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The sold out event was attended by 20,000 dance and electronica enthusiasts who grooved the day and night away to an impressive line up of international artists like Digitalism, Shapeshifter, Justice, Scratch Perverts, Riot In Belgium M.I.A. and many, many more, appearing across four stages - Earth, Wind, Fire and Water.

Mutton's primary challenge was in making the lighting as flexible and dynamic as possible across all performance areas, so each operator had enough options for all the acts to have their own unique light-show. They also had to accommodate several visiting LDs.<

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Lighting designer Will Charles specified the PixelArt chandelier after seeing the structure at PLASA. He explains: "The chandelier was the perfect centrepiece to the set. The PixelArts look great on camera and I will definitely be incorporating them into my future designs."

The chandelier featured 100 PixelArts complementing the large moving light rig. Lighting operators David Bishop and Oliver Lifely both used Wholehog 2s - and programmed the PixelArts with a Catalyst Media Server.

The show was shot at 3 Mills studio in front of a live audience. The brief was to

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DMi's strategy, as a one-stop provider of CI and commercial AV solutions, offers potential for a multi-room system closely integrated with the developing network capabilities of its Denon, Escient and Marantz distributed brands. Opus Technologies' decision, taken earlier this year, to pursue its own distribution strategy, has prompted DMi to specify a networking system requirement with the closest possible fit to the capabilities of the latest systems and products from its distributed brands. The evolving networking capabilities of products from these manufacturers provides the increasing potential for p

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A 200- seat auditorium, the theatre has long been a popular and much-used facility within the school but found itself in need of some updating to meet modern health-and-safety requirements - and the demands of new productions.

White Light's technical sales manager Roger Hennigan worked with staff at the school to figure out the best way of approaching the refurbishment to ensure that the school saw the best possible return on their investment.

At the same time, White Light carried out a comprehensive upgrade of both the rigging and electrical systems in the theatre. The rigging system now has four motorised winches for lighting, four hemp

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The exhibition demanded a lighting system that was flexible enough to allow distinct colour washed areas, but with the capacity to colour change; creating drama and atmosphere. The team specified Batmink Par 64 LED Cans, a bri

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In 13 years, the company has evolved from an event lighting service to a fully integrated design and technical production company. As well as widening the portfolio of production services to include staging, sound and A/V, the company has also continued to grow the lighting side of the business.

Developing new services and extending the production team has meant Event Concept has had to consistently invest in equipment, looking to the latest technologies. As a result of these investments the business is also servicing an increasing demand for dry hire.

Head of company operations Roger De

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The rig will comprise 36 CDH 483 Hi-Packs and 16 Subtech 218 SP subs, all powered by Outline T9 power amplifiers bought by the London rental company, thanks to which - they stress - the line arrays manufactured in Brescia has reached "new heights". The system engineer for the Milan event and the entire tour is Italian Davide Lombardi, who's been on the Britannia Row team for some time.

This is the artist's second tour with Britannia Row's Butterfly; the previous (UK) one was held in January and its sound quality met with unanimous acclaim from the top UK PA men, FOH and system engineers, says Outline.

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32 Degrees co-owner Barry Gutin wanted to stay a jump ahead of the city's fierce competition, so he commissioned Scott Kemly of Powerhouse Sound (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) to give the lounge a lighting makeover.

Having done the original installation, Kemly had ideas on not only how to update the room, but how to do so with minimal structural modification and expense. Previously, there had been a huge sphere in the centre of the ceiling, lit by purple neon. S

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This unique cultural event featured over 300 performances from artists such as Kunal Ganjawalla, Shreya Goswal, Shaan to Udit Naraya, just to name a few. Each day saw a crowd averaging 10,000 spectators with an audience culminating at 15 000 on the closing day of the festival. The sound system consisted of 10 V-DOSC per side and eight ARCS.

The National newspaper The Hindu reported: "Both sound and lighting systems were top notch and they brought a tremendous contribution to the general atmosphere of the festival and definitely enhanced the listening pleasure of the audience."

(Jim Evans)

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The Opera House is the largest cultural building to be constructed in Norway and an important symbol to the nation. The building houses 1100 rooms as well as a 1,350-seat performance auditorium and a small 400-seat auditorium. The Opera House will employ over 600 people, including production and sound crew who will be utilising Clear-Com's FreeSpeak wireless beltpack for point-to-point communication.

The Clear-Com system chosen by the Nytt Operahus includes a 64-port Eclipse Omega Digital Matrix cont

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14 March 2016

Fx Road Lights has been handling G-LEC products and technology for four years, during which time the company has been involved in many big events and projects, including custom signage for Casino Lisboa, which opened last year. Based in Lisbon, the joint venture, G-LEC Portugal LDA, will strengthen G-LEC's in the Iberian Peninsula marke, says the company.

Lars Wolf, managing director of G-LEC Europe comments, "Setting up the joint venture makes it possible for us to provide more support to Fx Road Lights and increases our options in the area. We have worked with Leocádia Maria Baioa da Silva for many years and now look forward to even more success in Portugal."

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Datapath, which is based in Derby, supplies graphics cards and other products used mainly to control large screen videowall displays. More than 50% of all videowalls installed worldwide use Datapath equipment. With revenues close to £10 million and growing at 30% plus per annum, the company looks well-positioned to build on its market leading position.

Steve De'Ath, director of Datapath, commented: "This investment underlines the company's market leading position. It also gives us a platform to attract talented individuals and strengthen the managemen

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Organised by promoters, the Gum & Glue Co, Falmouth Bay Events Square Live was held in the Cornish port over the August bank holiday weekend, providing two evenings of diverse musical entertainment.

The Exeter branch of Sound2Light Productions was chosen to provide all the sound, lighting and staging equipment, with support from Cornwall-based Allen & Heath. The new iLive digital system - comprisingan iDR10 stage rack and iLive-144 control surface - was selected for FOH, with a 32-channel GL2800M dedicated analogue monitor console.

Reflecting on their first event with iLive, Sound2Light director, Richard Jordan, commented, "Initially I was

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Based on a circus theme, the ball was held in a stunning big top tent with a helter skelter built right into the twinkling roof. Magicians, 'birds of paradise', juggling stilt walkers, a carousel and the Honda Racing F1 Team simulator car added to the fun, while celebrity guests including Trinny Woodall, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Alex James (Blur), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Richard Hammond and James May added the glamour.

The complete sound system for the event supplied by Stage Electrics included the PA in the Big Top utilising Function1 and L-Acoustics equipment, background sound reinforcement in the bar a

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ColorX was selected to cover a floating pontoon catwalk in Vienna's Amalienbad art deco swimming hall. The event was on behalf of the Foundation for Breast Health which presented a 'Pink Ribbon Night'. Every possible area of the Amalienbad was used for drama, music, dance and swimming performances. Fashion house Popp & Kretschmar used top international models to present exclusive designs from renowned Munich designer Ella Singh during a 15 minute fashion show.

"ColorX vinyl flooring is proving to be a fantastic new addition to our established range of television flooring," said Le Mark's managing director Stu

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The organisations involved include the Arts Council London, the Theatres Trust, the Independent Theatre Council, Equity and a number of key players from the industry who have all agreed to work with the Mayor to produce a Climate Change Action Plan for London Theatre.

Climate change is a key priority for the Mayor and this announcement builds on his Climate Change Action Plan launched in February this year. The Plan states that London can achieve the 60% reduction in carbon emissions that th

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Speaking at London's Wembley Arena after she had finished focussing the lights, Westerberg explained: "I got the desk in January, and within the hour, I had everything programmed in and was up and running. The same was true when Damien was playing at festivals over the summer - because I had my own desk, we could get going so quickly."

In addition to nine 19º and eight 36º Source Four profile spotlights, the Arena rig included battens, floodlights, snow machines, foggers and some 40MAC moving lights.

(Jim Evans)

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For Marr, an enthusiastic exponent of video and lighting 'convergence', the MiTrix added a new edge and depth to the show as well as providing surfaces for his custom created video clips. These were all sorted on and played back through two layers of the Catalyst.

The account was handled for XL by Jo Beirne and Phil Mercer who comment, "Stevie always comes up with new and refreshing ideas, and it's been great to see Maximo Park's video design evolve. He knows what he wants and is great to work with on all levels."

The MiTrix are arranged in seven rectangular columns of variou

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Juhani Vitikka, Soundata CEO and partner for Soundata says, "We are excited about representing High End Systems products in Finland, as the country is known for a unique variety of entertainment - perfect for High End's unique products."

Soundata showed off the new product line at Audiovisual 2007 in Helsinki. The international trade fair is the most important professional event of the year in the Nordic region for professionals, designers and decision-makers in the audiovisual and corporate event markets. Soundata's booth demonstrated Road Hog and Wholehog 3, as well as Showgun and DL.2.

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Blitz has invested in one of the world's most advanced graphics systems Chyron HyperX with Lyric PRO. The HyperX supports one or two independent HD/SD-switchable channels and simultaneous HD animations on two channels for "truly stunning graphics play out". Blitz has also added the Pixel Power Clarity 5000. It is a multi-format, multi-channel hybrid graphics system which includes SD and HD character generation with embedded still store, video clips, 2D DVE, real-time 3D and audio capability.

The systems have already been used in many high profile events, including, the Rugby World Cup and will be used at the first NBA (US National Basket Association) basketball g

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The integrated system provided by Tyco T&T includes new large screen displays, projection equipment and desktop displays. The entire system is linked using the latest Cat 6 network cabling which is designed to minimise the amount of cabling and help make the system easy to expand and future-proof.

The system includes a total of 11 screens including two large screen projectors and pull-down screens at each side of the large general chamber. The large screen projectors can show two different AV presentations simultaneously.

Tyco T&T have also provided two large 42" LCD panels in the publi

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Being a charity tour, budget was tight, but naturally Megginson wanted to provide as good a light show as possible, and approached HSL's Mike Oates to see what they could offer in terms of a package.

He was looking for the most versatile and interesting combination of lighting fixtures that could be fitted into some very tight spaces. "HSL came up with blindingly good deal" states Megginson, who chose four of the new i-Pix BB Washlight LED fixtures, two strobes, a fogger and a WholeHog II console as his 'tour essentials' which would be combined with hous

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The most interesting part of the rig, however, were the 'Prince'O'graphs' - 28 custom manufactured PRG pantographs, each with a MAC 2000 on the end, which could be lowered and raised at varying speeds creating endless different looks. The control of the pantographs was via a Kinesys Elevationhoist control system, programmed by Stuart Hale.

Lighting designer and director Garry 'Sport' Waldie explains: "Prince didn't want any overhead lighting, which made things interesting for us - a lot was pushed to the outside and hidden behind the PA and video. He likes a lot of different l

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Commented Paul Roberts, director of sales for Symetrix: "Over the past twelve months Sanecore. has shown a tremendous dedication to the Symetrix brand and their growth in sales is indicative of this. Mr. Jun Zhu and his staff have been exemplary in their adoption of Symetrix technology and its implementation into the Chinese installed sound market."

(Jim Evans)