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Colourblind On The Road With Hog4 and Green Hippo

Colourblind On The Road With Hog4 and Green Hippo

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AUSTRALIA – Melbourne-based lighting and production company Colourblind are having a huge 2017, with lighting director Nicholas Beachen out on the road using High End Systems Hog 4 on the Hot Dub Wine Machine tour through March and April, and the company’s new Hippotizer Karst and Portamus Media Servers joining Melbourne hip-hop artist Illy as he traverses the country at the same time.

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Green Hippo Teams with DWR Distribution to Deliver South African Training Days

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LONDON, UK,– Phil Blue, Sales Manager at Green Hippo, joined with DWR Distribution, a leading player in the installation sector, to deliver a week-long training program to Green Hippo’s South African distributor’s client base. Sessions were led by Phil with logistical and technical support from DWR’s local staff. First stop on the Republic of South Africa schedule was Cape Town, where Phil gave an illuminating session, including using DWR’s Hippotizer Boreal and Karst set-up to take attendees through ZooKeeper – Hippotizer’s interface, which allows for real-time control of the engine and all its components.

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Elation Lights on Skinny Puppy “Down the Sociopath” European Tour

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EUROPE – Canadian industrial band Skinny Puppy might not be mainstream airplay but the band has been around for decades and is currently touring Europe beneath an intelligent lighting rig that includes Elation Professional ACL 360 Bar™ effect lights and SixBar 1000™ LED color-changing battens. Pioneers of the electro-industrial genre, Skinny Puppy, known for their theatrical and sometimes controversial live performances, enjoys a dedicated following and has charted in both North America and Europe. They are currently out on the European leg of their “Down the Sociopath” tour, which runs until June 16th.

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ProPlex Gigabit Switches at iHeartSummer ’17 Weekend

LOS ANGELES – This month, new and classic stars are performing at the iHeartSummer ’17 Weekend at Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, culminating in a TV special and live, two-day national broadcast across 130+ iHeartRadio stations, websites, and apps.  Integral to the show lighting’s networking and data distribution are four ProPlex GBS Gigabit switches.

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Muskogee, Oklahoma’s G Fest Resumes after Damaging Windstorm

MUSkOGEE, OK – The second annual G Fest, with more than 80 local and national acts scheduled to perform on multiple stages June 15-17, 2017, was set to resume June 16 after being disrupted by damaging winds on its first night this year. Festival organizers closed the event’s stages late in the evening and canceled a few acts as a pleasant night turned stormy.

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