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Jim James Tour Features Solaris Mozarts

Jim James on tour with Solaris Mozarts. Photo by Eric Mayers

Jim James Tour Features Solaris Mozarts

USA – My Morning Jacket (MMJ) founder and front man Jim James embarked on a solo tour this fall, opening on the West Coast and closing Dec. 18 at Iron City, Birmingham, Alabama.  Veteran MMJ Designer Marc Janowitz conceived a “forest” of 57 Solaris Mozarts as a main design feature for the tour. “The Mozarts are used as stand-alone fixtures,” explains Janowitz, “each one mounted at the end of goosenecks, LP claws, mic stand boom arms, and other lightweight audio accessories.”

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Jonathan Bernbaum, 1982-2016

In Memoriam: Jonathan Bernbaum, 34

OAKLAND, CA — Jonathan Bernbaum, a prominent VJ and video artist affiliated with Circuit 5 Visuals, Knife Party and V Squared Labs, was among the 36 victims trapped in the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire on Dec. 2, 2016. He was 34.

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ETC Gio @5 Console

ETC Gio @5 Console

The Eos family of consoles just got bigger – by going smaller. After a successful preview at LDI, ETC has officially launched the Gio @5 console, which brings the acclaimed, professional-grade control of the Eos Ti and Gio consoles within reach of users with tighter spaces – and tighter budgets.

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HotStik™ 5 COB Mini

Blizzard Lighting HotStik 5 COB Mini

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Blizzard’s HotStik™ 5 COB Mini is a is a smaller, half-meter version of the oriinal Blizzard HotStik™ 5 COB 5-in-1 LED batten. It features six 25W RGBAW COB LEDs, PowerCON  compatible power in/out connectors, 3-pin DMX connectors and an array of built-in color macros, automated programs, sound active mode via master/slave, and 4/5/6/8 or 11-channel DMX modes.

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ILC Names Nick Vitogiannes Business Development and Production Manager

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CHICAGO – ILC has hired Nick Vitogiannes as a business development and production manager. Nick has been in the entertainment industry for more than 10 years designing and selling, live shows, events, and tours. Throughout that time, he worked for various companies as the Director of Production companies like:  PSAV, Meetinghouse, and RGB Lights. 

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Frank "The Tank" Schotman

Frank Schotman Joins Elation Professional’s European Sales Team

KERKRADE, The Netherlands — Elation Professional named lighting industry veteran Frank Schotman technical sales representative and product specialist for the company’s European sales team. Schotman, who has 25 years of industry experience, comes to Elation from the AED Group, where he served as a senior product specialist supporting High End Systems’s fixtures and Hog 4 consoles. He also worked for Eclipse Staging Services in Dubai as head of lighting.

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Gibonni & Oliver Tour with Large Robe Rig

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MUNICH, Germany – Leading Croatian artists Gibonni & Oliver are on an extensive European tour campaign supporting their collaborative new album “Familija” (Family) with a brand new lighting design by Gibonni’s long term LD Sven Kučnić based around 88 Robe moving lights – a combination of Pointes, MMX Spots and MMX WashBeams. Sven’s design is adaptable to be able to fit into the wide variety of different venue sizes on the itinerary.

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In Memoriam: Cody Stoltz

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NEW ORLEANS –  Lighting Designer and touring technician Cody Stoltz passed away at his home in New Orleans last Monday evening after losing his battle with depression. Cody had spent the last couple of years working with the Toby Keith tours and working for lighting vendor Bandit Lites while not playing DJ at clubs around hs hometown. He was working his way up the ladder to his dream job of being a lighting designer for concert tours.

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The Brothers Gow lit with Chauvet Rogues

LD Matt Collier Includes Chauvet Rogue Fixtures in Tour Rig for the Brothers Gow

SAN DIEGO – LD Matt Collier included six Rogue R1 Washes and four Rogue R1 Spots from Chauvet Professional in the rig for the Brothers Gow as the California jam band underwent its most recent tour leg. The autumn trek took the San Diego-based quintet on a tour of the American West, from Los Angeles to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and back down the Coast from Washington to Oregon and back to California.

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Utopia provides Lights for Jake Bugg in the UK

Utopium Illuminate Jake Bugg Tour

Utopium built and supplied a custom floor package and flown fixtures to illuminate Jake Bugg’s UK and European Tour, November 2016. Following the release of his third album, On My One, Jake Bugg embarked on a promotional tour which saw him visit a host of different venues throughout the UK and Europe, including Manchester’s O2 Apollo, London’s O2 Academy Brixton and The Great Hall at Cardiff University Student’s Union.

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Dan TDM Game

HSL Plays the Dan TDM Game

UK – HSL enjoyed the thrills and hi-energy exhilaration of supplying lighting and rigging for the Endemol produced DanTDM UK tour, for a lighting design crafted by Sam Wright. Sean McGlone and John Slevin project managed for the Blackburn UK based company, with technicals on the road coordinated by production manager, Jason Culverwell. DanTDM is a professional gamer and You Tube star with around 13 million subscribers enjoying his work.

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