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SOILWORK GOING DEEP ON TOUR WITH SQ-5
Swedish melodic death-metallers, Soilwork, kick-started 2019 with a bang, co-headlining a tour with Finnish metal giants Amorphis. 31 shows in 35 days across mainland Europe, Soilwork were done with an Allen & Heath SQ-5 digital mixer running FOH and monitors.
Astera AX1 PixelTubes for UMBRA Festival Installation: Making Light of Darkness
Twenty-four Astera wireless battery-operated AX1 Pixel Tubes were utilised for one of 20 stunning site-specific lighting installations created by individual artists for the first UMBRA Light Festival in Vitoria-Gastiez, Spain.
Travis Scott makes DiGiCo lift off on Astroworld – Wish You Were Here Tour
Mixing just four inputs in an arena show is one of the greatest challenges of my career, shares Ken Van Drutenabout, a.k.a. Pooch, about his gig with Travis Scott, on his Astroworld – Wish You Were Here Tour. He’s using a pair of DiGiCo SD12 consoles for both house and monitors.
Cameo inventory increase for NicLen GmbH
Germany’s largest DryHire provider NicLen GmbH has invested heavily in Cameo latest products: OPUS S5 Spot, SP5P Profile and AZOR B1 Beam LED Moving Heads, ZENIT W300 and W600 LED and battery-operated ZENIT B200 Outdoor Washlights, F2 T & D LED Fresnel Spotlights.
Mutual expertise: acquisition of AV and rental specialist DeltaLive UK by L-Acoustics
L-Acoustics, world leader in premium pro sound solutions, and L-Acoustics Group, focused on the design, manufacture and commercialisation of L-Acoustics systems, unveils the acquisition of a majority stake in specialist in audiovisual services and rental DeltaLive UK.
Massive & Immersive: Amadeus Holophonix installation at La Scala in Paris
Newly-renovated theater La Scala in Paris features over 172 Amadeus speakers, controlled with HOLOPHONIX spatial sound processor, offering arts productions boundless sound possibilities.
Elation gets Vertical in Venice for Museo del Novecento Opening
For the Museo del Novecento in Venice inauguration, Marco Mazzon Sound & Lights installed a lot of Elation Paladin LED luminaires to light an extraordinary vertical dance show by Compagnia Il Posto that took place across the dazzling ceramic-tiled façade of the building
L-ISA tastes the Wonderfruit: immersive and tasty
Two years ago, Hugo Heathcote, Archie Keswick and Nico Elliot, directors of Polygon Live, dreamed of a new immersive 360° audio concept for their festival environment. Searching for the right technical partners, they discovered that L-ISA had everything they required.
Award winning vx 4 media server: new flagship for disguise
disguise has launched the new vx 4 server which has been engineered to play back video at higher quality and resolution than ever before. Previewed at Integrated Systems Europe 2019, where it won the Installation Best of Show 2019 Award, it is now shipping.
Prolight+Sound Day 3 report
This third day of the Prolight+Sound exhibition is slowly waking up as the stands walls still resonate with the merry fading notes of last night parties in the halls 12.0 and 12.1 of the Frankfurt Messe dedicated to our industry. Cum on, feel the noize!
SuperSpikies trigger enthusiasm for Triggerfinger Shows
Belgian rock band Triggerfinger played four highly energised, sold-out shows at the beautiful Roma concert hall in Antwerp … marking the European live performance debut of Robe’s new SuperSpikie moving light. The band’s lighting designer is Erwin Van Lokeren.
Prolight+Sound Day 2 report
Collective Marathon for our journalists in the Prolight+Sound Halls 12.0 and 12.1. in Frankfurt, devoted since this year to lighting, special FX and trussing technologies, but turning at dawn into spontaneous festive spots.
55 + 26 years impressive wedding: Rent-All takes over Phlippo Group
Rent-All, with its head office in Bemmel, has taken over Phlippo Group, based in Lier, Belgium. This concerns Phlippo Productions, Phlippo Showlights and its branches in Germany and the Netherlands, including the total rental stock.
Prolight+Sound Day 1 report
First report in a series of three about the new Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, with the help of our team of valiant reporters, running everywhere hunting down fresh info and new fixtures or clever, yet unseen products.
Innovation honoured: Opus Awards at Prolight + Sound 2019
The Prize-winners of the "Opus – German Stage Award" have been announced. Vincent Lérisson wins in the category of "Tour – Lighting design" is the "Woman Worldwide" Justice tour, and Kay Voges for the "Theatre – artistic and technical realisation" "The Parallel World".
