20 June 2013

Woodlite Stockholm adds to Robe inventory

Sweden - Woodlite is a leading Swedish lighting, trussing and rigging dry-hire rental operation founded in 1995 by Magnus Jansson. Headquartered in Karlstad, the company now has around 150 Robe fixtures in its rental fleet and over 1100 moving lights in total. In March 2012, a new office and warehouse was opened in Stockholm to enable Woodlite to service its clients and the generally buoyant business in the area even more quickly and efficiently. Midway through 2012, Woodlite started purchasing Robe's Robin LEDWash series fixtures - ... More >>

Clay Paky spices up Red Hot Chili Peppers

USA - When the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival got underway, with its 24/7 schedule and desert location, Clay Paky lighting took centre stage for the Main Stage performances of California rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lighting designer Scott Holthaus had 70 Clay Paky Sharpys and 23 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 1500s in his inventory for the Chili Peppers' night-time shows on both festival weekends. "The Sharpys were on moving pods on the stage while the 1500s were on top of my vertical towers, on the floors and screamers; eight ... More >>

Comus Cables - now available in the US

USA - Pro Audio Stash's range of European manufactured tour grade Comus musical instrument cables is now available through the US office in Austin, Texas. The cable is engineered to suit all high-end touring applications and is suitable for those working in the professional live entertainment industry as well as for AV and custom installations of all types. The US branch will be stocking cables from the Comus' ranges for speakers, instruments and microphones. Comus features include flexible and durable jacket compounds which remain ... More >>

GLP add Impression X4S

UK - GLP, German Light Products, has announced the launch of the Impression X4S - the latest product in this award-winning series. "The Impression X4S brings a whole new level of functionality to compact LED wash lights, complete with RGBW homogenous colour mixing, a 7 to 50 degree zoom range and a high output level," says the company. A smaller version of GLP's popular Impression X4 fixture, the Impression X4S utilises seven high powered 15W RGBW LEDs at its source. These LEDs give a single homogenised colour output from its unique ... More >>

W-DMX welcomes the new Dutch Queen

The Netherlands - Wireless Solution Sweden AB was part of the recent Queen's Day banquet hosted by the Dutch Royal Family in honour of Queen Beatrix at the famed Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Queen Beatrix has stepped down after her 33-year long rule so that her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, can be King. W-DMX BlackBox ran Luminair and controlled GlowUp fixtures during the dinner, which was attended by royal heads of state from 18 countries. Among the many notables on hand were Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, and the ... More >>

PRG supports Chime for Change concert

UK - PRG teamed up with Harvey Goldsmith promotions at Twickenham in June to supply the power, staging, sound system, rigging, and lighting for the massive Chime for Change concert headlined by Beyonce and Madonna. Dubbed a 'feminist Live Aid', the production was complex, featuring a 12 strong line up of big name stars and a 50,000-strong audience to campaign for improved education, health and justice for women around the world. In charge of the logistics and operations was production director Jim Baggott from promoter Harvey ... More >>

Christie projectors debut at Virtual Reality Expo

Japan - Christie has introduced the Mirage 4K25 and Christie Mirage 4K35 projectors for 3D applications for advanced visualisation in automotive, location-based entertainment, government, military, oil and gas and more. These new 3-chip DLP projectors, anchored by the new Christie TruLife electronics platform with proprietary 1.2 Gigapixel per second, floating point architecture, offer full 4096 by 2160 resolution at 120Hz for 3D. The world premiere of these new solutions takes place at the 21st 3D & Virtual Reality Expo (IVR), at Tokyo ... More >>

Music Group Pro Asia Pacific expansion

Malaysia - Music Group Professional has announced a strategic expansion of their team for Asia Pacific. Graham Rowlands joins the company as senior manager overseeing business development across APAC effective 10 June, 2013. The appointment puts Rowlands in charge of intensifying the brands' growth across Asia including the dynamic economies of China and India. Having most recently served as regional sales director Asia at Harman Professional, Rowlands is well acquainted with Asian markets. From his base in Kuala Lumpur he has been ... More >>