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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LOS ANGELES — LD Demfis Fyssicopulos, 41, died April 23 while surfing. He is survived by a daughter, Onna, and sister, Kati. Fyssicopulos, who also served as a production designer and artistic director, made his mark with the distinctive lighting design that accompanied the “M”-shaped stage featured on the 2013 leg of Maroon 5’s Overexposed tour. Other standout projects included his design for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg at Coachella 2012, which included the hologram-like appearance of Tupac Shakur.
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MIAMI — LD Dan Cohen of UpLyte used 168 Chauvet Professional fixtures for Chris Bosh’s 30th birthday party. The event, organized by Bosh’s wife, Adrienne, included other Miami Heat basketball players along with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, rapper Ty Dolla $ign, Gary Owens and Gabrielle Union.
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Philips Vari-Lite, which recently debuted its VL4000 Spot Luminaire along with a higher-output version dubbed the VL4000GT, has opted to boost the original VL4000 Spot’s 25K lumens of output to more than 33K lumens. As a result, instead of marketing two versions of the fixture, Philips Vari-Lite is marketing just one product — the enhanced-output version of the VL4000 Spot.
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PROVIDENCE, RI — LD Cody James of JDI Productions lit Yellowcard’s concert at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel concert hall here earlier this year using Legend 230SR Beam and Legend 412 moving heads from Chauvet Professional. The concert marked the 10th anniversary of the release of Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue album.
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