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Explore the Latest in Obsidian Lighting Control Innovation at LDI 2023

Explore the Latest in Obsidian Lighting Control Innovation at LDI 2023

Lighting designers, programmers and operators have increasingly discovered the benefits of Obsidian’s accessible and intuitive lighting control brand and are invited to explore the latest innovations December 3-5 at Booth #1342 at the 2023 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas. Visitors to LDI will have a chance to demo both hardware and PC systems, including the NX1, Obsidian’s scalable, full-featured lighting console that has propelled the ONYX platform’s popularity to new heights. A compact, motorized fader wing, the NXP™, as well as a small USB-powered control surface for ONYX, the NXK™, both ideal companions to the NX1 console, will also be on display.Read More »Explore the Latest in Obsidian Lighting Control Innovation at LDI 2023

Ayrton Diablo Lights ‘Charles Tante’ at Denmark’s Fredericia Musicalteater

Arvid Müller’s Charles Tante, the perennial favorite classic Danish comedy film based on the 1892 play Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas, has been reborn as a brand new stage musical by Mads Æbeløe Nielsen, Nikolaj Tarp, Claus Reenberg, and Rob Hartmann.Read More »Ayrton Diablo Lights ‘Charles Tante’ at Denmark’s Fredericia Musicalteater

Concept K Brings Added Energy to African Super Cup with CHAUVET Professional

It came as a surprise to many when USM Alger of Algeria upset heavily favored Al Ahly SC of Egypt at the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023 to be crowned the king of African football. The team from Cairo was established as a perennial football (soccer) power, and few expected they would lose to the Algerian underdogs, but surprises were everywhere on the field at the King Fahd Stadium as the teams battled in this 1-0 game.Read More »Concept K Brings Added Energy to African Super Cup with CHAUVET Professional

HydraPanels Highlight Versuni Awards Commercial

Ryan Schaminee is a Netherlands-based freelance Gaffer and Light Board Operator who also works internationally on a wide variety of commercial, television, and film projects utilizing various Astera products almost every day. He finds the Astera ranges reliable, highly flexible, and appreciates the great quality of light, all attributes that assist him in thinking quickly and laterally to come up with inventive and cool looking lighting solutions that are spot on.Read More »HydraPanels Highlight Versuni Awards Commercial

Robe is Hot at Medusa Festival

Spain’s Medusa festival offers a sizzling DJ line up from all around the world embracing a lively mix of dance genres in a fantastic seaside location at Cullera beach in Valencia by the mouth of the Jucar River. The 2023 event was enjoyed by over 250,000 people across 6 days of sun, smiles, and superlative music. This year’s main stage production and lighting design by Eduardo Valverde and a team from his design studio Experiencias Visuales (EV) included 72 MegaPointes and 12 BMFL WashBeams. These lights were at the heart of a spectacular visual environment created for this key area of the festival, which featured five stages of entertainment action.Read More »Robe is Hot at Medusa Festival

NicLen Expands its Inventory with Astra Hybrid330

NicLen has expanded its rental park by acquiring Prolights’ Astra Hybrid330. Provided by Lightpower, the official PROLIGHTS distributor in Germany, this hybrid LED moving head offers a versatile range of applications and effects, establishing itself as the latest multifunctional moving head of choice for the German rental company.Read More »NicLen Expands its Inventory with Astra Hybrid330

In Memoriam: Bob Marley’s Lighting Designer, Neville Garrick, 73

Neville Garrick, 1950-2023

Neville Garrick, the Jamaican-born and UCLA-educated graphic artist, photographer, backdrop painter and LD who provided visual accompaniment to reggae icon Bob Marley’s music, died Nov. 14, 2023 at age 73 “after a brief but brave fight with cancer,” family members noted in a statement.Read More »In Memoriam: Bob Marley’s Lighting Designer, Neville Garrick, 73

Andrew Liddle Lights New Order European Tour with Elation Excalibur

Photo by Warren Jackson

Andrew Liddle, the longstanding Designer for New Order since the band’s emergence from Joy Division in the early ’80s, turned to Elation’s powerful Proteus Excalibur narrow-beam moving head to create stunning, laser-complementary lighting on the band’s recent tour across mainland Europe and the UK. Recognized as one of the most influential bands of its era, New Order continues to enhance its legacy, captivating audiences with a timeless fusion of music and visually gripping performances.Read More »Andrew Liddle Lights New Order European Tour with Elation Excalibur

ADJ Lighting Introduces Lime-Infused Focus Flex L19 Moving Head Wash

Building on the success of the popular Focus Flex L7, ADJ is proud to announce the immediate availability of its new Focus Flex L19. Featuring the same lime-infused, high CRI, color mixing LEDs as its compact sibling, this larger version packs in almost three times the quantity to allow for intense output and complex pixel-mapped effects. This professional moving head luminaire offers fast movement as well as an impressive zoom range, allowing it to generate both intense columns of light and wide washes of color. Here’s an overview video from ADJ:

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