Lighting designer Pablo Deligio, who co-owns the production company with his father Nestor Deligio, arranged 20 of the NXT-1 panels in four rows on a center stage truss grid for Pintos' concert at Luna Park in the San Nicol
Bandit Lites is the long-time lighting vendor of Buffett, and helps transform every stage into a paradise for both the audience and the performer. Lighting designer Steve Hoover first toured with Buffett in the early 1990s and has been the tour's lighting designer and director for about the last five years.
"When I started, I first built upon the familiar look of the show, and now it has evolved into a collaborated effort between lighting and video, bouncing things back and forth so we match and compliment the looks," Hoover said.
Bandit provided Showline Nitro Str
Such has been the growth in Manchester indie band, The 1975's fan-base following the chart-topping album I Like It When You Sleep, that production has had to scale up from the originally booked theatre-sized venues to full-size arenas.
"Fortunately I started by designing an arena sized show, that could be scaled back," smiles the Swedish-born designer, "because we had a feeling it would go that way."
Introduced to the X4 Bars at local Los Angeles based rental company, Volt Lites he quickly recognized that these multi-functional lights would generate a wall of colour bu
"Every project offers new and interesting challenges. Jewel was tremendously exciting, offering a dramatic backdrop for some sensational lighting effects," stated Frank.
Audiotek's lighting designer Andy Taylor worked alongside their project directors Chris Kmeic, Mags Morton and Len Bolger who all collaborated closely with local integrators NTA (National Technology Associa
Apart from being expensive and high-maintenance, the old lighting solution did not contribute positively to the appearance of the old castle's architecture.
The overall aim for the new lighting project was that the castle's historic and architectonic value would become properly illuminated. Thus far, nobody had been able to present a lighting solution that would match all the requirements, and therefore in 2015 Business Kolding hired
"dLive has turned a lot of touring engineers' heads with its smart, customisable workflows and stunning FX and DEEP processing plug-ins. The 96kHz sampling rate, plus dLive's potential for expansion and integration make it a no-brainer," explains Leon Phillips, Allen & Heath's live sound & touring evangelist.
Artists including Fifth Harmony, Ceelo Green, Jamie Lawson, Travis, Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH), Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Morrissey and AIR, have all toured the globe with dLives this year.
"By the time we finish this run and the system returns to SSE, it will have completed its first
The integration was carried out by Atendi AS, Martin Audio's pan-Scandinavian distributors, and the installation itself is in the Aula, the University's famous ceremonial hall, known for its festive events, concerts and art. In fact, from 1947 until 1989 it hosted the Nobel Peace Prize, but when that auditorium gradually became too small, the ceremony was moved to the Oslo City Hall.
The Aula's connection with Nobel today revolves around the Nobel Lecture, which is frequently presented there, while many other civic dignitaries also give lectures. In addition, the Aula is used for a number of high profile events such as the Oslo Opera Festival, as well as classical concerts ranging from the Norwegian Rad
The show was produced by Imagine Nation (Robin de Levita & Kees Abrahams) and featured music by John Ewbank and Marco Borsato.
Luc, himself experienced at working in 3D and 'surround visual' environments, was also asked to collaborate on this production because of his flair for lighting this hybrid genre of performance, which combines the emotion and connection of musical theatre with the latest presentation technologies.
Luc started discussions with the producers a year in advance of the show opening in March for its three-month run, which has just finished. "It was challenging in every way. When working with intense 3D projections specific qualities and techniques
Set to run from 4-8 January 2017, Lux Festival will feature designs from some of the most imaginative international theatre, concert touring and event lighting and video artists the world has to offer. There has been huge support from the local community and Cartagena's Mayor Manuel Vicente Duque has extended his warm welcome to all the designers and expressed his excitement at raising the profile of the town and introducing the creative possibilities of lighting and video to the local community.
Curated by Martir, the festival's mission is to deliver a diverse and
Situated in Gauteng, the smallest and most densely populated province in South Africa, El Tabernacle is around half an hour from the centre of Johannesburg. Faced with considerable acoustic challenges, church elder Gustav Adams approached Richard Smith of local technical production specialists Sound Harmonics for advice on solving them.
"As part of a complete technical revamp of the building, I was asked to come up with an overall plan to achieve high quality, clear and powerful sound," explains Richard. "When sizing up a project like this, I like to analyse both the client's need as well as the hurdle
With the rapid growth of technology in live entertainment and the desire to maximise the visual impact surrounding Radio City's beloved theatrical productions, The Madison Square Garden Company enlisted Christie Boxer for the projector installation.
DWP Live used the versatile Christie Boxer to create a special visual experience by deploying three distinct arrays - eight on each side of the theatre and six in the projection booth - creating an immersive environment fuelled by a kaleidoscope of colours and imagery onto the archway ceiling and backdrop.
"We did a temporary installation on short notice a few m
"Rosco is proud to play a part in the important work that Behind the Scenes does within the entertainment technology industry," said Mark Engel, Rosco CEO. "The grants that Behind the Scenes provide can be profoundly helpful to entertainment professionals and their families, and it is our privilege to contribute to the cause. Our contribution this year is $4,500, bringing our total contribution to $21,000. These funds represent the proceeds from Roscolux 359 Medium Violet. We're grateful to Behind the Scenes for the opportunity to improve the lives of our industry colleagues."
Rick Rudolph, chair of the Behind the Scenes Foundation,
"Owing to a high demand for our brands in Mexico, we are very excited to announce that we have formed ADJ Products Group Mexico," stated Toby Velazquez, president of the ADJ Group. "We have strong brand names in Mexico and the new facility will allow us to establish an even stronger connection between sales, service and our customers. This will help get our products in the hands of our customers quicker and offer our dealers a factory-direct sales and service experience."
The ADJ Products Group Mexico facility includes extensive warehousing and shippin
For those fortunate to see it the South Korean production Dallae's Story was the pick of the festival, a delicate and tender story told through the medium of mime and puppetry. Grahamstown Ovation award winners Graveyard and crowd favourite The Snow Goose were also well received.
Black Coffee, the technical suppliers for the festival once again outdid themselves. Brandon Bunyan (Mr. Black Coffee), for the second year running exposed a selection of COPA (Centre Of Performing Arts) students to th
In keeping with Insomniac's dedication to providing the best possible experience to its audiences, Matt Chromatic, creative and technical director of set and lighting design firm Chromatic, was bought on board to deliver a unique custom look for the show, wowing the crowd and enhancing the beats. At the heart of Matt's design were High End Systems Shapeshifters, and the flagship Hog 4 lighting console.
Eight Shapeshifter C1s, which feature 126 RGB LEDs putting out 24,000 lumens arrayed across seven independently con
In addition to being nominated every year since the awards inception in 2001, this year's win marks the sixth time Bandit has been awarded the Parnelli and the 25th overall Lighting Company of the Year award for the company.
Bandit chair and founder Michael T. Strickland accepted the award at this year's event, where the touring industry's best and brightest were recognized, both on an individual and company scale.
"The team at Bandit Lites is humbled to again be recognized by our peers," said Strickland. "We strive every day to be the best that we can be and deliver the w
The 3,000-capacity semi-circular amphitheatre, set within Princes Street Gardens, was taken over by the local Fly Club, and VME were brought in since their premium Martin Audio MLA system would be able to meet the inevitable offsite noise restrictions imposed by the council.
"Given the fact that this was the first outdoor electronic dance promotion, operating between midday and 10pm, the event was highly sensitive," said VME head of sound, Mark Cleator. "We needed a system that was guaranteed to pass all propagation tests."
Their solution was to set two zoned ground stacks of four MLA and three MLX subwoofers per s
With her new recording, Cross is rebranding herself to go even further from the country genre. Austin Jansen of Digital Dynamite Productions is reflecting the 21-year-old artist's freewheeling musical style in lights with a rig anchored by Rogue R2 Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Positioning 20 of the 240-watt LED fixtures on horizontal upstage truss, Jansen has created a lightshow that, like his client's music, is direct and
A true indication of the event's international pulling power is the fact that ISE 2017 will see 135 first time exhibitors making their debut at the show. In total, ISE 2017 will feature over 3,000sq.m of additional show-floor exhibition space compared to ISE 2016.
Integrated Systems Events managing director, Mike Blackman comments, "Making sure that we can feature all of the world's leading AV vendors and service providers has always been a priority for us in delivering value for ISE attendees. With the expansion of the show I am delighted that we are able take the attendee and exhibitor experience to the next level for our 2017 eve
Founded in 2015 by Anthony and principal partner/CEO Michel Vega, MAGNUS Media is a diversified enterprise focused on leveraging the power of Latin content creators through artist management, music publishing, digital content creation, video production, and music recording and distribution.
The new collaborative effort extends the existing touring relationship with Anthony, where his rider specifies the Meyer Sound Leo Family.
MAGNUS Media chief operating officer Felipe Pimiento explains that the agency developed organically
Academy member Per Wastberg told Swedish television, "He is who he is," adding that there was little surprise Dylan had ignored the news. We were aware that he can be difficult and that he does not like appearances when he stands alone on the stage," he told Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper in a separate interview. A reference to the prize was removed from Dylan's website last week. It is still not known if he will travel to Stockholm to receive the prize on 10 December. If he does not, a ceremony marking his career will g
People Creative's Tim Elliott was the project director on behalf of the BFI, with Arena Group's expertise called upon to support the design process, then complete the logistically challenging installation, particularly mindful of their duty of care working in the busy, environmentally sensitive Embankment Gardens.
Arena Structures project manager, Phil Bish, lead his first solo project delivering Arena's temporary I-Novation structure spanning 25m x 35m. Built on 10m legs, with 40mm solid walls and externally wrapped with BFI branding, the structure was internally fitted out to the highest of standards with fully carpeted surfaces, acoustic linings, black wool serge dra
"We needed a wash light with versatility, something that had beams, and brightness was also a factor," said Richard Gild, founder of Hirezone. "The Spiiders are well priced, lightweight and I think they will be a big industry standard in the next six months to a year. That's where we want to be, allowing us to cross rental in the future."
Hirezone purchased the Spiiders from DWR Distribution. "I get so much support from Robe and DWR," added Richard. "I felt happy to give back to them and make this purchase."
(Jim Evans)
