Special Event Services (SES) has significantly expanded its Ayrton lighting inventory with additional purchases of Domino LT, Bora S, and Khamsin fixtures and further committed to the product line with large first-time investments in Perseo Beam, Diablo, and Zonda 9 FX lights. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America. Headquartered in Mocksville, North Carolina, SES offers audio, lighting, design, video, staging, and live event production to a wide array of clients. The company has closely watched the growth of LED technology and set a goal of getting its lighting inventory as close to 100 percent…
Author: James Robertson
Indochine’s Central Tour features a record-breaking installation including 1,500 lighting fixtures and an over 26,000 sq. ft of LED screen. The semi-transparent 360° screen is the largest circular installation ever done for a live concert. The screen was specially designed by PRG Projects together with INFiLED to meet the demanding requirements of the Central Tour. The story begins with a stage design for the final show, which was based on a sketch by the lead singer of the French pop rock band, Nicola Sirkis. It certainly was an inspiring challenge for the technical teams to realise this vision. According to…
Solotech has introduced an on-site service team to bolster the maintenance and support services offered to UK clients. This new addition is aligned with the appointment of James Swallow and Ed Moore joining the team as on-call engineers to offer remote maintenance services and rapid onsite diagnoses and repairs of AV technical issues when needed in locations across the UK. The Solotech UK Service Team works in tandem with Service+, a real-time AV equipment monitoring software platform that helps to ensure that an AV system is always functioning while enabling the proactive detection of anomalies. Built entirely by Solotech’s experts,…
TAIT has promoted Gemma Hodgson to Chief Commercial Officer. At the same time, Jess Chalifoux, brand and marketing industry veteran, has joined TAIT as VP, Global Business Development with a focus on expanding and growing relationships, identifying and securing new business opportunities and further strengthening the overall customer experience. Chalifoux will report to Hodgson. “This promotion reflects Gemma’s strong leadership and her absolute commitment to putting our clients first,” said Adam Davis, CEO of the TAIT Group. “At TAIT, we are strengthening our dedication to delivering end-to-end projects from concept to delivery with a focus on understanding both the creative…
Weekends With Adele, her residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which comprises a five-month series of weekend-night shows between November 18, 2022 and March 25 of this year, is but the next step in a singular career. But it’s a momentous one, presenting Adele in an immersive-audio environment for the first time, and DiGiCo—in the form of two Quantum7 consoles supplied by Brit Row/Clair Global—are there with her to assure a fantastic and flawless show. “In true Vegas style, it’s a big show” said Dave Bracey, who has worked and toured with Adele for much of the last ten…
Rock-it Global, a GCL (Global Critical Logistics) company, is the headline sponsor of the TPi Awards 2023 – making it the first freight company to be the top sponsor for the industry’s vanguard awards event. “We have seen signs that the live events industry is coming back in full force after a lull during the pandemic,” said Justin Carbone, Executive Vice President Live Performance Touring, Rock-it Global. “A lot of bands who could not tour in 2022 are now geared up and booked for even larger tours for 2023. With most of the world opening up their borders, coupled with…
Genelec is marking its 45th anniversary this year by launching the Genelec 45 World Tour, which celebrates truthful sound and the passion that powers it. The extensive tour combines demonstrations of Genelec studio monitors with a program of premium learning and listening experiences, complemented by a major global music collaboration. The Genelec 45 World Tour provides audio professionals, sonic creators and audiophiles with a unique opportunity to experience the beauty and power of truthful sound, wherever they might be located. Central to the tour is the Genelec | Experience series of premium events, which includes face-to-face listening sessions at Genelec’s…
SJ Grevett had to incorporate distinctive M-shaped trussing into his design for the 25th annual MOBO Awards at Wembley. This trussing was configured in two levels, a softer, less pronounced M in the upper section that ran horizontally, and a sharper, more dramatic, and vertically oriented rendition of the letter below it. Working with this M-and-M configuration, Grevett turned the MOBO stage into a vibrant canvas that lent itself to limitless design possibilities for the award ceremony. “Having the M on the top horizontal was very good, and easy to work with,” he said “However, the lower truss rigging was…
MDG has appointed of RM Multimedia as its new, exclusive distributor for Italy. The new arrangement takes effect from 20 February 2023. RM Multimedia was founded in 2007 by Marco Bartolini, Ermanno Tontini and Paula Poroliseanu all of whom brought many years of industry experience to the company. Based in Cattolica (Rimini), RM Multimedia exclusively distributes many top brands of entertainment technology across the Italian market. Its 20-strong team is united by the same desire and ability to enhance the company’s philosophy of providing the best quality service to each and every client. RM Multimedia is present throughout the country…
INFiLED has appointed Kathy Skinski as Vice President of Sales for INFiLED North America. Skinski has over 25 years of experience in the technology and media industries with roles at top media giants including ABC, WarnerMedia and Time Warner Cable. Kathy has been behind the scenes producing globally televised events including Super Bowls, World Cup Soccer and Presidential Elections. Prior to joining INFiLED, she was recruited to lead the Broadcast, Media and Virtual Production unit at Planar Systems and established an exceptional track record developing new partnerships, alliances, and managing the North American Sales Team. “I am ecstatic to join…
In a Belgian city that’s famous for its breweries, the people of Leuven certainly know how to throw a party. The capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant welcomed in the new year with a free event for 10,000 people in the Oude Markt, featuring DJ sets from a stage in the centre of the square. With the audience located on both sides, an STM sound system deployed by long-time NEXO rental partner VDB-PA was required to cover two distinct areas. System designer Lennert Van de Velde takes up the story of how the VDB team took…
Over the weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs again found themselves in the Super Bowl spotlight, with the team’s quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, earning his second career Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) title. For Shure, the MVPs were the veteran audio engineers and sound technicians who managed the broadcasts of Super Bowl LVII and NFL Honors with the support of Axient Digital Wireless Systems and PSM 1000 Advanced In-Ear Personal Monitoring Systems, which delivered audio to a record-setting 113 million viewers worldwide. ATK Audiotek and Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) handled all wireless microphones and IEM systems for the pre-game entertainment, halftime…
Orlando-based Lighting Designer and Programmer Michael Pagan has put grandMA3 to work on the FELD Entertainment’s Production of Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto, which is now enchanting families nationwide. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America. Disney On Ice is a series of touring ice shows produced by Feld Entertainment. Frozen & Encanto brings to life, with world-class skating, two beloved tales as audiences join the race to find Elsa and stop the eternal winter in the first act then sing and dance along with Mirabel, Isabela, and Luisa as they celebrate the love…
Alfalite has supplied its Modularpix Pro VP XR panels with ORIM technology to build a 120-square-meter L-shaped LED wall in Plazamedia’s new Extended Reality (XR) Studio, which has just been opened near Munich. Plazamedia GmbH has been the leading sports TV producer in the German-speaking region since 1976. Its new “briX|woRk.studio”, located in AGROB Medienpark in Ismaning near Munich, will offer new and diverse application possibilities for innovative and sustainable productions with a unique combination of XR, AR and VR for film and production companies, broadcasters, advertising companies and event and creative agencies. briX|woRk.studio is one of Germany’s most innovative…
Michael Grabarczyk is a freelance audio technician and an early adopter of Outline’s unique Newton FPGA-based processor. In recent years he has handled system tech duties for the American guitarist Joe Bonamassa, working with Mike Lavielle at FOH and an L-Acoustics K2 system provided by SES (Special Event Services). Bonamassa spends a great deal of time on the road and plays a huge range of venues, from large outdoor spaces to venues such as London’s Royal Albert Hall, to ‘Blues Cruises’ on ships and even club dates in Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club, presenting a continuous range of challenges to his…
Phoenix-based High Resolution Engineering (HRE) has added disguise vx 4+ media servers to its equipment rental inventory. The purchase marks the first disguise acquisitions by HRE, which also offers rentals of the Christie Spyder X80 video processor and Lightware and Dexon routers. HRE is the premier specialized provider of high-end video processing, screen switching, video signal management, media servers and control technologies and services to the live events industry. The company provides customized rental packages as well as system design and on-site show support to engineer, program, switch and play back content for large screen and multiscreen presentations and events.…
Clair Global, the world’s largest provider of touring sound systems, has added a pair of Solid State Logic L650 Live consoles to its inventory. The L650 console is the latest and greatest offering from SSL and features more input paths and processing then any of the company’s previous designs. The new pair of Live desks join three previously acquired L650 consoles that Clair Global has employed with great success over the last year for acts including Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars/Silk Sonic and others. Clair Global, headquartered in Lititz, Pennsylvania, with offices on three continents, has used SSL Live consoles since…
Over 300 sound engineers, integrators, and audio architects received an educational demonstration on the benefits Adamson’s spatial rendering engine provides to sound system design and audience enjoyment. Featuring Adamson Fletcher Machine and a sound system employing Adamson CS- and IS-Series cabinets, the event was hosted at Theatre Lliure, a member of the European public theatre network mitos21. Visitors attended one of 10 sessions in the intimate space. Demonstration host and Director of Operations EMEA, Jochen Sommer explained, “Our approach in showcasing spatialization technology is to start with the historical simplicity of the techniques. The Adamson Fletcher Machine is named after…
