Over the last few months of 2019, one of Ireland’s largest technical production companies, PSI in Ireland, invested in a large stock of Elation Professional lighting, a purchase that included Elation’s award-winning Artiste and IP65 Proteus series moving heads among other lighting fixtures. With offices in Dublin and Belfast, PSI in Ireland provides technical audio, lighting, and rigging solutions for the entertainment and installation sectors across Ireland and Northern Ireland. The company’s lighting inventory, already Ireland’s largest stock of professional lighting equipment, has expanded with the addition of Artiste Picasso LED profile moving heads, Proteus Hybrid IP65-rated moving heads, narrow-beam…
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Rock bands have a history of performing in unusual and interesting places. From Pink Floyd live at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, to Guns n’ Roses at Slane Castle in Ireland, the mystique of an unusual and historic setting has elevated the experience of the audience by providing an all-encompassing visual and aural experience nothing short of a Gesamtkunstwerk, or a: “total artistic experience.” Capturing the essence of this magical tradition was exactly what Schallmeister had in mind when organising the recent Emotional Moments ABBA tribute show, which took place at the magnificent Westerholt Castle in Germany. Serving as…
Lighting/Production Designer Jon Eddy is using 38 Claypaky Sharpys to illuminate the Original Misfits reunion shows featuring Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only. He also incorporated his Misfits lighting design into 2019 Psycho Las Vegas, the massive metal/punk rock festival held annually in August. Eddy is marking his fourth year designing for Psycho Las Vegas. The Original Misfits got back together for a series of gigs last year and continues to play selected venues in 2020. Their next appearance will be headlining Mexico City’s Domination Fest in May. The reunion shows, which included dates in LA, Denver and Seattle, coincided with…
Worakls is renowned for his melodic and experimental sounds. He toured his latest Orchestra album throughout 2019 to a series of 1000-1500 capacity venues and concluded the year by stepping up to three arena-sized shows – Zeniths in Paris and Toulouse and the Salle 3000 concert hall at the Lyon Palais des Congrès – complete a with a 31-piece orchestra. To light these larger shows plus some additional European dates scheduled for early 2020, lighting designer Nicolas Galloux was asked on board. Nicolas specified around 80 Robe moving lights to assist him in the task, including MegaPointes, BMFL Blades, Spiiders…
Real-time media playback solutions heavyweight Green Hippo deployed its range of Hippotizer Media Servers to fight for world-class visuals with the season premieres of WWE Monday Night Raw and WWE Friday Night SmackDown television shows. 14 robust Hippotizer Media Servers braved the WWE road: made up of Karst, Karst+ and Boreal+ machines. In total, more than 20,000 individual clips were processed during each performance, with pre-made content mixed with effects generated within Hippotizer V4.5. The global entertainment company WWE – known for its audience-grabbing, in-ring energetic theatrical drama – wowed crowds across the US, Middle East and Europe with big-name…
Regular users of GLP solutions, 30 Seconds to Mars, spent last summer playing festivals and indoor arenas across Europe, including two special Mars Island shows on a private Croatian Island. Piloting their lighting and unique visual show was production designer Tom Campbell of MIRRAD, himself a regular user of GLP’s award-winning fixtures over the years. “The original impression series was one of the fixtures I had used regularly back in the day and it’s great to see how far GLP has evolved ever since,” he said. Campbell joined the technical team last May after finding himself unexpectedly being contacted by…
Chinese fixture manufacturer ACME’s high-performance Dotline360 LED battens are adding powerful, pixel-mapped colour to some of Ukraine’s biggest shows following an investment by one of the country’s largest rental and lighting production companies, Alight. The one-metre Dotline360 units, which are equipped with 12 30W RGBW LEDs, landed in stock at Alight in autumn 2019 and have been out on projects almost continuously ever since. Most recently, they have been seen in action on the popular Ukraine TV show Dancing With the Stars, and a gig by Ukraine pop duo Vremya i Steklo, who performed to a capacity 10,000 crowd at…
Solotech, a world leader in audiovisual and entertainment technology with 13 locations across Canada, the US and Europe, expanded its lighting inventory last summer with the purchase of 150 Ayrton Khamsin-S LED profile luminaires and 108 Ayrton MagicBlade-FX fixtures from ACT Lighting, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor in North America. The Khamsin-S units selected by Solotech are designed for scenic applications. The fixture is equipped with a new LED module delivering powerful metallic white light with a record-breaking output of 40,000 lumens and a colour temperature of 6500 K. The MagicBlade-FX is the latest iteration of the popular MagicBlade-R. It features seven…
INFiLED has announced the opening of its new service centre in California, USA. Trading as INFI Group, the new service centre has been strategically located in Los Angeles, to provide first-class service and support to all current and new INFiLED customers across North America. This marks a further expansion on the already well established INFiLED global network, spanning across six continents, including Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Spain, China, The United Kingdom, UAE, South Africa, Japan, South America and Hong Kong. “America is a major market with many of our key customers having headquarters here,” said Eddie Guo, CEO of INFI Group.…
Based in Memphis, Tennessee, ProductionOne has purchased two Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems. As company owner Kiley Butler said: “We love hearing people rave about how beautiful music sounds through them. The power with 90% less distortion than other systems creates a clarity unparalleled in professional audio.” Having invested in both LR18 compact mid-size line-array and LR16 compact line array systems, the LR18 was quickly put to work on shows by multiple Grammy winner Alison Krauss. “It felt like we were in a studio with 3,000 other people,” said Kiley. ProductionOne was founded almost 20 years ago, working on youth and…
With songs of such acclaimed sensitivity and depth and a unique voice with which to impart them, Lewis Capaldi has now turned his attention to context. His first arena tour in the UK saw design partnership Cassius, Chris ‘Squib’ Swain and Dan Hill, respond with comparable sensitivity, taking a stark minimalist stage set and enfolding it in textural layers of video with a mix of roller-drop projection and hi-def LED. “It’s a fascinating landscape,” said tour video director Mark Davies, “Squib and Dan determined to place the focus squarely on Lewis with a strong imperative on his art and artistry.…
A Kinesys automation system and Vector control system have been on the road with a new and updated North America touring version of the blockbuster musical WE WILL ROCK YOU, directed by JP Thibodeau and featuring the music of Queen, produced by Annerin Theatricals of Alberta, Canada. This is the first time Annerin has used Kinesys products – two half-ton Elevation vari-speed hoists and the Vector – which is being supplied to the production by Christie Lites – and operated by Pippa Bagley who is also the video systems tech together with the tour’s production manager. The LX systems tech…
Audinate, the developer of the industry-leading audiovisual networking technology Dante, has won a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for its contributions in enabling the production industry’s transition of analogue audio and video onto the network. Used in thousands of products from hundreds of manufacturers, Audinate’s Dante is the de-facto standard for modern AV connectivity. Dante has revolutionised the AV industry by replacing legacy audio and video connections with easy-to-use, ultra-high-performance computer networking. Dante’s ability to handle hundreds of uncompressed audio channels over a single network cable is why the protocol has become so popular in media production. Television is evolving…
Temporary event power provider Power Logistics further cemented its position as a leader in sustainable solutions when it received the award for Best Use of Technology and was a highly commended in the Green Supplier category at the Event Production Awards 2020. Held at the London Novotel West on Thursday 5th March, the awards, now in their ninth year, recognise excellence in the production and delivery of outdoor and live events. Its Best Use of Technology at an Event submission detailed the deployment of the company’s bespoke power monitoring system and LED technologies at Radio 1’s Big Weekend to assist…
ChainMaster introduced new chain hoists for the entertainment sector – including the first prototypes of the ChainMaster PK and Ultra series with load capacities ranging from 250 kg to 2000 kg. The new chain hoists are designed in accordance with SQ P2, which was first released in October 2018, and can safely hold loads directly over people with a static chain safety factor of at least 8:1. The low tare weight and compact construction ensure easy handling in daily rigging usage. In addition, the IP degree of protection has been increased to better protect the drives against moisture. The new…
In response to an increased worldwide demand for its staging products and solutions, Eurotruss Group is pleased to announce its expansion across Germany by adding the full NEXT Truss product line to the Eurotruss office and warehouse in Hövelhof, Germany. The Netherlands-based company is the world’s leading manufacturer of hardware and structural solutions for the entertainment industry with a product line that includes the aluminium truss structures, roofing, and staging. Through this initiative, Eurotruss GmbH will have access to the full range of products in the Eurotruss Group portfolio including Eurotruss, Total Structures and the newest addition NEXT Truss. Matthias…
MILOS gives you the keys to enter a new world of creative lighting possibilities with their modular lighting bars and grid frames. MILOS T and H frames provide extended flexibility when mounting your lighting fixtures, thereby expanding the playing field for the positioning and angling of your lighting pathways. Designed for trouble-free use, they connect quickly and securely to main truss grids via CELL Clamps or suspension cables. All frames are based on the MILOS modular single tube M100 series, which featured conical connection technology and our durable 48 by 3mm extruded aluminium profile tubes that can be mixed and…
Prolyte’s Blackbook contains a wealth of technical information about trusses and complementary products. The new Blackbook edition includes: Compositions and design of aluminium trusses Different types of connections Forces within trusses and the different types of loading Stages, roof systems, hoisting of truss, lifting people, truss maintenance And a lot more! The Blackbook has gained a reputation for being the best “on the road and beyond” reference guide. Offering extensive theoretical background knowledge, as well as practical tips, it’s a must-read for everyone in our industry who’s involved in rigging or trussing. prolyte.com
