NEC Display Solutions of America’s latest addition to its PA Projector Series is the PA622U, a 6,200-lumen projector that can be stacked four units high or wide, is designed for applications including corporate, higher education and museum uses.
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CLEVELAND, OH and BROOKLYN, NY — For Kid Cudi’s recent gigs in Cleveland and Brooklyn in late March, which extended the artist’s 2013 Cud Life tour, LD Joshua Schultz used an Avolites Sapphire Touch console provided by LMG. Schultz is now supporting R. Kelly’s latest tour, which runs through mid-May, again relying on Avolites’ Sapphire Touch for control.
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RAVENNA, Italy — Clay Paky’s lighting designer, Marco Zucchinali, incorporated the company’s fixtures including the entire B-EYE light range, SuperSharpy and Stormy fixtures at Live 2014, a demo event held April 13-14 at the Pala de André here. Also featured were Chromlech’s Jarag and Elidy; Clay Paky distributes those products in Italy. The event is sponsored by Italy-based trade organizations including ARILD (the Italian Association of Lighting Designers), ANS (Italian National Event Service Association) and DOC Servizi (the Italian Professional Performing Arts Cooperative).
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AUSTIN, TX — LD Victor Fable used Robe Robin Pointe fixtures provided by Felix Lighting of La Mirada, CA for the rooftop Guitar Center Sessions at the 2014 South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference, which took place at multiple venues here in March. The GC series included live performances by Soundgarden, Snoop Dogg, Damon Albarn, Phantogram, The Wild Feathers and others. The concerts were taped for broadcast; the performances will air on the Audience Channel in May.
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HOUSTON — When LD Systems’ lighting designers John Dickson and Nate Brittain lit the entertainers at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo at Reliant Park this year they took 28 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights and a pair of grandMA2 consoles along for the wild ride. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky and grandMA in North America.
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LONDON — For the R&B Superstars show, a mega-concert held in February at Wembley Arena here, LD Tom Grant lit some of R&B’s most successful 1990s artists with a rig that included Clay Paky Sharpys and Alpha Wash 700s.
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TOKINOSUMIKA, Japan — For Hamamatsu Fruit Park, a fruit themed agricultural park here, S.A. Sound & Light Show Belgium used 240 D.T.S Helios R Bronze RGBW underwater LED fixtures to light a dancing fountain attraction created by LSE Belgium and Crystal G. The Helios units are controlled by Z8 Power Suppliers.
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