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Opeth Sorceress tours with Ayrton DreamPanel™-Twin

Opeth Sorceress tours with Ayrton DreamPanel™-Twin

[caption id="attachment_274549" align="alignnone" width="800"]Ayrton Products in use by Opeth Sorceress[/caption]

EUROPE – Kicking off with twenty dates in America at the start their Sorceress world tour, Swedish band Opeth brought their show to Europe in November, opting for a single show at Wembley Arena for their UK audience.  Magnus Boyd has been lighting the band for the last eighteen months: “During the tour, we have done two special extended sets at Radio City and Belasco in LA, featuring songs from the Deliverance and Damnation albums before performing a third at Wembley Arena,” he says.

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Rose Brand Inc. Introduces 4 New Floors and a Floor Guide

SECAUCUS, NJ– Rose Brand Inc. is proud to present four new floors: Expo, Teatro, Dura and Dolce, adding to its line of 18 floors that fit just about every possible use. Expo is a lightweight, affordable floor covering for events, runways, and budget-conscious productions. It’s lightweight yet durable, easy to roll out and lays flat for a fast load-in. Black, white and grey floors are in stock, plus custom colors can be run when a show floor with more pop is needed. Expo Floors are an exceptional value.

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John Farr Lighting Design Creates Memorable Bar Mitzvah With CHAUVET DJ

[caption id="attachment_274542" align="alignnone" width="800"]John Farr designs the party with Chauvet fixtures[/caption]

SILVER SPRING, MD – Bar mitzvahs provide memories that last a lifetime, not only for the young man who comes of age in the traditional Jewish ceremony, but also for his family and friends. In the case of one recent bar mitzvah, those memories are likely to be in vivid color, thanks to some stunning lighting by John Farr, using an impressive collection of CHAUVET DJ products, along with the Ovation E-910FC ellipsoidal from CHAUVET Professional.

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Barco Event Master Ex Processor

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Barco recently added its new Event Master Ex processor to the company’s collection of screen management systems. The Event Master Ex expansion unit links the Ex with the company’s Event Master processors (E2 or S3-4K), letting users expand their input and output capacity. It also lets them expand the scaling and switching power of their entire system.

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Change x2 for Christie at ISE 2017

[caption id="attachment_274536" align="alignnone" width="600"]Ultrascope unveiled at ISE[/caption]

WOKINGHAM, UK– Christie®, a leader in creating and sharing the world’s best shared visual and audio experiences, will showcase the latest additions to its product portfolio at ISE 2017, branching out from its traditional single ‘arena’ concept used since 2010, to encompass two distinct stand locations. 

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Robe Visits the Palace

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LONDON – Palace are a much anticipated four piece indie blues rock band from London about which there’s lots of anticipation and excitement and an acclaimed debut EP, “Lost in the Night”. Lighting designer Steve Bewley – well known for this work with Enter Shikari, London Grammar, Dizzee Rascal, Tinie Tempah and a string of other interesting alt artists –- was asked to light a recent showcase gig at the Electric in Brixton, London, for which he chose to use an all-Robe floor package which was supplied by Dragonfly Lighting.

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ADJ Penta Pix

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ADJ’s Penta Pix LED effects fixture uses 15W 4-IN-1 RGBW LEDs mounted behind ACLs (Advanced Collimator Lenses) to emit five ACL style beams in a fan formation. Offering red, green, blue, and white color mixing, the fixture creates sharp 6 degree beams for a classic “fingers of light: look, either in plain white or an array of colors and chasing patterns. The fixture is designed with clubs, venues, touring productions, and one-off events in mind. Designed as a slim central unit with the five lens assemblies attached to the front in a fixed fan pattern, the Penta Pix promises easy setup, and the lenses are positioned in an equally-spaced arc. Each of the five individual lenses can then be angled on its X-axis, adding further versatility to the Penta Pix effect.

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August Burns Red Tours with Squeek Lights-Supplied Rogue Fixtures

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LANCASTER, PA — For Christian metalcore band August Burns Red, which has been touring recently to promote the 10th anniversary of their Messengers album release, LD Victor Zeiser and Squeek Lights made use of Rogue R1 FX-B and Rogue R1 Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

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Prolight + Sound 2017: Winners of Opus – German Stage Award Announced

[caption id="attachment_274522" align="alignnone" width="800"]Rea Garvey at Get Loud Open Air Festival[/caption]

FRANKFURT – Two projects have been chosen for this year’s Opus – German Stage Award. An Opus in the stage and lighting design category honours the ‘Get Loud Open Air Tour 2016’ by Rea Garvey. Additionally, an award is to be given in the Technical Realisation category for Ulrich Rasche’s production of Schiller’s ‘The Robbers’ at the ‘Residenztheater’ in Munich. Opus is one of the foremost awards in the field of theatre and stage production and will be presented during Prolight + Sound, International Fair of Technologies and Services for Entertainment, Integrated Systems and Creation, in Frankfurt from 4 to 7 April 2017.

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Elation Professional Now Offering ArKaos Pro Products in Europe

EUROPE – Elation Professional is pleased to announce that the company is now offering the complete ArKaos product line of software and media servers in several European countries and serve as the main value-added dealer of ArKaos Pro products in the UK. ArKaos professional solutions for the show and lighting market are used all over the world by leading designers and rental companies. Elation Europe’s first opportunity to represent the ArKaos Pro product line will be February 7-10 at the ISE trade show in Amsterdam on Elation Stand 12-F40.

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