Nearly 250 Robe moving lights helped shape the drama and magic at the high energy 2016 Reverze spectacular produced by Bass Events and staged at Antwerp’s Sportpalais in Belgium, which was packed to its 20,000 capacity with hard dance music fans. The theme for Europe’s largest indoor hard style event this year was ‘Deception’. A spectacular lighting, set and visuals design was imagineered by Kristof van Mensel, Patrick Bellens and others from Belgian visual design practice, TCF. Playing on the theme – which offered some serious latitude for invention – their starting point for both lighting and video designs was…
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Zero 88 will be exhibiting at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt – Stand B50 in Hall 3 – with several exciting new products and releases. Following its successful launch at the show last year, FLX8 now joins the FLX family of lighting consoles as the latest 8 universe version of the PLASA Innovation Award winning FLX product line. FLX and FLX8 will be shown with demonstrators highlighting the latest software release – ZerOS 7.9 – and the online universe upgrade program for FLX. This continues the planned FLX programme of feature and capability enhancements all continuing to making FLX an even more…
The 21-year-old Scottish-Swedish singer Nina Nesbitt has attracted serious attention and a growing fan base since the release of her 2013 Way in the World EP. Several Top 40 singles later, the Edinburgh-born artist has replaced her earlier indie-pop flavour with an edgier sound in her Modern Love EP. Raw, powerful and replete with impressive synthesised hooks, the EP’s songs, like the hit “Chewing Gum,” deal with the shifting and often unpredictable tides of human relationships. A tour in support of such music calls out for dramatic lighting on stage, which is precisely what LD Ollie Wilkinson of Arranpaul is…
London and Dubai based Maestra Group, specialist in premium event production, design and solutions, has announced five key staff appointments at the London office, which was launched in January and is headed by Justin Hammond. This follows a strong start to business by the new UK operation and a major new investment in audio and video technology. “Equally important to investing in the right kit”, said Hammond, “Is getting the right people on-board with the attitude and aspirations needed to run a busy, lively and creative environment dedicated to pushing the envelope in all aspects of live event production.” Emma…
Pulse PA in Poole, Total Sound Solutions in Swansea and Fabtronic in Northampton are now taking delivery of new NEXO STM modular line array systems for their rental inventories. Together with Sound of Music in Derby, the rental houses have identified the new STM M28 ‘omnipurpose’ cabinet as a game-changer for their own businesses, as well as enabling a cross-hire network that allows each STM owner to service projects ranging from 500 people at a club event to medium-sized festivals by pooling NEXO STM resources. At Pulse PA in Poole, Ralph Walsh says that the arrival of the all-purpose two…
Arkaos PRO has appointed Controllux BV as its new, exclusive distributor for the Benelux countries. The agreement, reached in February 2016, gives Controllux exclusive distribution of the full ArKaos PRO portfolio of professional media servers and software across the Netherlands and Belgium. Controllux is a leading distributor of professional lighting equipment and handles a large range of well-regarded industry brands from its offices in the Netherlands and Belgium. The company will be responsible for promoting the ArKaos brand across its wide remit of theatre, broadcast, film, entertainment and architectural markets. “The Controllux portfolio, with all its brands and its disciplines,…
Jason Derulo wowed viewers at the 42nd People’s Choice Awards with a high-energy performance that featured Clay Paky Scenius moving head spotlights as the main effects lights for the dynamic singer. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky fixtures in North America. Honouring the best in popular culture for 2015, the “People’s Choice Awards” were held 6 January, 2016 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS. Emmy-winner Allen Branton was the show’s lighting designer; Felix Peralta, Kevin Lawson and Darren Langer were the lighting directors. A.C.T Lighting gave the team the opportunity to…
Howard Jones and Nate Alves, who co-designed the lighting for Brantley Gilbert’s Black Out World Tour, have selected an array of Clay Paky fixtures including the new Scenius moving head spotlight for the current leg of the arena tour. Gilbert, the country rock singer and songwriter, kicked off the US and Canada leg of the Black Out World Tour playing to capacity crowds in Saginaw, Michigan. After the tour wraps this spring Gilbert will take a breather before launching the Take It Outside summer tour. The current lighting rig will be reprised for the summer tour. Howard Jones, is president…
Adlib supplied an L-Acoustics PA for US pop-punk band All Time Low on their recent Back to The Future Hearts UK Tour, plus a support package for Special Guests Maryland Rock Band Good Charlotte, back after a long hiatus. The PA system technician for Adlib was Alan Harrison, working alongside Adlib’s Hassane Es Siahi, with Jay Petch looking after monitor world. An experienced and enthusiastic crew, the team all worked closely with All Time Low engineers Phil Gornell (FOH) and Ricky Fernandez (monitors) plus Good Charlotte’s Jim Carmichael at FOH and Chris Cotten on monitors. Against The Current was the other…
Bristolian band Coasts rocked London’s Roundhouse in February with a captivating, atmospheric lighting show created by Tom Campbell using an Avolites Sapphire Touch and networked Tiger Touch II. “This was a stripped back version of the bigger shows we’ve got planned for later in the year, designed to suit the iconic Roundhouse and create the right feel,” said Campbell. “I’m using a lot of tungsten in the show, and a video wall of Ereimul Elidy ‘S’ matrix fixtures and Clay Paky Stormy CCs, which curves around the band in a ‘C’ shape.” Campbell’s consoles are loaded with Titan v9 for…
When Jennifer Lopez decided to return to her musical performance roots with a residency at Planet Hollywood’s AXIS Theater in Las Vegas, she and her team left no stone unturned in their efforts to create an outstanding show. A key piece of the puzzle was finding the right combination of microphone and wireless system for the artist – one that would handle the hostile RF environment of a major production. They found the Shure Axient wireless with the new KSM8 Dualdyne premium dynamic capsule to be ideal. According to Shure Artist Relations Senior Specialist Nelson Arreguín, the combination proved to…
British singer and X Factor winner Leona Lewis toured the UK in February and March with an elegant lighting show designed by Jamie Thompson and controlled by Avolites Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II consoles. Thompson’s brief for the tour, which visited 13 cities across England, Wales and Scotland, was to create an intimate show pushing the focus on to Leona and her band as they performed new material and her internationally bestselling back catalogue. The Sapphire Touch was used as the main console, networked via Titan v9’s Multi-User feature to a backup Tiger Touch II. “Multi-User is incredibly easy…
Avid has announced that British trip-hop group, Massive Attack, is the latest award-winning band to take the powerful Avid VENUE S6L live sound system on their UK and European tour. The newest addition to the Avid VENUE family – the most trusted and requested live mixing systems in the world – delivers the next level of live sound production and the ability to handle any multi-continent tour schedule with ease. The decision to take the VENUE S6L on tour in support of the band’s latest EP, Ritual Spirit, was made based on their experience with the compact and powerful Avid…
Following its acclaimed 11-year run in the West End, and multiple award-winning appearances in New York, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Holland and on tour around the USA, the smash hit Billy Elliot: The Musical is now embarking on its first ever UK tour. Having worked on the show throughout its London run, leading lighting supplier White Light has been called upon once again to provide its services to the touring production. Lighting Designer Rick Fisher is responsible for the lighting of the show once again, with his design having won both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding…
GLP has taken a major step to boost its domestic sales force in the face of increasing product demand, by recruiting one of its former senior employees. Dejan Hajdukovic, who had been part of the sales team between 2008-2012, returns as Sales Manager, and will be based at company HQ in Karlsbad, Germany. Dejan brings a wide network of contacts, particularly in the lighting design and rental company sectors. Now he will team up with Key Account Manager Oliver Schwendke to undertake responsibility for field sales, largely in the southern part of the country. Having started his professional career in…
AKG by Harman and UK distributor Sound Technology have announced immediate availability of the new AKG Drum Set Concert I professional drum microphone set. The Drum Set Concert I features a complete collection of high-quality mics that deliver on AKG’s reputation for sonic excellence and steadfast durability. With seven microphones and accessories in a rugged aluminium carrying case, the set provides everything needed to capture a complete drum kit, or mic bass and guitar amps, percussion, woodwinds and other instruments. “AKG is known for creating some of the world’s finest drum microphones, such as the industry-standard D112,” said Noel Larson,…
The combination of electronic music, icy décor, powerful architectural projections and a programme featuring the best local and international DJs, makes Igloofest at Montreal’s Old Port the place to be during January and February each year. This year, for the 10th edition, 120,000 music lovers braved the harsh Canadian winter for four consecutive weekends to join the largest outdoor party in Montreal. Lighting designer Karl Gaudreau of design firm 4U2C in Montreal, created the beautiful lighting scenery which, for this particular edition, evolved around a backdrop design element of painted shipping containers, also functioning as shelters for people attending the…
Aside from being blessed with huge helpings of musical talent, Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye, better known as the chart-topping country act Maddie & Tae, are also incredibly resourceful. The same knack for making things happen was exhibited by lighting designer Larry Foote, who created a dynamic and versatile rig for the duo’s Life Of Our Years Tour with Lee Brice, using only a single fixture: the Nexus 4×4 COB LED panel from Chauvet Professional. “This is Maddie & Tae’s first shot at bringing their own lighting with them out on the road,” said Foote, who used eight Nexus 4×4…
