The annual London Club and Bar Awards has been celebrating the city’s thriving hospitality industry since 1994. This year’s event, which was held at The Intercontinental Park Lane, served up more sizzling glitz than ever, thanks to a stunning lighting design by Halo, which featured eight Maverick MK2 Spots, eight Maverick MK2 Washes, four STRIKE 4’s and 12 Rogue R1 FX-Bs from Chauvet Professional. At the heart of the design was the brilliantly lit main stage that was used for the awards ceremony. Yann Guenancia, Halo Project Manager, drew on the intense output, rapid movements and brilliant colours of the…
Author: Stewart Hume
CODA Audio has appointed Rich Rowley to the position of Managing Director of the newly created CODA Audio UK. A vastly experienced industry professional, Rowley brings a wealth of technical and commercial expertise to the role, having enjoyed a 30-year career that has endowed him with a comprehensive understanding of the sector. Beginning as an engineer to legendary producer Trevor Horn, Rowley’s journey progressed through assisting in the design of game-changing products such as BSS Audio’s Omnidrive, Varicurve and Soundweb platforms, to an impressive list of sound design credits in EDM, theatre, touring and festivals. These creative credentials are supported by…
British pop-rock outfit The 1975 have been touring virtually non-stop since 2015, having just wrapped up the seventh leg of their ongoing run with shows across North America. As their audiences continue to grow, so does the importance of pristine, powerful sound, and so for their latest dates, the band’s longtime audio production provider, Eighth Day Sound, recommended a switch to a substantial Adamson Systems Engineering E-Series and S-Series FOH loudspeaker system. “Eighth Day had invested in Adamson and we’d had some fantastic festival gigs using their systems,” began Jay Rigby, FOH engineer for The 1975. “So we thought we…
On the heels of the announcement of the appointment of Contact Distribution as EM Acoustics’ exclusive Canadian distributor, the British loudspeaker manufacturer continues to strengthen its presence in North America with its first rep firm appointment, Cardone, Solomon & Associates (CS&A), based in New York. Jim Shearing of EM Acoustics North America is pleased to be working with CS&A. “A year down the line since the launch of EM Acoustics North America, we are now in a position to appoint a well-known rep firm, and we have been very methodical in looking at all the options available to us,” he…
Nearly 50 Chroma-Q Color Force II 48 luminaires were a central feature of the Pyramid Stage lighting rig at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, providing powerful coloured illumination and eye candy during both daytime and evening performances from high-profile artists including Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Craig David, Chic, Barry Gibb, The National, First Aid Kit and many more. Mark Cunniffe, LD for Sunday night headliner, Ed Sheeran was impressed by the output of the fixture, commenting: “I loved the Color Force IIs. They worked really well in a daylight application.” Kirk J Miller, lighting director for Katy…
Parklife Festival and Manchester City Council are proud to announce a partnership with The 10,000 Hours Foundation as part of the initiative’s launch in the city. Designed to organise volunteering projects in partnership with dance music festivals, the collaboration aims to enable fans to be a part of positive social change – launching with a volunteer-led renovation of Harpurhey Community Centre and Garden on Saturday 1st July. Volunteers are needed this Thursday, June 29th and on Saturday 1st. Parklife Festival will be utilising its social media influence to recruit volunteers from its fanbase. The helpers will engage in all sorts of activities as part of…
A perfect example of ‘calm before the storm’ can be found on the Rimini beach in Italy, where LITEC has constructing a sophisticated LIBERA series Alusfera II roof for upcoming concerts to be held during the Summer Beach Arena event. Running from 24 June to the 30 July, the Summer Beach Arena concert series features exciting live and DJ sets by national and international artists from sunset until late in the evening. More photo and video updates to follow after the event kicks off! www.litectruss.com
Colour Sound Experiment has invested in 100 new LightSky AquaBeam waterproof beam moving lights in readiness for the 2017 festival season which will see the west London based lighting and video rental specialist supply over 60 different events with equipment, design services and crew. MD Haydn ‘H’ Cruickshank said they have been looking for a couple of years for a product that is water resistant and bright enough. The IP44 rated LightSky AquaBeam is designed especially for outdoor live events and productions, and has been rigorously tested in the most exacting conditions, including enduring months of continuous extreme weather like driving…
Immersive Spanish party brand, Elrow, has made its Welsh debut with the spectacular Singer Morning dance event in Cardiff – in the grounds of Glamorgan Cricket Club’s Sophia Gardens. The picturesque gardens played host to a capacity 6500 dance fans on the Sunday afternoon. Reinforcing the sound for headliners Eats Everything and Patrick Topping on May Bank Holiday Sunday was James Jewry from Cheshire-based Soundteks, who brought in Manchester based VME with their award-winning Martin Audio MLA and MLA Compact loudspeaker arrays. Jewry designed and specified the MLA system on behalf of the dance giant Elrow, purely based on the city centre location of the site. Nine elements…
beyerdynamic has announced as of June 1, 2017, the Administrative Board named Dutchman Edgar van Velzen as the company’s new Managing Director. Together with Wolfgang Luckhardt, long-standing Managing Director, he is now at the helm of the Heilbronn, Germany-based audio specialist. Most recently, van Velzen was CEO of Teufel GmbH in Berlin, Germany. “We value the extensive experience that Edgar van Velzen brings to the company and are delighted to have acquired such an accomplished audio industry executive – and someone who knows exactly how to handle the challenges of the digital age,” remarked Professor Wolf Michael Nietzer, Chairman of…
Since opening on Broadway in 1972 and being turned into a smash-hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, Grease has cemented its place in musical history. The unforgettable show is now back for a brand-new UK tour. Following its work on previous West End and touring runs of the show, WL has been called upon to supply the lighting equipment. This current production of Grease stars Tom Parker (The Wanted) as Danny Zuko, alongside Danielle Hope as Sandy and Darren Day as the Teen Angel. The show is being lit by Mark Henderson and the Associate Lighting Designer is Stuart Porter.…
The Spaladium Arena in the stunning Croatian coastal town of Split was the venue for the 2017 Porin Music Awards (AKA ‘the Porins’), a glamourous, high profile evening which honours the achievements and talent of Croatian artists across a diverse mix of genres and 30 categories and is broadcast live on the national HRT network. Lighting Designer for this year was HRT’s Marko Foretić who chose to work with a moving light rig of over 160 Robe fixtures, supplied by one of the leading Croatian rental companies, Promologistika. He worked closely with Promologistika’s Miro Hrg who designed the set and video elements. Foretić’s ideas for the…
Redditch based SSE Audio Group has won the Medium Business Award at the annual West Midlands Business Awards ceremony held at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. The contribution made by firms in the West Midlands towards boosting the region’s economy was recognised at the Business Masters awards. Almost 200 guests attended a ceremony at Edgbaston Stadium to see the firms and individuals honoured for its efforts. SSE Audio Group provides services to the live events industry. Established in 1976 for sound equipment hire and sales, SSE is now the largest UK supplier in this sector with offices in Redditch, London and…
HSL supplied a large floor-and-roof lighting package consisting of over 180 fixtures which was specified by Show Designer Andy Hurst for Swedish DJ duo Axwell^Ingrosso’s set in the Steel Yard. The large industrial strength temporary venue structure has been making a few appearances around the UK and was erected in Victoria Park, Hackney, for a two day dance music extravaganza, Steel Yard London, presented by Creamfields over the late May bank holiday weekend. In addition to overseeing the show’s general visuallity, Hurst worked closely on a Lighting Design with Dan Robinson who programmed and operated lights for the show, while Hurst…
Elation Lighting, based in Los Angeles, has been successfully offering Arkaos Media Master Express software for the past five years, as well as integrating Arkaos Kling-Net protocol into many of its lighting products. Elation has now entered into an agreement with Arkaos and A.C. Lighting Inc. to start selling Arkaos media servers to Elation’s U.S. and Mexico dealers. A.C. Lighting has been the exclusive North American distributor for the ArKaos range of media server solutions since 2012. The agreement between A.C. Lighting Inc. and Elation opens access to these powerful media servers to the entire Elation dealer network in the U.S. and Mexico. Eric Loader, Elation Professional Sales…
Renkus-Heinz is proud to announce promedias AG as its new exclusive distributor for Switzerland, delivering new product support, after sales care and training opportunities to Swiss customers. “We were seeking a distribution partner capable not just of meeting rising demand, but of providing an unequalled customer experience,” explained Renkus-Heinz Technical Sales Manager for Europe, Michal Poplawski. The appointment follows a period of growing success for Renkus-Heinz in Switzerland, with a number of challenging projects having already drawn on the beam steering excellence of the Iconyx range, as well as the new C Series and built-to-order T Series loudspeakers for installation.…
The Belgian electro rockers set out on a limited run of European shows to mark their first new music in 11 years, Transient Program For Drums And Machinery, and to put a complete Allen & Heath audio setup through its paces. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijun17_digitallr/26 Photos: Babycakes Romero www.soulwax.com www.allen-heath.com www.ampco-flashlight.com
When Lighting Designer Sam O’Riordan was tasked with pitching a new design for rock duo Royal Blood, the idea of ‘encapsulation’ came rather quickly. The result? A stunning mix of visual technology that brought an academy-sized show to the forefront of TPi’s attention, as Kel Murray reports. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijun17_digitallr/12 Photos: Kris Goodman, Hannah Meadows & Alice Exaddi www.royalbloodband.com www.affectivedesign.co.uk www.negearth.com
