proms, issued with a new call to action Attitude is Everything set to issue new guidance on artist inclusion and accessible volunteering as part of the initiative. Following a 2022 festival season that saw a mixed picture when it came to disabled people’s ability to easily access and enjoy outdoor shows, music and live events industry accessibility charity Attitude is Everything has partnered with the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), the Association of Festival Organisers (AFO) and the British Arts Festival Association (BAFA) to…
Robe will return to LDI Show with a range of new products and lighting technologies on Booth 1943 at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. New products shown at a US expo for the first time will include both IP65 versions of FORTE – FORTE and iFORTE FS – as well as the TX1 PosiProfile, iSeries (iSpiider and iBeam 250), PAINTE, TetraX, LEDBeam 350 and T11 Series. The iSeries fixtures will be integrated into a vibrant Robe live entertainment concept, the ‘All Environments’ show, complete with a specially created light show presented in a purpose-built area. The stand will be enhanced…
Brompton Technology will demonstrate its latest tools at LDI Show, the conference and trade show for live event professionals, taking place 18 to 20 November in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Brompton will be exhibiting in booth #1005, showing its trusted Tessera LED processors and the latest version of its accompanying Tessera software, which work together to leverage greater visual performance from LED panels while offering creative freedom for users. Brompton is well known throughout the live events industry for its pioneering LED processing technology, robust and reliable performance, and exceptional service. Tessera Software v3.4, released…
“I think it’s important to note that design and programming are part of a service industry,” Nate Haber of Extraterrestrial Visuals said amid Lorna Shore’s The Pain Remains Tour. “My main goal is to align my vision with that of my client. They know what they like and don’t like. Of course, on this tour, it helps that my design preferences line up with their vision.” For this tour, in support of the band’s third studio album, that vision can aptly be described as brooding, menacing… and relentlessly intense. “This is a metal band, and an extremely heavy one at…
While many companies have been forced to downsize due to the apparent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mumbai – based PP Sound Light Production have conversely displayed a great deal of growth – in terms of the volume of gigs that the company has commissioned post-lockdown, as well as its ever evolving inventory thanks to a steady stream of investment into multiple industry leading state-of-the-art technologies and systems. The company’s latest acquisition has now earned PP Sound Light Production the distinction of being the first equipment rental service company in India to take delivery of a brand new DiGiCo Quantum…
With the power to handle long-throw applications, Proteus Rayzor 1960 is a part of Elation Professional’s Proteus line of IP65 luminaires for use under adverse conditions and in any environment. Proteus Rayzor 1960 is the brightest IP65 fixture in its class. Driven by 19 60W RGBW LEDs — all independently controllable — the fixture produces an intense and well-defined beam of over 18000 lumens. It can zoom tight to 5° for a very narrow collimated beam or spread wide to 55° for even stage coverage. A unique ‘Zoom Overdrive’ allows the zoom to move past the optical system’s narrowest point,…
Pliant Technologies will showcase its CCU-08 CrewCom Control Unit at LDI 2022 (Booth 406). The CCU-08 is the latest addition to the CrewCom system and gives users the ability to use up to eight 4-Wire ports while retaining all the same features of the current companion CCU-22 and CCU-44 products. Like the current Control Units, the CCU-08 Control Unit contains no radio and is frequency agnostic and can therefore control and monitor any device across CrewNet regardless of radio frequency bands being utilised. With the combination of CrewCom Radio Transceivers, the new CCU-08 supports up to 82 Radio Packs, 18…
