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UK - Since they formed in 2011, Scottish synthpop band Chvrches has become massively popular worldwide. Fans flock to them for their pumping bass, infectious synth hooks, and lead singer Lauren Mayberry's voice and stage presence.

At FOH for the band is engineer Paul Gallagher, who has worked with the group since their very beginnings. "Glasgow is a small town with a great music scene. I worked with Iain [Cook] and Martin [Doherty] in different bands before Chvrches. I think the first gig I worked for them was a small show in Edinburgh in front of 100 people. It's been a journey watching them progress to the venues they are now playing."

Given the massive stage volumes at play, Gallagher has enlisted the Rupert Neve Designs 5045 Primary Source Enhancer on Mayberry's lead voc

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UK - The first ProLights Stark1000 LED Washlights delivered to the UK were a key design element for Shane Filan's recent Right Here tour.

Liz Hobbs Group both promoted and produced the tour for the former Westlife frontman, featuring big production values in more intimate venues. Their investment in 24 of ProLights' innovative new Stark1000s, supplied by A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (AC-ET), gave LD Pete Watts the tools to create a stunning looking show.

The Stark1000 is a workhorse fixture, delivering a premium performance at an exceptional price point. Harnessing 19 of Osram's new 40W RGBW LEDs, with a bespoke optical design, it provides a beautiful colour range with a smooth, even wash right through the massive 3-45° zoom range.

Rupert Doogan-Hobbs, production director at Liz Hobbs comments, "AC-ET gave us some really good advice on the ProLights Stark10

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New Zealand - Demonstrating its ability to extend the performance capabilities of LED visualization solutions as an engaging, immersive, and revenue-generating platform in architecturally sensitive environments, NanoLumens has announced the completion of a major new installation in Auckland, New Zealand's architecturally significant Britomart Transportation Centre.

According to NanoLumens vice president of strategic accounts Almir DeCarvalho, the installation is the result of a collaboration between NanoLumens, QMS Media, and Digital Place Solutions (DPS.

"Taking on a project like this isn't for the faint of heart," emphasized Almir DeCarvalho. "It takes a combination of design and engineering creativity, superior display technology, and a client willing to embrace new thinking to produce a next-generation advertising solution that benefits everyone involved - the transpor

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UK - Christie has signed a wide-ranging, long-term partnership agreement with the Barbican Centre in London to provide leading visual technology solutions to the arts and learning centre.

The partnership will transform the public spaces of the Barbican by providing new platforms for its rolling programme of artistic commissions and new focal points to communicate with the public. Christie will supply the latest laser phosphor projection, LED video walls, as well as Christie MicroTiles and Christie Pandoras Box media servers. The displays will be seen at entrances, across the foyers and at key points throughout the building. As part of the partnership, Christie will have access to meeting rooms and conference facilities to host partners and clients.

To coincide with this new partnership, the Barbican is holding an open call for artists, collectives and designers across all

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Japan - The National Theatre of Japan, this year celebrating its 50th anniversary, is state owned and operated by the Japan Arts Council. The theatre's main responsibilities are tied to traditional Japanese theatre and performance styles, with a remit to research, educate, and perform in disciplines such as Kabuki (17th century dance-based drama), Bunraku (18th century puppetry), and Noh & Kyogen (Stylised dance-drama and comedic plays normally performed in the same programme, originating in the 8th century).

The main building consists of the 1,610-capacity Large Hall and the 590-capacity Small Hall. Another building, the Engei Hall, stages smaller-scale performances of styles such as Rakugo and Manzai (traditional solo and duet spoken-word)

In this 50th anniversary year, the theatre has been undergoing major refurbishment and upgrades, with an ambition to continue growing

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UK - Few bands are more immediately recognizable - visually and sonically - than The Cure, whose enduring career is now entering its fourth decade. London-based Britannia Row Productions has been with singer/guitarist Robert Smith and his mates for most of that time, since 1979, providing global touring support for the post-punk group, which is currently out on the road with an L-Acoustics K1/K2 system.

Aside from a few short jaunts and various one-offs at major festivals, The Cure Tour 2016 - which played 33 shows in North America this spring and is now journeying through 34 shows in 17 European countries - marks the first real outing for the band since the release of its 13th studio album, 4:13 Dream, and subsequent tour in 2008.

In anticipation of this year's worldwide tour, Britannia Row added a large quantity of new L-Acoustics products to its already bursting arsenal

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USA - Audio-Technica is now shipping its new ATM350a Microphone Systems. Offering crisp, clear, well-balanced response even in very high SPL applications, the ATM350a Cardioid Condenser Instrument Microphone comes in six specially designed systems that provide discreet, rock-solid mounting solutions for a host of instruments, including woodwinds, strings, brass, percussion, drums and piano.

Following in the footsteps of the popular ATM350, the ATM350a is capable of handling 159 dB max SPL, a 10 dB increase over its predecessor. This allows the mic to cope with an even greater range of extremely powerful, dynamic sound sources. Like the ATM350, the new mic features a cardioid polar pattern that reduces side and rear pickup and protects against feedback. The mic's in-line power module incorporates a switchable 80 Hz hi-pass filter to help control undesired ambient noise.

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Italy - Powersoft has announced that Italian speaker manufacturer, Eighteen Sound is the latest transducer specialist to recognise the company's patented IPAL technology.

Eighteen Sound has designed its new iD Series transducers to couple with Powersoft's Differential Pressure Control (DPC) technology. This is the core technology of the innovative and patented IPAL (Integrated Powered Adaptive Loudspeaker).

To implement this technology Eighteen Sound has adopted the Powersoft amplifier hardware module, IpalMod, which overcomes the limitations of traditional transducers to produce unparalleled output at low frequencies. It does so by featuring a zero latency pressure-sensor feedback, applying real-time correction to maximise Eighteen Sound high efficiency 18" and 21" transducers. This provides unparalleled output at low frequencies.

In taking the decision, Eighteen Soun

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UK - The Association of Sound Designers (ASD) has announced its Winter School 2017 - a week-long series of theatre sound related seminars being held Tuesday 24th January - Saturday 28th January 2017. The Winter School covers a range of topics, with a different theme each day.

Tuesday 24th focuses on making sound as sound designer John Leonard looks at recording sound effects; Tom Espiner demonstrates Foley Sound techniques and guests look at using QLab v4. A panel of award winning sound designers will finish the day by discussing how they create their designs.

Wednesday 25th focuses on music, with an introduction to synthesis from Sarah Angliss; a masterclass from Richard Brooker on working with musicians; a brief history of music and a panel of sound designers Donato Wharton, Adrienne Quartly, composer Paul Clark and a couple of other guests discussing how sound designers

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UAE - The IBS (International Building Services) Group celebrates 20 years at the top of the entertainment production industry in Dubai, having gained a solid reputation for building ambitious bespoke sets, providing detailed and elaborate décor as well as specialist draping and soft goods.

The company is headed by Alan Scoley and embraces all types of events from high profile corporate activations to live performances, cultural shows to conferences and exhibitions to lavish weddings.

There are three directors in addition to CEO Alan - Scott Davies, Nigel Smith and Terry Murtha. Alan is the only one involved in the daily operation, while Terry is busy heading up UK based drapes, soft goods, video and special FX S+H Technical Services together with other ventures.

Twenty years ago, they had a collective hunch that Dubai had all the ingredients to become a major pl

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USA - Headquartered on the western shore of Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Acuity Insurance has been widely praised for being one of the best companies to work for in the United States. It ranked #2 on Fortune's top 100 list of best places to work last year, among many other similar awards! But Acuity isn't resting on its laurels.

A recent $150m, 320,000sq.ft addition to its headquarters includes a 43ft climbing wall, a 66ft indoor Ferris wheel, and a 2,000-seat theatre-in-the-round. Acoustics By Design, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, designed a sound reinforcement system centred on 10 of Danley Sound Lab's precision-pattern controlled SH-69 loudspeakers and an honest BC-415 subwoofer for Acuity's theatre, and Camera Corner Connecting Point, Green Bay, Wisconsin, installed it.

"Acuity will use the theatre for ongoing staff training and its quarterly, company-wide town

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Poland - Jordanki Cultural & Congress Centre, an architecturally renowned building in the city of Toru?, has selected Allen & Heath's ME system to cater for personal monitoring requirements in the venue's two performance halls.

The 22,000 m2 building is located within the UNESCO World Heritage site of the city's Old Town, and is a multipurpose venue equipped with two concert halls, a cinema hall, conference rooms, rehearsal rooms, a restaurant, press room and underground parking.

Supplied and installed by Konsbud Audio, the system consists of 16 ME-1 personal mini mixers and two ME-U hubs, divided between the Concert Hall and Chamber Hall.

"The ME system is primarily for on stage monitoring in the main performance halls but the ME-1s can also be moved to other rooms in the venue if required, as there are conveniently located connection points for the mixers in other ar

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South Africa - DWR Distribution supplied two identically designed and built schools with a basic lighting solution to accommodate school plays and general assemblies.

Soshanguve Secondary School, situated about 25 kilometres north of Pretoria, and the Chief Albert Luthuli Primary School in Daveyton, Benoni are government schools established to change the face of schools located in townships. Each school consists of 33 classrooms and sporting facilities. They are exact copies of each other.

"We were called by a company called IES Electrical to assist with the project," explains Johnny Scholtz from DWR. "They wanted a simple lighting system, fixtures that could change colour, and a small control system."

DWR installed three lighting bars, a FOH overhead and a back truss, with all the necessary rigging gear, to each school hall. Each school was also supplied with four Phi

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Europe - Peter Vandergoten of 4Ears and Frank Voet of Mono are more than just sound engineers. They are closely involved with their artists during production rehearsals and both deliver a full kit of microphones, wireless systems and mixing consoles to the bands they work with, which currently include Bazart, Adamo, Oscar and the Wolf, SX, Netsky, Absynthe Minded and Warhola.

With most of the acts they are involved with, they become an extra band member and the gear they choose is crucial for connecting with their audiences. This is why both companies recently invested in DiGiCo SD9 consoles, supplied by the manufacturer's Belgium distributor, Amptec.

"I was new to the DiGiCo family, but was immediately convinced it was the right way to go when the Stealth Core 2 update was announced for SD9," says Frank. "Stealth Core 2 dramatically increases processing power from the exi

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UK - Adlib is supplying lighting and sound to the current The Specials tour which sees the 2 Tone and Ska revival band take their energy, politics and rocksteady beats around the country to their wide and loyal fanbase.

Mike Darling is again the charismatic and friendly production manager for the tour.

Adlib's Simon Pettitt designed the lighting. It's his second tour with The Specials in the LD role following a successful autumn 2014 campaign, at which point Simon was freelance before joining the award-winning Liverpool company full time in 2015.

Simon's concept for the 2014 run was formulated after meeting with the band, where references ranged from David Byrne to Pina Bausch. The design was repackaged and refreshed for the 2016 tour, largely remaining unchanged but taking the opportunity to clean up the floor package design into cleaner lines of fixtures.

The sho

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France - The Diocese responsible for the French city of Tours has been organising events to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the birth of its patron saint, St. Martin of Tours. Alongside special masses in the city's Cathedral, the Saint's anniversary was also celebrated with a large, open-air mass in Marmoutiers where he founded a small hermitage in the fourth century - now the site of a ruined Abbey.

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USA - "For a long time now, we've been trying to figure out the ideal cable solution for the professional recording environment," said Brad Lunde, founder and president of TransAudio Group, upon announcing that his company will distribute the zero-compromise (yet fairly-priced) Accusound professional audio cable products.

He continued, "With a high-resolution monitoring system, such as ATCs, and a minimal-cabling setup, the differences between different cable manufacturers are obvious. But even if you can hear the differences, which cable is 'correct?'"

The team at TransAudio Group argued about it for years... until they met Steve Seropian, the happily obsessive inventor of the Accusound cabling concept. "Through extensive product development and beta arrangements with the best ears in the business, Steve has ensured that there is no weak link in an Accusound cable," Lunde

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USA - School spirit runs high at Linden High School. The comprehensive public school has won New Jersey state championships in several sports in recent years and has even seen some of its alumni go on to achieve glory in the NFL and Major League Baseball. Still, at the auditorium, a common gathering spot for school-wide celebrations, the old incandescent lighting system was not making the grade.

Clearly, it was time for an upgrade, but like many schools across the country, Linden, which is located about 13 miles southwest of Manhattan, faced the challenge of upgrading to a new LED lighting system, while still staying within tight budget restrictions.

Enter Nelson Enterprises. A theatrical systems integration services company, Nelson had recently helped a nearby high school make a successful - and affordable - transition to an LED system. Consulting with the school's electr

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UK - Celebrated lighting director Chris Bushell chose a powerfully compact Quartz console from British manufacturer Avolites to busk the emotively impactful lighting for James Blake's gig at Brixton's 02 Academy, London. The show was part of the minimalist electronica star's world tour to promote his third album, The Colour in Anything, the follow-up to his Mercury-Prize-winning second album, Overgrown.

Having previously worked with Amy Winehouse, Florence and the Machine and Arcade Fire, Bushell has been Blake's lighting director for over six years - accompanying him on his rise from unknown music graduate to Best New Artist nominee at the 2014 US Grammys.

Although an electronic artist, Blake insists that he and his band play all their instruments and gadgets live on stage. Similarly, he stipulates that the lighting and visuals are manipulated live too - to

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USA - Shaping Sound, the contemporary dance company founded by Emmy-nominated choreographers Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance, and dance visionary Kyle Robinson, wrapped up its six week fall tour with a lighting package designed by Seth Jackson and provided by Bandit Lites, and while Robinson was the only one of the four to hit the road with the production titled Dance Reimagined, the show itself continued to wow audiences with its visionary prowess.

The part rock concert and part pop show with breath-taking dance numbers followed the story of a girl (performed by So You Think You Can Dance season 12 winner, Gaby Diaz) as she struggles being in a loveless relationship. The most recent iteration of the story featured a few new additions as Travis Wall went deeper into the abusive boyfriend character, with the lighting giving the audience members immediat

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Germany - The Musikalischen Komödie (Musical Comedy), a division of the Leipzig Opera and one of the highest occupied stages in Germany, has opted for a solution from the Dutch sound system manufacturer Alcons Audio.

The focus of the house, which is known far beyond the city limits as MuKo, is on operettas and musicals, and increasingly also on ballet performances. As the sound system of the auditorium got old, a modern solution was being sought that would satisfy the needs of the 520-seating, acoustically demanding room and would match the stage program as well.

The company HFE professional studio technology from Leipzig was responsible as an advisory and executing service provider for the installation. Hans Hermann Hönsch from HFE explains, "I've known Alcons Audio for a long time and recommended the Alcons LR7, because the system is in my opinion particularly well sui

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