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Monumental Live Event Launch for Robe iBOLTS in France

Robe’s new iBOLT made its French debut in grand style at a recent ‘Monumental’ event at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Laon Aisne in the Hauts-de-France.

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GOLDENSEA ACQUIRES SGM

Goldensea is happy to announce that, on Monday 1st September 2024, Goldensea agreed to acquire the business of SGM Light AS, and that SGM is now under the ownership of Goldensea.

Reports

SLX lights up the Olympic Aquatics Center for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

SLX, a service provider based in the United Kingdom, won the tender for the lighting of the Olympic events which took place in the brand-new Olympic Aquatics Center (CAO). Its CEO Alastair Currie and Russell Payne, Managing Director, explain their approach to meeting the demanding specifications.

Sound

NEXO P+ transforms Lyon’s Stade de Gerland sound

Lyon’s Stade de Gerland in France uderwent a fisrt stage ugrade to the aging sound system using P12 and ePS10 NEXO cabinets installed by the stadium operators GL Events with the assistance of the NEXO Engineering Support Team and Christophe Girres.

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Chauvet, color blinders Strike Array 4C 2C and Wash Storm 4 SoloWash

After the ingenious Color Strobe Strike Bolt 1C unveiled in preview at ISE, Chauvet Professional also upgrades the Strike Array blinders to color and IP65 and adds to the Maverick range a very powerful Storm 4 SoloWash.

Sound

AC/DC's Power Up Tour Electrifies RCF Arena with GTX Extensions

AC/DC delivered their electrifying performance to 100,000 fans at the RCF Arena as part of the Italian leg of their Power Up Tour. The concert featured TT+ Audio’s GTX 12 line arrays as the delay system ensuring a superior audio experience throughout the sprawling venue.

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Ayrton Cobra illuminates the Valletta sky

LD Raphaël Demonthy was responsible for the complete ceremony of the The Mediterrane Film Festival. Signature to his visual design was a row of 30 Ayrton Cobra laser-sourced fixtures.

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Robe launches 4 new projectors at Plasa 2024

Robe is using the 2024 PLASA London expo (London, September 1 to 3) to launch four new products – the iFORTE Fresnel, the PAINTE Fresnel, the SVOPATT and the SVB1.

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Arcadia Lights Up Glasto 2024 with Dragonfly and Robe iBolts

Flames, lasers and lights fired up the night sky at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival as Arcadia launched its amazing new “Dragonfly” spectacular concept lit by six of Robe’s new iBolts.

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Ayrton Cobra joins the party at Fairground Festival

Visualprime lighting designer, Tobias Reinartz, employed over 100 Ayrton fixtures among which 84 laser-courced Cobra, to inject dynamism, colour and striking linear arrays across the Fairground festival stages.

Sound

Paris’ Théâtre de la Ville goes Immersive with L-ISA

Integration and rental specialist BLive accompanied Paris’ Théâtre de la Ville to create an immersive experience with L-Acoustic’s L-ISA, based on a 20.1 Scene System of five hangs of two SB15m over eight Kiva II with a centre-flown cluster of six KS21 subwoofers.

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A Glowing Halo of Investment in Astera Products

London-based lighting and event specialist Halo now has one of the largest stocks of Astera products in the UK with well over 400 Astera luminaires.

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Robe Has BEEN There Done That!

The lighting design of the cleub BEEN features over 250 Robe moving lights among which 144 x Spikies and 76 x Viva CMYs and six T1 Profiles.

Test bench

ETC SOURCE FOUR SERIES 3: LUSTR X8 AND XDLT OPTICS, A WINNING COMBINATION

With more than 10 years of experience including 7 years of analysis and feedback on the Source Four Series 2 Lustr, ETC has developed the 3rd generation of Source Four. Equipped with the Lustr X8 Led panel, it produces deep reds and features a new range of XDLT optical "noses", optimized for LED sources.

Sound

First French DiGiCo Quantum 852 for secret event on top of CDG1 airport

Tristan Mazire, sound engineer and co-owner of Paris-based consultancy The Audio Agency, took Frances’s 1st DiGiCo Quantum 852 to the top of Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport for a secret event live streamed via Amazon Music’s Twitch and for an audience of 2,000.

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ETC Unveils Season Two of its "On Headset" Podcast Series

ETC is thrilled to announce the launch of season two of its acclaimed podcast “On Headset”, offering a unique glimpse into the fascinating realm of theatrical lighting design.

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Robe for the 2024 Metro FM Awards

It the second year that South African lighting designer Renaldo van den Berg has lit the prestigious Metro FM Awards. This year he specified over 200 Robe moving lights for the leading celebration of African musical talent and creativity.

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ETC Ltd announces eco-building move as part of expansion plan

ETC has announced plans to expand its business with the relocation of its London operations to a new, state-of-the-art eco-building. The move supports ETC’s expanding business and service offerings as well as planning for future growth.

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Robe Gets Thirty, Rough & Dirty with Scooter

Lighting designer Andre Beekmans specified several Robe moving lights for some hardcore techno rave action with legendary band Scooter on their “Thirty Rough & Dirty” tour celebrating 30 years of success, innovation and energy !

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Ayrton Perseo Profiles are Olivier Awards workhorse fixtures

For this year Olivier Awards, LD Ben Cracknell chose 78 Ayrton Perseo Profile fixtures, provided by White Light, as his work horse fixtures.

Sound

Amadeus & HOLOPHONIX install a spatial system at the Royal Theatre of Namur

Amadeus & HOLOPHONIX install a spatial 34-speaker system at the Royal Theatre of Namur, the first major immersive audio install for the French Company in Belgium, offering the listening audience the best sound possible from every seat in the Italian-style theater.

Video

Ephesus Experience Museum Brings History to Life with Panasonic DLP Projectors

123 Panasonic DLP laser projectors were chosen to transform visitors’ understanding of the ancient city of Ephesus through an immersive, multi-sensory experience at The Ephesus Experience Museum.

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Keeping Astera In Sight

Sightline Productions team are all big fans of Astera, having first started hearing about the brand a few years back when the neon lighting look was very popular in Australia.

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ShowTech Productions Bahrain invests in Robe iFORTE

ShowTech Productions, based in Riffa, Bahrain, has recently added to its extensive Robe moving light stock with the purchase of 12 x iFORTE LTX luminaires.

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Teatro de la Zarzuela invests in Robert Juliat Dalis 860 Cyclorama

Theatre, television and event rental company, CityLight Iluminación, has supplied 32 Robert Juliat Dalis 860 Cyclorama lights to the Teatro Zarzuela.

Sound

Bootshaus, the World’s #5 Night Club with L-Acoustics A Series

Bootshaus in Cologne, Germany, the World’s #5 Night Club has undergone a full audio overhaul with L-Acoustics A Series. Certified Provider Distributor Babbel & Haeger was commissioned to specify the perfect system in consultation with production company Laserframe.

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AYRTON KYALAMI, NANDO 502 WASH ET MAMBA. PHOSPHORE IS HERE!

In this exclusive interview conducted on the Ayrton stand at Prolight+Sound, Yvan Peard, designer of Ayrton’s fixture, reveals the development approaches that led to the new products launched in early 2024, and his vision of the future...

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VOLERO CUBE ET ORKIS CYC (SLU INNOVATION AWARD) , THE DIVAS OF CLAYPAKY/ADB

The Italian brand aroused our curiosity at PL+S 2024 with the creative Volero Cube with its many facets: beam, wash, strobe and pixels, and the new Orkis CYC cyclo fixture with its old-school look, which won an SLU Innovation Award.

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Ayrton appoints Briony Berning as Design, Training and Business Development Engineer

Ayrton is delighted to announce the appointment of Briony Berning as its new Design, Training and Business Development Engineer as part of the continuing expansion of its international team.

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The Royal Opera of Versailles Invests in Robe

The Royal Opera of Versailles is part of the famous Palace of Versailles. Recently, a major lighting upgrade comprising 40 x Robe T2 Profiles and 12 x TX1 PosiProfiles was delivered in two batches by Robe France.

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New TAF Wall Plate Console : Wall to Wall Support

The TAF Wall Plate Console is the ultimate solution for temporary or permanent mounting of TAF’s FT33 or FT34 truss between walls.

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Tim Goodacre Talks Astera

Tim Goodacre, a busy and in-demand freelance gaffer and lighting specialist based in Sydney, utilised the LeoFresnel on season 2 of the award-winning Netflix Heartbreak High reboot, specifically for a forest night scene shot on location.

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Fredrik Stormby goes large with Ayrton fixtures at Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Eurovision 2024 pushes the boundaries with 384 new Ayrton Rivale Profiles, 146 newly-released Kyalami fixtures, along with 32 Huracán Wash to highlight a show whose official slogan was #UnitedByMusic.

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Robe is Key to Eurovision 2024

The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest was staged in Malmo Arena, Sweden, and was memorable for bringing the most-watched live music broadcasts in the world to new levels of excellence.

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ETC Announces Important Software Releases for Hog 4 OS

Hog 4 OS v3.21 and v4.1 are the bridging releases with export/import features to get old show files into Hog desks running v4.x software.

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Andrea Bocelli Takes Two DiGiCo Quantum852 On Tour

Andrea Bocelli Takes Two DiGiCo Quantum852 on a tour nicknamed AB30, his initials and the number of years he’s recorded and traveled the world touring. The two consoles, are supplied as part of a complete production package by OSA International, Inc.

Test bench

SGM P3 VISION: PIXELS AND TALENT

A grid of pixels in addition to the wash, full connectivity, ultra-small size and the possibility of assembling several in a matrix, made us want to put the P3 Vision through its paces in the SoundLightUp test bench.

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London’s Park Theatre upgrades with ETC ColorSource Spot jr

ETC dealer Stage Electrics has supplied ColorSource Spot jr fixtures to upgrade the lighting in London’s Park Theatre.

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The Other Side, the first L-ISA Spatial Audio Nightclub

The Other Side is the world’s first club to adopt L-ISA Spatial Audio. A complete 360° L-ISA 14.1.5 immersive configuration takes the 900-capacity nightclub experience to a whole new level for the audience and artists in Amsterdam.

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Robe has A Laugh with Lado Bizovicar at Slovenska Muska Event

The lighting design of Lado Bizovicar extravaganza event was created by Crt Birsa and Greta Godnic featuring 355 Robe lighting fixtures in the 500+ luminaires of the rig.