Lighting rental specialists Version2 are delighted to have supported The Brits Are Coming at the newly re-opened Riverside Studios. Working with award-winning Lighting Designer Tim Routledge, the Version2 team supplied a comprehensive lighting package, including a healthy selection of recent additions to the company’s growing inventory. The Brits Are Coming TV special is the highly anticipated, exclusive reveal of the nominations for the prestigious BRIT Awards 2020. Hosted by broadcaster and presenter Alice Levine, the show featured special guest performances by nominated artists including Liam Payne, Aitch and Mabel. Recorded for ITV in front of a live audience, this was…
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Winkler Livecom of Switzerland has added 200 Elation Professional KL Fresnel series luminaires to its inventory, a purchase that gives the full-service event production company an enhanced ability to highlight client brands for maximum impact. Winkler, based in Wohlen, near Zürich, is one of the largest full service companies in Switzerland, handling virtually all aspects of exhibition, corporate and public events from initial idea to execution. Since its founding in 1996, Winkler has often employed Elation lighting in its broad portfolio of projects, but the KL Fresnel acquisition marks the company’s first purchase of Elation gear. “We continue to replace…
For three decades, L-Acoustics has consistently developed pragmatic audio solutions that enable audio professionals and artists to elevate the audience experience. For a decade, the Kara line source has been the star of countless live performances and permanent installs the globe over. L-Acoustics has announced the new Kara II modular line source, with the addition of Panflex, giving Kara four-in-one directivity: one box handily covers any audience geometry. Kara II morphs to fit any design, offering consistent coverage and SPL distribution with precise focus in four different directivity patterns: 70° or 110° symmetrical and 90° asymmetrical, steering to either the…
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has unveiled the nominees for its first Innovation Award – honouring outstanding entertainment endeavours across the emerging mediums of VR, AR and experiential – at the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. Amongst the nominees is the Satore Studio, a_BAHN and Satore Tech co-production, Cosmos Within Us – a mixed reality experience performed by live musicians in front of a seated audience, as one headset wearing participant ventures into a VR world that deals with the notion of ‘loss’ through the fragmented memories of an Alzheimer’s sufferer. Satore founder and Cosmos Within Us Director, Tupac…
L-Acoustics has revealed the January release of a significant software update for its L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology that will enable users to monitor the positioning of any tracked object in a 3D view. With L-ISA Controller version 2.0, source parameters—including Pan, Width, Height, Distance, and Elevation—can be mapped and scaled to all certified tracking systems. Speaking of which, in tandem with the L-ISA v2.0 update, L-Acoustics announced that it has officially collaborated with tracking software providers whose technologies can now function within the L-ISA ecosystem, including Robert Juliat’s SpotMe tracking tool. L-Acoustics Executive Director of Creative Technologies Guillaume Le…
A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (AC-ET) has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for Calibre’s HQUltra700 series of universal live events switcher-scalers with immediate effect. Sister Company, A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ireland Ltd. will handle distribution in the Republic of Ireland. British based manufacturer, Calibre has been providing image scaling technology for over 30 years for use with large LED videowalls, designed for concerts, award ceremonies, rental/staging, advertising, and for image scalers for professional projection applications. Calibre’s HQUltra700 series, consisting of the HQUltra730ASV and the HQUltra770ASV, are universal live events switcher-scalers with the ability to drive flat panel displays, projectors or…
Following this year’s rebrand of the ALD’s Awards, to become the ALD Awards for Excellence, the Association is delighted to announce the winners in each category, including the newly targeted award, The Fred Foster Award for Production Electrics, which was created to balance the recognition of talent demonstrated across the membership profile. Fittingly, the winners were announced at the Annual Lighting Lunch held at London’s Victoria Park Plaza in December. The awards are a celebration of imaginative and creative lighting and video production and represent a chance for young designers to showcase their talent, bringing their work to the attention…
A variety of ADJ’s IP65-rated moving head luminaires and LED wash fixtures have been used over the past three months to transform an Irish country estate into an enchanting festival of light. Wonderlights featured a night walk experience that allowed visitors to roam through a variety of displays and art installations that brought together light, colour, nature and Irish folklore tales. Wonderlights ran throughout October and November, before taking a break for the holiday season. It then returned for a limited run at the end of December 2019 and the beginning of January 2020 due to popular demand. The immersive…
Maintaining its focus on supplying the urgent demand for high-quality trussing and staging products and solutions, Prolyte Asia Pacific, also known as PAP, is pleased to announce its transition into SIXTY82 Doughty Asia (SDA). “For the past 15 years we have operated under the name PAP, however, due to recent events in the industry, PAP has decided to take a step forward and start a fresh chapter with new partners,” stated Menze van der Sluis, managing director of PAP, and one of the first people employed by Prolyte in its early days. van der Sluis played a significant role in…
Bratislava’s new year celebrations, held in the heart of the Slovakian capital at the Rázusovo nábrežie (the banks of the River Danube) were brought to life by a spectacular lightshow masterminded by Kvant Show Production. The laser specialists, who are also PR Lighting’s distributor for Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia, have been the event lighting contractors since the concept was introduced three years ago, and in addition to their own lasers, 24 pieces of PR Lighting’s AQUA 580 Beam helped provide a spectacular show as the city counted down to 2020. Organised by Biela Noc (White Night), the artistic department…
German fiber network specialists, Optocore, have appointed Dusseldorf-based United Brands GmbH (United B) as their new German distributors with immediate effect. The move was a logical one for both parties. Tine Helmle, Optocore Director of Sales & Marketing Said: “With the expansion of our product portfolio such as Festival Box, AutoRouter and our Madi series United Brands was a perfect match. Due to their expertise and long-time experience in install and live events they bring huge potential in placing Optocore as the main sound distribution network on the market.” And United B’s Jens ‘Bubbes’ Steffan, who will largely oversee the…
Rising British singer and rapper Little Simz played her flagship show at London’s Kentish Town Forum in December, making video a priority for the first time to enhance her ‘infectious and joyful’ style to the tour’s largest audience. Production AV was brought on board by Little Simz’s Production manager, Eric Wade of EZ Services, who was on the lookout for a new video supplier. Wade was keen to ramp up the visual effect of the show and capture quality footage, not only for live stage to IMAG screens, but also for use in promo material. “We had a pretty tight…
64 Audio, the leader in custom and universal fit in-ear monitors, is proud to announce it will have personnel on-hand to discuss the company’s featured and proprietary in-ear monitor technologies during the 2020 NAMM Show, held in Anaheim, Calif. January 16-19 at the Anaheim Convention Center, booth #11230. “The team and I at 64 Audio are always looking to bring forth technologies that tangibly benefit our customers, and apex, which was recently patented, is a perfect example,” explained Vitaliy Belonozhko, 64 Audio founder and chief sound designer. “As such, we are excited to present and discuss this and numerous other…
Rising star rapper and songwriter Young Thug has cut a reputation for musical experimentalism, style and dynamic collaborations, and just finished a major US arena tour co-headlining with Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) which has been hugely popular and well-received. Lighting and production designer, Stu Dingley was asked onboard the production team by creative director and production designer Meggan McKenzie ‘Kenzi’. Kenzi originated the creative concepts for the set and staging designs which they worked on together to evolve a look and style that would support both headline artists. Once this started to materialize, it provided a strong starting point for…
Swedish singer and songwriter Carola Maria Häggkvist – best known as ‘Carola’ – has been one of Sweden’s most popular performers since the early 1980s, releasing a dynamic range of albums over that time encompassing pop and disco to hymns and folk music. She’s just played 12 sold-out festive shows at the Slottsladan (Castle Barn) in Steninge Slottsby, around 35km north of Stockholm with special Christmas lighting designed by Danne Persson of Roxy Lighting and including a selection of Robe moving lights – 18 MegaPointes, 8 T1 Profiles, six BMFL Spots and one RoboSpot system. The venue is newly refurbished.…
Over 170 Adamson loudspeakers were deployed for three days of spectacular events for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. Marking the 27th edition of the world’s best New Year Party, the three-day festival combined much loved Scottish traditions with the very best contemporary artists and acts from across the world in Edinburgh, the home of Hogmanay. Working directly with Dave Watson and Scottie McKean from producers Underbelly, The Warehouse designed an Adamson system for Hogmanay in the Gardens headlined by Mark Ronson, the Waverley Stage headlined by Marc Almond and McEwan Hall’s three day celebrations with Symphonic Ibiza, Eddi Reader and Ronnie Scott’s Big…
Manchester-based Wigwam has appointed touring engineers James Gebhard and Francoise Le Moignan as Hire Managers in the Hire Project team. Gebhard has engineered some of the biggest touring artists of the last twenty years. Since mixing monitors for The Mamas and the Papas in 1998, Gebhard has engineered numerous iconic acts. Gebhard was introduced to The Strokes before they were signed to a record company leading to seven years as their engineer covering their first three albums. Next Gebhard had a ten year stint as FOH engineer with The Killers before he stepped away from touring when he married in…
SIXTY82 has announced the appointment of an exciting new partnership with the highly regarded and well renowned DP Music Kft. as the new representative in Hungary. DP Music will offer expert guidance on a wide range of possibilities, advising customers in Hungary on the best SIXTY82 solution for their particular needs. SIXTY82’s customers can rely upon the qualities of the dedicated and enthusiastic team of DP Music to meet their requirements. With over 20 years of experience in the live events industry, they master a strong technical position and possess the knowledge and experience to ensure their recommended solution will…
