BLACKBURN, U.K. — Working with Chase & Status LD Neil Carson and lighting director Cate Carter, HSL provided more than 160 Robe, Clay Paky and Martin/Atomic and Novalight lighting fixtures along with a grandMA2 console in support of Chase & Status’ 2013 summer festival tour, which drew to a close at the 2013 Reading and Leeds Festivals.
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DuraTruss Goliath-Studio crank stands are designed to lift heavy loads while keeping their own bulk and heft to a minimum. The secret, according to U.S. distributor Global Truss America, is in their unique winch-free design.
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ALBANY, NY — Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) provided lighting crew and gear for the Camp Bisco music festival, staged at the Indian Lookout Country Club July 11-13. Along with the event’s founders, the Disco Biscuits, the festival featured Bassnectar, Passion Pit, STS9, Animal Collective, Umphreys McGee and Destroid Live, among others.
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NASHVILLE — Bandit Lites Inc. has invested in scores of Robe’s newest moving lights as specified by creative director and production designer Seth Jackson and lighting designer Nathan W Scheuer for the current Selena Gomez Stars Dance world tour, which kicked off recently in Canada.
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This low-profile LED par features 12 5W Quad-Color LEDs (RGBW) for smooth, shadow-free color-mixing, a white LED for true cool whites and flicker-free performance for broadcast applications as well as color washing. Other features include a “sit flat” design, with its power and DMX Ins/Outs mounted on the side of the unit rather than the bottom, so it can be set directly on the ground for uplighting or easily mounted inside truss.
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Kingkong 10 (10mm pixel pitch) and Kingkong 20 (20mm pixel pitch, pictured here) LED display screens, from Shenzhen, China-based Viss Lighting, are offered with ingress protection (IP) ratings range from 54 to an optional 65 for outdoor use. The screens offer brightness ranges of 3000-5000 nits (10mm) and 4200 nits (20mm) and viewing angles of 120/120 (10mm) and 140/140 degrees (20mm). Transparency is indexed at 21 percent (10mm) and 40 percent (20mm). Product features include die-cast aluminum alloy construction, an auto-locking design for quick installation, and the ability to fit eight units in a single flight case. The 640 by 640 by 100mm panels weigh 9kg (10mm) and 8kg (20mm).
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance announced that it has been officially granted 501(c)(6) status by the Internal Revenue Service. This designation establishes the ESA as tax-exempt entity, and marks a milestone in establishing the Event Safety Alliance as the preeminent event safety organization in the U.S.
Read More »LONDON — Lighting programmer Graham Feast is using a Hog 4 lighting console from High End Systems for Depeche Mode’s Delta Machine tour. LD Paul Normandale provided the lighting design and Anton Corbijn designed the set. AED Distribution provided two Hog 4 consoles for the tour.
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