Category Archives: Reports

French Hitmaker Calogero under the innovative lights of Award winning Vincent Lérisson

For his “Liberté Chérie” tour, the French hitmaker and singer Calogero chose to work with Vincent Lérisson, the young and talented lighting designer for Justice. He created an extraordinary scenography and lighting design for this project.

Plugfest 2019 is biggest ever and mainland Europe premiere

PlugFest 2019 started with a record number of attendees in Lille, and a first-timer in mainland Europe. Exclusive SLU report from the bubbling heart of what looks like a hackathon, but is the brainy gathering where the future of lighting protocols will emerge from.

High End SolaFrame 3000 on the catwalks of Paris' Opera Bastille

New addition at The Opéra Bastille for its 30th birthday on the two catwalks in the auditorium, with Sola Frames 3000 replacing 2 kW profile spots: at 42 m throw distance from the stage, power is essential. Rui de Matos & Nicolas Da Canal SoundLightUp interview.

Peter Bence with Audio-Technica: fortissimo piano!

2.0 type of artist but a hell of a keyboard player, Peter Bence is sending the social networks’ speedos into turmoil, and now making his live public go bananas. We met him to discover his passion for the sound he plays and produces with the help of Audio-Technica.

Astera : Titan Tube, a tetanizing fixture

Titan Tube, a tetanizing fixture. Latest model in Astera complete range of wireless and battery operated projectors, this lighting tube with high CRI and high quality of light is mainly designed for cinema sets, but can also be used in a variety of Live applications.

d&b Soundscape presentation indigo at The 02, London. Hosted by SSE Audio.

On October 23, 2018 d&b audiotechnik gave a presentation of their Soundscape immersive system, at indigo at The 02. The afternoon demo also included the venue’s newly installed J-Series house PA, installed by SSE Audio. Simon Duff reports.

Christian Heil's multidimensional gamble

L-ISA – Part 3 – An Interview with Christian Heil & Our Conclusions

As the cherry on the cake, Christian Heil granted us an interview. We reviewed the essence of the L-ISA project, the IT tools needed to implement it and, finally, his vision of modern amplified sound. More than exciting… Essential.

Christian Heil's multidimensional gamble

L-ISA - Part - 2 An interview with Guillaume Le Nost

Present at the Pierre Mauroy stadium – and as sought after as Christian Heil – was Guillaume le Nost, the development manager of L-ISA, who answered our questions as well as he possibly could – not that he doesn’t know, but that he knows too much… far too much. The continuation of our triple report on the L/R-killer – episode 2 is here.

The orchestra and choirs during rehearsal, nearly 300 artists for a great opus

L-ISA - Part 1 - Verdi's Requiem with Gabert, Blanc-Garin & Duvet

L-ISA, Immersive Sound Art, is Christian Heil’s latest sonic undertaking, with which he intends to restore the link between the artist and amplified sound. In this three-part report we discover the innovation of L-ISA and its great potential.

With Bose

ShowMatch, ShowTime!

We know about RoomMatch, Bose’s system with constant-curvature and DeltaQ technology designed for flexible vertical and horizontal coverage. Now we have ShowMatch, a new system that gives even more with mechanical optimization provided by DeltaQ coverage but also offers the possibility of working with line source configurations, therefore allowing you to reach new “Show” markets where SPL, weight and dimensions really count.