CLF Lighting announces the CLF Poseidon, a powerful outdoor beam fixture that has been developed for smooth CMY colour mixing. Based on the successful CLF Aorun, the Poseidon comes with a fast and accurate feature set including a double prism, gobo wheel, animation section and frost. The 190mm wide lens and unique optics allow big mid-air effects with a bright and punchy beam, delivered by a 400W light source. Colours can be mixed smoothly by using the CMY wheels and a fixed colour wheel is also available. The elegantly shaped, IP65 rated, housing is equipped with specially designed motors enabling…
Author: James Robertson
Once a year, for the last three years, Ong Jmal in Nefta, Tunisia’s sand dunes and traditional domed houses become the temporary backdrop for a non-stop, 30-hour rave; this year featuring some 30 electronic artists including headliners Luciano and Apollonia, and a host of others such as Astrid, Ben & Lola, Mehmet Aslan and Fantastic Twins. The festival, known as Les Dunes Electroniques, is organised by the team behind Plages Electroniques in the French Riviera, and has been touted as the event to put Tunisia on the global festival map. After running into a handful of audio-related issues in their…
Qdos Event Hire has announced a joint venture with specialist vehicle rental company, Adapted Vehicle Hire (AVH). The partnership provides the award winning event supplier with access to a large fleet of accessible transport options available for hire to the event and entertainment industry. AVH’s fleet includes cars in a range of sizes, estate cars, MPVs and Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles. Whilst adaptions include push pull hand controls, left foot accelerators and plates, steering wheel aids, infra-red steering balls, indicator crossover bars, easy release handbrakes and wedge cushions. As one of the UK’s largest providers of specialist rental vehicles for disabled…
At the beginning of 2019, full-service Danish rental company, Nordic Rentals, saw growing demands from the concert touring and broadcast markets. As a result, it decided to increase its mixing console inventory. Already a long-standing DiGiCo user, having invested in the original D5 Live, D1 and, more recently, SD8s and SD9s, it took the decision to add more of the manufacturer’s products to its stock. “Our work in both touring and television has increased dramatically, but we were also seeing a growing demand from international artists doing fly-in shows on festivals in Denmark and Norway,” explained Martin Nørbæk, Nordic Rental’s…
Fans who turned out for Anthony Hamilton’s three-date Florida swing in late December finished 2019 with a bang. In addition to seeing the Grammy winning R&B artist perform his hits, they got to enjoy a stellar cast of supporting artists, featuring Ja Rule, K Michelle and Joe. Award-winners and hit-makers in their own right, these guest stars delivered, heart-pounding performances that blasted through the crowd with the force of a hurricane. Each was also supported by a punchy Josh Lawson lightshow that delivered its searing visuals with help from six CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK2 Profile fixtures supplied by Apogee Productions…
For many years Le Mark has sought to find ways of reducing its impact on the environment. Working to give its customers a choice when it comes to the use of tapes and consideration for the world we live in. January 2020 saw the company make its biggest ever leap in producing an environment-focused gaffer tape, with its launch of MagTape Ultra-Matt. “The ultimate aim was to produce a biodegradable or recyclable gaffer tape. But like many industries trying to go green, we found the technology to make it affordable, just wasn’t there for us yet. But, there must be…
Allen & Heath’s dLive and Qu series took centre stage at the 14th edition of the Cartagena International Music Festival, set in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, with an extensive week-long programme, which saw the mixing systems deployed for FOH, monitor and broadcast duties. Year after year, nearly 25,000 spectators flock to the festival, which brings together the world’s greatest classical musicians. Held at various venues throughout the city, the festival also hosts a variety of exhibitions, musical masterclasses and educational programmes for young, aspiring artists. As per previous years, the festival turned to Colombian rental company, 903pro, to provide audio…
Since their debut album in 2001, Potato have steadily grown to become one of the most admired Thai rock bands, attracting a strong following among teenagers in South East Asia. Standing alongside Thailand’s hottest rock stars, Potato are renowned for their songwriting and melodic rock ballads that send crowds into raptures. Their latest two Potato Magic Hours concerts were a testament to their popularity, with thousands of fans coming together to enjoy the band’s performances at the Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, with an L-Acoustics K1/K2 system helping to bring the magic to life and ‘kick out the jams’ at the…
The just-introduced Ovation CYC 1 FC from CHAUVET Professional is raising the bar by lowering the profile of cyc lights. Thanks to its unique close-to-the-ground housing, this sleek and silent cyc light can be positioned unobtrusively on the stage, and in the broadcast studio. Although its design is discrete and its operation quiet, there is nothing reticent about this convection cooled, RGBAL fixture’s output. With an illuminance of 173 lux at 5 meters, the CYC 1 FC ensures a wide, smooth coverage area, often allowing larger backdrops to be fully illuminated only from the ground, without the need for downlighting.…
Creative lighting artist / designer LeRoy Bennett utilised 91 Robe BMFL WashBeam high powered moving lights – nine working in conjunction with RoboSpot remote operation systems – to help deliver a stunning Opening Ceremony (OC) complete with holographic projection effects for the Riot Games’ 2019 League of Legends World Championship Finals, staged at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. Roy collaborated closely with the creative team from Riot Games and Possible Productions who briefed him on the look and style of lighting that they wanted to achieve for the in-the-round OC show. It energised an arena packed with eSports fans…
Area Four Industries Direct UK would like to issue a clarification statement in respect to the continuation of supply of LIGHTSPACE deck & truss products supplied via IMPACT PRODUCTS (EUROPE) LTD, who were placed into voluntary liquidation procedures at the end of last year. Contrary to recent reports, these products have not been discontinued. MILOS, which is part of Area Four Industries (the world’s largest manufacturer of truss & staging systems), has exclusively manufactured IMPACT OEM brands SPACEDECK and LIGHTSPACE for the past five years from their production facilities in the Czech Republic. Area Four Industries UK owns the rights…
An ArKaos Stage Server Pro and Kling-Net protocol were used to save thousands of DMX channels and provide a fluid, real-time harmony between lighting and video effects onstage for a massive Viva for Life concert fundraiser event organised by Belgian national TV channel RTBF. The visual design for the stage that ran for multiple days in Tournai city square, featuring a diverse line up of top Belgian artists, was created by RTBF’s Didier Piron. Selected highlights of the event were broadcast live on TV and it attracted massive crowds into the heart of the city each night to enjoy some great…
The 46th biennial Tokyo Motor Show drew 1.3 million visitors in October unveiling many new vehicles and concept cars to eager crowds. The Toyota booth engaged guests with a giant LED canvas, interactive elements and live-gaming racing with help from disguise vx 4 media servers supplied by Hibino, a disguise Rental Partner. “The booth’s main display was a seamless 77.4 meters long and 24,768 pixels wide LED wall” said Emu Hino, Technical Director. “The Future City CG on the main display, which served as the background for the entire booth, was immersive and exciting. The experience of being surrounded by…
At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam, Meyer Sound will debut two much-anticipated loudspeaker products, demonstrate a new digital tool for spatial sound design and mixing, and welcome attendees into the relaxing atmosphere of the Sonic Lounge, a casual show floor retreat. The new products, along with a wide selection of existing product offerings and the Sonic Lounge, will be found at Stand 1-M90. The demo room, in the Hotel Okura Amsterdam Ballrooms 1 and 2, will host presentations on the new spatial sound design and mixing tool and listening sessions for the new products. The two new loudspeakers incorporate the latest…
QSC has announced that K Series active loudspeakers have been inducted into the TECnology Hall of Fame at the 2020 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Founded in 2004 by former Mix magazine editor George Petersen, the TECnology Hall of Fame honours and recognizes audio products that have made a significant contribution to the advancement of recording, live sound, and audio technology. To be eligible for consideration, products must have been on the market for at least ten years. Launched in 2009, the QSC K Series sported a best-in-class 1,000 watts of extremely clean amplification in an ABS enclosure that…
Sting brought his musical The Last Ship, to the Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre, deploying a d&b Soundscape immersive sound system. The show tells the story of two childhood sweethearts set to the backdrop of the collapse of the shipbuilding industry and features an original Tony-nominated score with music and lyrics by Sting, who will also perform for the month-long duration of the show’s LA residency. Providing an unmatched sound experience to create the various scenes and acoustic moods for the performance is a system designed by Sebastian Frost and supplied by Stage Sound Services. It continues to utilize d&b En-Scene…
Adlib supplied full audio production to the Glasgow & Manchester gigs on the recent UK leg of Snarky Puppy’s Immigrance world tour, plus a control package – comprising two Yamaha CL5 consoles for FOH and monitors, a line system and all the associated cable and distribution infrastructure for the other UK and European dates. These included one night at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Grammy award-winning, Brooklyn New York-based multi-genre ‘jam’ band Snarky Puppy embraces a lively mix of jazz, pop, rock and world music. The Immigrance album dropped in the Spring of 2019 and this was part of a 7-month…
English punk and folk singer-songwriter, Frank Turner, upgraded to Sennheiser’s high-spec Digital 6000 wireless system just before the start of his nine-date UK tour in support of his album ‘No Man’s Land’, saluting 13 brilliant women from all walks of life whose stories have gone largely unnoticed because of their gender. Turner’s tour kicked off at Dunfermline Alhambra Theatre in Scotland in November and included two nights at London’s Alexandra Palace as well as shows in Cardiff, Southampton, Manchester, Newcastle, Bexhill and Birmingham. Each night saw two sets of performances; a solo set followed by an unplugged band performance with…
