Blackout Rigs, Drapes MTV European Music Awards
LONDON – London -based Blackout rigged and draped a curvacious set for the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards held Nov. 6 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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dbn Lights Ramsbottom Festival
MANCHESTER, UK – dbn Lighting supplied lighting design and equipment – including trussing and all necessary rigging – to the main stage at the 2011 Ramsbottom Festival. dbn’s Nick Buckley designed the three-day event which included acts such as The Waterboys.
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Bandit’s Strickland Aboard New Boards
KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites’ Chairman Michael Strickland is sitting in some new board of director chairs for the University Health Systems in Tennessee, the University of Tennessee Athletics Board, and Chair of the Knoxville Development Council.
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Carmina Burana Ballet Sparkles Under VL3000s
PARIS, France – Belgian LD Francis Mannaert is currently using Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot and Wash Luminaires to set the scene for the National Opera of Ukraine’s touring ballet, set to the music of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The production is playing across France.
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HES Reflects Brightly on BOFFO Fashion Exhibit
AUSTIN, TX – Fashion designer for Lady Gaga displayed his products during NYC’s Fashion Week in a temporary store resembling a “mirrored cave.” Focus Lighting chose the High End Systems intellaspots, which reflected brightly inside the space, and controlled them with a Road Hog Full Boar.
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Pandoras Box Opens Autosymphonic Event
MANNHEIM, Germany – Coolux Pandoras Box products were called in to help the city celebrate the 125th anniversary of Karl Benz’s modern automobile. (He received the first patent in 1886 for a gas-fueled car.) The “Autosymphonic” event combined live music, an orchestra, 80 cars used as instruments on stage, water fountains and architectural projections onto a local landmark.
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Media servers adopting the Mac platform include the Catalyst, developed by Richard Bleasdale, and PRG’s Mbox EXtreme. Media servers that were developed on a PC… Read More »Media Servers: Mac or PC?
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For the longest time, I have worked with my iTunes music running in the background. Like many people, I had been listening to the same… Read More »Music to Work to
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The Magic Lamp
The Magic Lamp by Global Special Effects is a 11.5-foot-tall “street lamp” that generates “Evaporative Snow.” While giving the appearance of snow, the biodegradable, non-toxic snow-like material never accumulates. It evaporates within 90 seconds and does not leave a residue, according to the company. It’s a non-slip, flame-retardant effect that can be used indoors or out. The aluminum-cast street lamp itself, which comes with three light globes and three Evaporative Snow nozzles on top, can be operated by controls hidden in its base or by remote control.
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High Resolution’s UDC-400 a Winner at VMAs, Primetime Emmys
LARKSTON, MI – High Resolution Systems’ UDC-400 Universal Device Controller took the stage to provide screen control and ArtNet translation at the 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) and multiple screen control at the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
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‘Les Miserables’ Lit with MAC III Performance Fixtures
MALMO, Sweden – LD Mikki Kunttu chose Martin Professional’s MAC III Performance luminaires on Malmo Opera’s current production of “Les Miserables.” “It’s perfect for the high contrast looks needed in this production,” he said. The show runs to February 2012.
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VLX Washes on Aussie’s X Factor
MASCOT, Australia -Australia’s second series of the reality competition TV show, X Factor, uses a similar set to the first series, but with the addition of 28 Vari*Lite VLXWash lights. It is the first time LD Ian Anderson has used LED sources as a main workhorse in the rig.
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