Bijman Audiovisual recently supplied DeFabrique with around 400 Robe PARFect 100 fixtures to light up its events. DeFabrique is a canal-side event space located in the former Ulbe Twijnstra oil mill and processing plant in Utrecht, Netherlands. Bijman Audiovisual, based in De Meern, specialises in supplying sound, lighting and AV to corporate events. The company has been providing DeFabrique’s technical requirements for the last 15 years. Brought in to replace Bijman Audiovisual’s PAR 46 lighting, the PARFect 100 is a static version of Robe’s LEDBeam 100 fixture. It retains key features of the LEDBeam 100 like both CMY and RGBW…
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July saw the 50th anniversary edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival take place, with Meyer Sound also celebrating 30 years of collaboration with the event. Meyer Sound CEO John Meyer spoke about the company’s relationship with the festival and its late founder Claude Nobs: “I remember distinctly when he came to me and asked how we could make the festival sound better. He had a curiosity about sound and a real desire to create a unique and extraordinary experience for artists and audiences.” While the musical acts featured in this year’s festival lineup included Muse, Neil Young, and Slayer, Meyer…
The Philips Stadion in Eindhoven served as the venue for four sold out concerts by Dutch singer/songwriter Guus Meeuwis, with 360 Robe moving lights catching the action as part of a lighting display designed by Marco Driessen from The Art of Light. Meeuwis’ appearances at the 34,000 capacity stadium, home to football team PSV Eindhoven, have become an annual occurrence, with this year’s run of shows sporting a new look, originated by set designer Ronald van den Bersselaar of BEEO. Other important figures behind the performances included Musical Director Jan Willem Roozenboom and Show Director Marcel de Vré. Lighting up…
London-based company White Light has provided lighting and power equipment for the touring children’s show In The Night Garden Live. Based on the hugely popular BBC children’s television series, In The Night Garden Live takes place in a purpose-built show dome, with full-size costumes and panoramic projections on display. The show is currently visiting various sites across the UK. Production Electrician Andrew Fidgeon commented: “In The Night Garden Live is a very unique show. Not only are there four performances a day but every show takes place in a purpose-built show dome, which has to be inflated on site in every…
Latvian singer Arta Jekabsone has been announced as the winner of the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2016. Three contestants were selected for the final on Saturday 9 July at the Petit Théâtre in Montreux Palace, during the world-famous Montreux Jazz Festival. The other finalists were Erik Leuthäuser from Germany and Italian vocalist Fabio Giacalone, who came second and third respectively. This year 164 entrants from around the world took part, with 10 semi-finalists performing in Montreux before an international jury of singers, composers and journalists, presided over by Beninese singer/songwriter Angélique Kidjo. Jekabsone said: “When I was thinking about…
Elation Professional has launched its new DTW Series of variable white LED lights. The three products from the series now available are the DTW Par 300, DTW Par Z19 IP and DTW Bar 1000. All three fixtures feature full colour temperature range control from 2,700K to 6,500K plus independent dim-to-warm channel control from 1,800K to 3,200K for accurate rendition of traditional tungsten halogen lamps. All DTW Series fixtures come with variable dimming curve modes, strobe and chase effects included. The DTW PAR 300 houses 16 10W multi-chip CW/WW/Amber LEDs, and has a beam angle of 23° with an output of…
MA Lighting has released its latest dot2 software, 1.2.2.8. The release includes additional pre-defined position effects and several bug fixes, and also sees the MA dot2 onPC version output up to 512 DMX channels without MA hardware. The free DMX channels can now output sACN or Art-Net protocols in the first DMX universe. MA dot2 onPC runs on Windows 7 and higher. www.malighting.com
Nashville-based tour provider Elite Multimedia has provided lighting and LED video to Production Manager Brandon Quisberg, who is currently touring the US with country artist Gary Allan. “I am currently in the middle of my third year with Gary Allan where I started out as the LD and then also took on the role as Production Manager last year,” said Quisberg. “I’ve been blessed with a great relationship with Gary and we often speak about how we can make the live experience the best it can be for the fans. “In our previous design we went without LED video and…
Coldplay’s acclaimed live show Video Director Ben Miles chose to work with British manufacturer Avolites and distributor and technical specialist Realtime Environment Systems (RES) to design what he describes as ‘the ultimate video system’ for the Brit rockers’ current world tour. Crossing four continents, A Head Full of Dreams is a major stadium tour in support of Coldplay’s seventh studio album of the same name. Miles heads up a team of 14 to 16, including the spidercam team and Leo Flint, the tour Video Programmer, who runs Avolites Ai media servers and a Barco E2. The Video Director selected eight…
Over a hundred Clay Paky fixtures featured in Greenfield Festival’s main and smaller stage rigs this year, having been chosen by LD Nico Müller of technical supplier Go Audio. Set in the Swiss mountains, Greenfield 2016 saw a line-up of more than 40 international rock, punk and metalcore bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Prodigy, Dropkick Murphys and Bullet For My Valentine. More than 100,000 people from across Europe attended the four-day event. Müller’s rig plan for the main stage offered the visiting LDs 39 Alpha Wash 1200’s, 36 Mythos units and 18 Stormy CC strobes. Bullet For My…
GLS Lighting in Southampton, part of the HSL Group family, has made a significant investment in over 200 new fixtures from leading manufacturer German Light Products (GLP), adding to its already extensive hire inventory in the South. The new equipment will be based at and available from GLS’s facility near London, and will also be available from all the HSL equipment banks across the UK and Ireland – currently Blackburn, Belfast and Dublin – in addition to Southampton. “The large investment is a direct result of increased trading during the first half of the year, and a strong order book…
Milos has announced a new promotion for its range of Mobiltechlifts, offering a free transportation wheel kit with every purchase. The promotion started on 1 July and is set to continue until the end of September. To support the three-month promotion, Milos will be releasing a series of media including a product range video and expert instructional video by Marc Hendricks. The videos will be made available on the Milos website from 3 August and 24 August respectively. Mobiltechlifts are compact manual hand-winch and telescopic mast sections for close to ground lifting. With integrated wheels with brakes and rubber feet…
Miranda Lambert is currently touring North America on her Keeper of the Flame tour, with 27 Robe BMFL fixtures – 19 Spots and eight Blades – making up a new lighting design by Minneapolis-based Paul Guthrie, his first for the artist. Guthrie’s design features five wood-framed columns of LED screens alternated with six bentwood lighting towers on floor bases. Above this are five upstage/downstage trussing ‘fingers’ and two standard straight trusses. “I wanted the whole stage to have a straightforward and clean look and to ensure the LED blended seamlessly into the environment rather than being stark, obvious and contrasty,”…
Monitor Engineer Arron James Smith has been using a DiGiCo S21 console as he works with Bat For Lashes on the promotional tour for her new album The Bride, a three-date run of churches and cathedrals in the UK and her appearances on Europe’s summer festival circuit. “With Bat For Lashes I’m working with some great musicians,” said Smith. “The church gigs went amazingly and Glastonbury was great, too, particularly considering the weather. There was a fantastic audience there.” Smith runs the console with 40 inputs and 12 outputs. He has been using a D-Sub DMI card in the back…
Lighting Designer Johnathan Galicia has sought the help of Chauvet Professional for Mexican pop duo Ha*Ash’s Primera Fila tour. Galicia built his tour rig around 12 Next NXT-1 moving LED panels from Chauvet Professional, supplied by Meridian Pro. “Creating the lighting design for the Ha*Ash Primera Fila tour represented several challenges,” said Galicia. “Due to the enormous success Ha*Ash has achieved, the tour has had to have a fairly tight schedule. Most of the times, our concert venues are separated by several hundreds of miles, so logistics to move the rig are demanding.” Galicia positions the Next NXT-1 panels on…
Complete Audio featured on the main stage at this year’s Kosmonaut Festival in Saxony, Germany. The company fielded its Martin Audio MLA system for the event. The sound system was designed by Benny Franke. The main PA consisted of two main hangs of 11 MLAs and two MLD Downfills per side, with frontfills handled by Martin Audio W8LMD line array tops. The subs consisted of a broadside array of 20 MLXs along the front apron. www.martin-audio.com
J&C Joel has announced a new board structure, with Sales Director Fiona Blackett stepping down from the board and her directorial position after deciding to return to her native Australia. She will remain with the company in a Business Development role. Blackett said: “After 14 years it is time to go home. Over the years the company has grown and changed dramatically. We now have offices worldwide and work on projects providing not only fabrics and drapery, but have now become a leading stage machinery integrator for theatres and events around the world. I am very proud to have been…
Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing system recently appeared at Jarocin Festival in Poland. The festival featured performances from bands such as Sweet Noise, The Prodigy, Acid Drinkers, Slayer and Hunter. The FOH Engineer for Hunter, Marcin Płoński, requested a dLive for the band’s performance on the main stage. www.allen-heath.com
