With lockdown restrictions eased, KC Lights has once again been able to connect to fans in person. The long hiatus has done nothing to diminish the energy level and fan connection at KC Lights’ live shows, as evidenced by his performance on Night Two of the Belsonic Festival, where the crowd seemed to be dancing in the air to his kinetic music. Contributing to the euphoria was a lightshow by Anthony Hazelden that soared with the star’s music note-for-exhilarating note. Animated by flashing video panels and towering aerials, the sweeping panorama filled the entire set with nonstop visual excitement. Hazelden powered…
Author: James Robertson
Helping French comedian, Maxime Gasteuil’s new show Arrive en Ville unfold is a richly textured theatrically flavoured lighting design by the G!theimagineers team of Vincent Rautureau and Andreas Monschauer that was powered by a ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M console. Involving close to 300 fixtures and 50 universes when it debuted at Casino de Paris for nine sold out shows, which were recorded for Amazon Prime. Arrive en Ville reflects the various situations, humorous and thought provoking, that Gasteuil finds himself in on his cultural odyssey from his small village of Saint-Émilion in the south of France to the bright lights of Paris.…
Martin Audio’s long-term Czech and Slovakian distributor, Rock Centrum, has announced a strategic Wavefront Precision line array sale — to local rental company, AudiologicPRO. This young rental company, coincidentally also based in the city of Martin, already had experience of Martin Audio technology and has been growing rapidly, with its reputation spreading throughout both the Czech and Slovak markets, in all performance sectors. According to Rock Centrum’s Peter Foldvari, joint partners, Branislav Gombarský and Tomáš Hruška, wanted the manufacturer’s latest line array series as they believed Martin Audio’s optimised line array technology to be the best in the world. “We…
In 2021, Zac Brown Band (ZBB) hit the road again with their Comeback Tour, re-energising a live campaign that had originally started in 2019, rolled into 2020 and then was abruptly halted due to the pandemic. Lighting Designer, Chris Cockrill of Livelight Design updated his original design for the fall 2021 tour, keeping Robe Spiider LED wash beam moving lights as a major element of the aesthetic. The initial Spiider count of 64 fixtures in 2019 (plus another 16 for the stadium dates) was revised to 40 for the 2021 version, where they again assumed the same role as the…
As Polish hip-hop group PRO8L3M returned to the stages last December, the PROLIGHTS Astra Wash7PixIP and Astra Wash19Pix had their Arena debut at the COS Torwar in Warsaw, Poland. The production was supervised by lighting studio “Źle i Tanio”, who usually deal with highly complex productions. The project included fixtures like the Sunblast 3000FC, the Astra Wash19Pix and Astra Wash7PixIP. “We knew these were solid fixtures,” said the team from ŹiT, adding: “We used the 19Pix as the main wash on stage, sometimes using it also as a beam thanks to its large zoom range and high output. We also…
MIF invites great artists from across the globe to create extraordinary new work for the Festival, which is staged every two years at venues and found spaces across Manchester. Our future home is The Factory, a world-class cultural space being built in the heart of the city, where we’ll present a year-round programme and artists will be able to develop work of huge ambition and scale that they might not be able to anywhere else. The Technical Manager will ensure the physical production of all Factory artworks, productions and shows are delivered and maintained to the highest standard. This includes…
HOF is expanding its company management team with Dennis Klostermann and Isabel Inclan joining the management team. Along with Managing Director and shareholder, Björn Heinzmann, they will lead the company as a trio. Heinzmann will continue to manage the areas of technology and finance. Klostermann, who has been with HOF since 2006 and was previously Key Account Manager, will be responsible for Sales and Product Development. Isabel Inclan was previously in charge of Marketing and will now represent the Marketing and Human Resources departments. Hans-Wilhelm Flegel, who founded HOF 25 years ago, is retiring from management and operations, but will…
After consultation with the ISE exhibitor and visitor community and in the light of the increasing impact of the Omicron variant in Spain, Integrated Systems Events announces that ISE 2022, scheduled for 1-4 February, has been postponed and will now take place on 10-13 May 2022 at the Fira de Barcelona Gran Vía. Mike Blackman, Managing Director of Integrated Systems Events, said today: “We’ve been closely monitoring the conditions in Europe and have been working hard on your behalf to balance health and safety concerns with the need for commerce and in-person interaction. It’s been a challenging time for so…
From 1 October to 7 November 2021, the small Swedish town of Alingsås transformed itself into a walkable lighting art installation. More than 70,000 visitors strolled along the three-kilometre-long light trail at the Lights in Alingsås outdoor festival, and they were enchanted by the many lighting art installations created by international designers. As part of the Lights in Alingsås organisation team, the German company Irrlicht Veranstaltungstechnik was responsible for the festival’s equipment management. One of the key pieces of equipment the company used was the ZENIT P40 LED-PAR outdoor spotlight by Cameo. For the lighting project no. 3 – entitled…
StageSmarts has added Pierre Nyström and Jakob Aronson to its manufacturing facility team based in Arboga, Sweden. Nyström has extensive manufacturing and testing experience from the electrical power industry, most recently from Alstom. While Aronson is a highly experienced field service engineer who joins the company from Kone lifts. “Guys of this calibre are very hard to find, and we’re super excited to have them join our growing team of craftsmen. Their extensive expertise will strengthen our company and help us innovate and build even better products,” said StageSmarts CEO, Mats Karlsson. “We’ve seen steady growth over the past nine…
Mark Rooney has joined 4Wall UK as a Project Manager as part of the company’s touring, festivals and live events division. Having previously worked as a Project Manager for 80six, VER, Anna Valley and PRG, Rooney brings a wealth of experience to the role across production management, video, lighting, audio and projection. He has experience delivering projects at exhibitions, festivals, conferences, retail, theatre and TV & film, working with the highest calibre of equipment and brands, and delivering high-end technical systems for clients. Rooney said: “I’m thrilled to join the 4Wall team at such an exciting time in the company’s…
DiGiCo has named Austin Freshwater as its new Managing Director. Freshwater, who has been General Manager since 2017, takes the reigns from long-serving MD James Gordon, who remains CEO of parent company, Audiotonix. The move signals a new era for DiGiCo, which has revolutionised and grown to dominate the digital mixing console market since its inception in 2002. Audiotonix – which also owns Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiGrid, Group One Limited, KLANG:technologies, Solid State Logic, and newly acquired Sound Devices LLC – has been impressed with Freshwater’s performance over the last four years. His capabilities have been further emphasised against…
Part of the Aochi Production Resource Platform, MOTO GROUP is one of China’s largest commercial advertising resource platforms. It has offices and service teams in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Vancouver, as well as three large-scale production studios and a Fortune 500 clientelle and has recently announced its first MOTO STAGE XR in Shanghai. Brompton Technology is one of the partners that has invested its technology and technical expertise into developing this new cutting-edge facility. The studio focuses on the research, development and application of XR visual effects technology, creating seamless connection and a perfect immersion into physical and…
Delivering immersive experiences that blurs the lines between the physical and virtual, the new XR stage from South Korea’s NP studio offers a technologically advanced content production environment that meets the expectations of even the most demanding of NP’s clients. Working in close collaboration with ARK Ventures Inc South Korea, the studio’s impressive equipment inventory features industry-leading Brompton Tessera processors, ROE Visual LED screen, disguise media servers, as well as Sony camera systems and Seeder robotic cranes among other cutting-edge technologies, all running in sync and opening up an almost limitless world of creative content possibilities. “NP is one of…
On 29 February 2020, Argentinian folk rockers Vilma Palma e Vampiros and Peruvian alt band Plutonio de Alto Grande performed at the iconic Parque de la Exposición. A short time later, the curtain went down on live music in Peru because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its early and efficient response to the virus, Peru was hit much harder by COVID-19 than many other countries. It was one of the last countries to lift lockdown restrictions, but lift them it did recently, welcoming back live music at Lima’s Parque de la Exposición in the joyful and spirited Activando Cultura festival…
Meyer Sound has filled six positions spanning education and training, sales management, and technical services, with new hires based in the USA, the Middle East, and China. In her new position as Training and Education Programme Manager, Robyn Bykofsky will oversee the company’s global training and education programmes, including online platforms as well as in-person, hands-on training sessions. Bykofsky has strong credentials in both education and media technology, including top-level positions at the UC Theatre Taube Music Hall in Berkeley, Youth UpRising in Oakland, and the Ninth Street Independent Film Center/TILT in San Francisco. She holds a master’s degree in…
d&b audiotechnik has unveiled the latest addition to its powerful software toolkit – Soundscape Simulation, SPL and localization mapping within an object based workflow. As part of d&b’s ArrayCalc simulation software, this new intuitive visualization tool, accurately models a Soundscape system’s real and perceived acoustical performance within a space. “The introduction of the En-Scene simulator is a major paradigm shift in the way we model sound,” said Georg Stummer, Product Manager Advanced Systems, d&b audiotechnik. “The software gives sound engineers and technicians a design and planning tool that matches their creative reality and makes the experience upgrade that Soundscape delivers…
This August, AMATA, a vibrant performing arts hub within Falmouth University, partnered with the Pleasance Theatre Trust to become a satellite venue for the Edinburgh Fringe, presenting a digital showcase as part of Pleasance’s Edinburgh programme. Emulating the success of live streams done by the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House, AMATA transformed their largest studio into a partial TV studio format so that the shows could not only be performed live, but also live-streamed at the same time. As the sound aspect of each performance had to double up as both show sound and broadcast sound, Sennheiser Digital…
