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UK - Lighting show designer Nick Gray of Renegade was back for his third London Collections - Men (LCM) SS14 fashion experience, where he lit the two main spaces at Victoria House and The Hospital Club in central London.

All the primary British fashion Council (BFC) runway collections across the three show days took place in the basement of Victoria House, a warehouse space complete with original exposed features like pipework and ventilation plant. The place was whited out for the event as part of a high-impact scenic design by Bacchus.

Gray lit it as a fully multi-purpose area which was also used for several static presentations in addition to the catwalk shows, emphasising 'slick and cool' as the desired ambience.

The main technical challenge was in creating around 25 new rigging points in the ceiling and walls so mini-beam trusses could be installed in exactly the correc

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Slovakia - The latest project implemented by the Slovak company Leader Light is the illumination of the Customs Truck Centre in Holíç.

In the original lighting project for the space over the stands for refuelling, eight pieces of 250 W halogen discharge lamps were placed in the height 4.7 m. These luminaries were replaced with energy saving LED product - LL High Bay from Leader Light with total output power of 120 W. The advantage of these luminaries is the high energy saving and its ability to dim, that can be used during less exposed night time (e.g. 60 W). The average luminance of the lighting system is supposed to be more than 200 lux.

Part of the reconstruction were also the two shelters which served for the customs controls. Much halogen discharge lighting was replaced with only three pieces of energy saving LED luminaries - LL High Bay with output power of

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USA - The term "mega church" might have been coined to describe Tulsa, Oklahoma's 12,000-member Church on the Move. At services, the church's message is delivered on a scale that rivals major rock concerts, with full-scale lighting, sound and video in a sanctuary that's bigger than many top music venues. The rock concert analogy is appropriate in more ways than one - the church's audio and video staff rent rather than purchase most of their lighting, giving them access to the latest Martin lighting gear to complement the church's Harman Professional sound system.

"We rent 90 percent of our lighting and it gives us the freedom to change frequently and try new ideas and technologies. We don't want to be left behind when the industry makes a major shift, " said Andrew Stone, Church on the Move's production manager and audio director. Renting also cuts down on th

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UK - ITV's BAFTA award-winning Granada Reports recently relocated their studios into the UK's new MediaCityUK in Manchester. According to programme director Mike Sergeant, "The relocation of the ITV Granada Reports News Studio from its Quay Street site to the 4th floor of the Orange Tower in MediaCityUK presented a fantastic opportunity to feature the view over Salford Quays to the Lowry Theatre and the Imperial War Museum as an iconic backdrop to our regional news programme."

''Operationally this presented a number of technical difficulties" says project manager Dave Wyatt who stated that one of the major tasks was "figuring out a method to control the variable light levels outside relative to the lighting on the news set itself."

Rosco VIEW, a two-part window control system consisting of wide width polarizing panels installed on windows and a

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UK - A.E.B. Industriale, the owner and manufacturer of the dBTechnologies brand, has announced the appointment of Glasgow-based CUK Audio as its exclusive dBTechnologies distributor in the UK. The appointment is part of the company's European strategy to move from direct sales to independent distributors, in all markets except Italy, Germany and BeNeLux.

Giovanni Barbieri, sales director of dBTechnologies worldwide, stated, "I'm very happy that we have CUK Audio on board, giving us a strong partner to provide our UK customers with the best service and support for dBTechnologies. I am thankful to David, Reuben and our former employees for the great job they did establishing dBTechnologies in the UK. CUK Audio is a young but well established and professional company that will continue to develop what has been achieved, ensuring our many customers of our continued support.&quo

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Brazil - NEXT-proaudio has confirmed that Studio Brasil is now their exclusive distributor for the whole Brazilian market.

Studio Brasil is an established high-end electronics distribution company based in Sao Paulo.

Studio Brasil CEO, Manoel Rodrigues said, "We are very motivated and at the same time very optimistic about the success of this distribution, because we just got back from the factory after 1 week of training and checking all the sound systems and each production step, which greatly impressed us, because the end result is a flawless sound and high quality."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Staging and design professionals working in the entertainment industry have been passing on their knowledge to students on Backstage Academy's Foundation Degree in Live Events Production.

The 52 students currently taking the second annual degree course (validated by The University of Bolton) at the Wakefield training centre enjoyed training sessions, masterclasses and hands-on product demonstrations by leading companies and personnel during their month-long Staging Module.

General manager of Brilliant Stages, Tony Bowern, did his first ever educational talk. He explained: "I discussed the processes that we use to convert designers' dreams into reality involving project management, engineering, design, procurement and manufacturing. I feel it is important to pass on my knowledge of stage set building so it can give the Academy students a clear insight into what is req

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UK - Black Light has been involved in two flagship projects under the Scottish Government £1.25bn Scotland's Schools for the Future Programme. The work saw the company provide and install a range of light, sound and stage equipment at Eastwood High School in East Renfrewshire and Lasswade High School in Midlothian.

The success of the projects shows that Black Light has the expertise to be involved in ground-breaking projects involving key decision makers in both government and education.

"The projects have been a great success and the schools are delighted with the equipment we installed," says Black Light's head of company development, Phil Haldane. Haldane explains that one of the key reasons for the project's success was that Black Light met with the end-users early on in the process. "We re-specified certain elements of the project in light of the feed

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USA - The 2013 CMT Music Awards was staged at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee and featured a spectacular lighting design by Tom Kenny. The fan-voted awards show featured a rig which included 24 of Robe's newest moving light fixtures, the Pointe, along with a variety of Robe's other Robin series moving heads.

After a successful show with the new Pointe, just previously used on the MTV Upfront Presentation in New York, Kenny specified the multi-functional fixture for the CMT Music Awards.

This was the fifth year that Kenny has designed lighting for the CMT Music Awards, a live show, broadcast on CMT (Country Music Television) and attended by a live audience in a venue with a capacity of 15,000 people.

The creative team included lighting director and programmer Michael Appel, lighting programmer David 'Fuji' Convertino, scenic designer Anne Brahic, video content p

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UK - Visitors to Sport Wales' Cardiff headquarters will be able to listen to sports commentaries without disturbing staff working nearby, thanks to the installation of innovative directional loudspeakers in the organisation's newly refurbished reception area.

The speakers are the first commercial product to be launched by the Ebbw Vale-based audio technology company ZonarSound and the Sport Wales installation is the first to be undertaken by the company.

Sport Wales, the organisation responsible for developing and promoting sporting activities in Wales, has adopted the technology to enable visitors to enjoy sports events - displayed on large screens in the waiting area - while others can work or use the telephone without distraction.

Based on technology pioneered by parent company Warwick Audio Technologies the speakers are flat and very thin, so they can be concealed within

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South Africa - Hip-hop artist, Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion, earlier this year played at two concerts in South Africa. At the Ellis Park Indoor Arena in Johannesburg on 19 May and at the Grand Arena at the GrandWest Casino in Cape Town on 21 May. In Cape Town, lighting designer for the event, Sean Caie, worked on what he describes as a solid platform - the grandMA2 light - to create a show which surpassed the requested technical rider.

Sean Caie, HOD for lighting at the Grand Arena was asked to step in as lighting designer by his boss and technical entertainment manager, Gavin Taylor. "I was a bit hesitant," admitted Caie. He knew that he had a big show coming up a couple of days directly after Snoop Dogg and there was a level of expectancy for that. "I was concerned that I could not give both parties my full attention. I care about what my shows look like and wanted

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Lebanon - Founded as a small audio hire company in 1985 by audiophile Roger Bou Farhat, Loud N Clear initially set out to provide professional audio solutions for club nights across Lebanon, along with servicing small to mid-scale events and concerts.

Since then the company has expanded massively, and today supplies the latest technology - including Martin Audio's premium W8L Longbow line array - to the largest venues across the entire Middle East.

Famous acts he has serviced include Pussycat dolls, Gorillaz, Bryan Adams, Snow Patrol, Guns N' Roses, Sting, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Shakira - plus some of the world's leading DJ's such as Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto and David Guetta.

It was as a club DJ that he encountered Martin Audio for the first time. "I preferred it over all sound systems in the market due to its loud and clear performance,"

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USA - At the National WWII Museum in downtown New Orleans, the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Centre now relies on the Meyer Sound CAL column array loudspeaker to tackle the acoustic challenges in its massive vaulted pavilion. Using CAL's beam-steering technology, New Orleans-based JBA Consulting Engineers has created a system that delivers highly intelligible music and speech while tailoring coverage for the audience size at an event.

The US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Centre is a 36,000sq.ft angular edifice dominated by a five-story, steel-and-glass atrium which houses six wartime aircraft suspended in frozen flight, including a B-17 Flying Fortress. Despite the acoustical hazards posed by surfaces of glass and concrete, the CAL loudspeakers allow the museum to direct exceptional audio clarity to the audience for almost daily programmes of lectures, video screenings, and mus

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UK - Blitz North is supporting the BBC in delivering their Summer in the City programme, a season of sport, fun and family entertainment aimed to promote becoming active in sports.

Staged in the MediaCityUK Piazza, the series of events are planned around the summer's major sporting events, and recently featured the Women's European Football Championships. A comprehensive technical solution was provided by the Blitz team, featuring all-weather staging and audio systems, and IP rated power distribution for the entire site to cover every eventuality. Video support included a miniature HD outside broadcast system, enabling relay of VT, off-air and live camera images to MediaCity's big screen.

John Crompton, project manager for Blitz Manchester, commented, "Delivering the perfect solution required careful consultation with all parties involved, including the FA and the

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UK - Long-standing Rick Wakeman FOH engineer Ian Barfoot recently used an Allen & Heath iLive mixing system to deliver the complex 'orchestra and rock group' performance of Wakeman's Ultimate Experience shows at The Centaur in Cheltenham.

More than 100 artists - from Wakeman's own English Rock Ensemble, the Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra and the Gloucester Cathedral Choir - performed music from Wakeman's best-loved albums including The Myths And Legends of King Arthur, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and The Six Wives Of Henry VIII.

"I've been using Allen & Heath iLive systems since they were introduced," explains Barfoot, "the whole system is truly modular and configurable, so I can have whatever I need at my fingertips at all times. The sonic performance is exceptional and the onboard effects are absolutely stunning - Allen & Heat

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UK - West London UK-based lighting and sound rental company Entec continues its long and productive 20 year working relationship with British band Blur, supplying lighting and sound equipment for the band's current tour.

This year, Blur embarked on a 30 plus date world tour which has seen the band play to fans around the globe, including dates across Asia, Europe, South America, as well as a headline slot at the Coachella Festival in California, with more dates to be announced.

Entec's Sound department is supplying a monitor and control system for the band's summer shows, working with Blur's engineers Matt Butcher (FOH) and Dave Guerin (monitors), while Entec Lighting is providing a festival specials package to Lighting Designer Dave Byars.

A Midas PRO9 FOH console was specified by Butcher and also at FOH Entec supplied a Midas DN9650 network bridge that allows him to do a m

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UK - He has been called "light magician" by Tony Chambers, Editor of Wallpaper magazine, and worked with major organisations and significant artists such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, Louis Vuitton, Elton John, Beyoncé and Sting. When the light magician, Tupac Martir, together with Panalux were working on the presentation for the new ground breaking presentation of Nierka, in the Peacock Theatre in London, they decided to once again go wireless with LumenRadio's CRMX products.

"Since technology was an essential part of the performance, we created a scene in which the characters on stage lit up the space with LEDs that had been embedded in the costumes", says Tupac Martir, creative director.

All LEDs as well as the LumenRadio CRMX receivers were powered by batteries, which were placed in the costumes so that

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USA - Celebrating a nearly 100-year history as a venue for live entertainment, the Varsity Theatre is a Minneapolis landmark. Originally built for vaudeville in 1915, the theatre featured a compact auditorium that inspired the nickname 'The Dinky' and later led to the surrounding neighbourhood - today a hive of restaurants, bars and venues on the north side of the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus - being dubbed 'Dinkytown'.

The venue was upgraded and expanded in the 1930s into a 900-seat Art Deco standout, which it remains today. In its present life the Varsity features stunning new interior lighting and architectural design details, and hosts an eclectic variety of events, including national touring acts (KT Tunstall, The Fray, Goo Goo Dolls, Imogen Heap, Suzanne Vega, etc.), local music, live theatre and special events such as weddings, fundraisers and corporate even

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USA - Constructed in 1969, the old City Hall building in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma had sat vacant for many years. Many residents and city officials wanted it torn down, but thanks to the vision of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and developer TOCH LLC, the 11-story structure has been given new life as the Aloft Tulsa Downtown Hotel.

Not only is this once-destined-for-the-wrecking-ball site now a thriving 180-room hotel that caters to urban, tech-savvy travellers, it has actually become a defining landmark in the city's skyscape. This is in large part due to the Elation Professional Level Q7 IP LED pars that encircle its roof, changing colours and sending washes of light down its columns, creating a nightly visual display that has become a rainbow-like beacon for locals and visitors alike.

The Level Q7 IP lights were installed on the building's exterior by Omni Lighting

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Switzerland - Schertler, Swiss manufacturer of contact microphones and compact acoustic amplification systems, expands into new territories with the appointment of more international distributors.

The Czech Republic and Slovakia will now be represented by Luko servis, spol s.r.o based in Velká Hle?sebe. For Israel, Guitar Studio in Karmiel is named as the new distributor. Weissenberg of New Taipei City will distribute Schertler products in Taiwan. A new distributor is also announced for Greece, with Athens-based MixVox Distribution now representing the brand.

"We are really pleased to be setting up distribution in more territories and would like to welcome all our new representatives" says Drago Dujak, Schertler's international sales manager. "With an expanding product range, it's important for us to reach as many customers as possible and offer the best possib

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UK - Nominations close at the end of July for the sixth annual Knight of Illumination Awards, which recognise and reward the outstanding creative achievements of lighting designers working on productions in the UK. In keeping with tradition, the award ceremony will take place on the opening night of PLASA London 2013, 6 October 2013, at ExCeL London.

Jennie Barratt, show manager, PLASA London 2013, said, "The Knights of illumination Awards have become an integral part of PLASA London, and we're delighted that the organisers have brought the awards to ExCeL where the Platinum Suite promises to deliver a suitably glittering and glamorous atmosphere. We have many of the world's most creative lighting designers here in the UK and PLASA London is proud to help celebrate their incredible work."

The awards, which are supported by PLASA, are organised by The Society of Telev

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Asia - Apex Audio has made a significant step in the Asian pro audio market by appointing two new distributors, bringing to 34 the number of countries worldwide where sound professionals can purchase the company's advanced audio products.

Established nearly 20 years ago, New Delhi-based White Eagle International (India) supplies products for prestigious audio-visual projects, with a full consultancy, installation and maintenance service. The company prides itself on supplying the best products to clients ranging from bars and clubs through to cinemas, shopping malls and stadia, making it a the perfect partner to help Apex reach further into the rapidly expanding Indian market.

"I have been aware of the growing reputation of Apex in the region and was really impressed with the products on offer, especially the class-leading Intelli-Series of system processors," says W

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Spain / Japan - 2013 marks 400 years since the first official diplomatic relations were established between Spain and Japan. To celebrate, both countries are staging a number of events over the coming year. The first of these was an inaugural gala, held in Madrid on 11 June, where Yamaha digital mixers were a highly appropriate choice.

The Embassy Keicho was an official Japanese delegation which stopped in a number of European countries between 1613 and 1620. An important landmark in Hispano-Nippon relations, the quadricentennial celebrations include a range of cultural, political, economic and technical exchange events taking place in different parts of Japan and Spain.

Featuring Yamaha CL5 and CL1 digital mixing consoles, together with two R-series i/o units, the inaugural gala was performed in the presence of His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan and Their Ro

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USA - Recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's largest music festival for the past 15 consecutive years, Milwaukee's Summerfest knows how to throw a party. With over 700 national and regional acts performing on 11 stages - this year's 'Big Gig' at Henry W. Maier Festival Park on the city's Lake Michigan shoreline drew more than 840,000 visitors over its 11-day run in late June and early July.

To handle audio production duties for this year's 46th annual bash, Milwaukee World Festival, the non-profit organisation that runs the event, once again turned to local provider Clearwing Productions, which specified the use of more than 340 L-Acoustics loudspeaker enclosures for FOH throughout the grounds.

According to Bryan Baumgardner, Clearwing audio operations/logistics manager, eight of Summerfest's nine largest stages - including the 25,000-capacity Marcus Amphitheater

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