elektraLite SLA Retina
ElektraLite’s compact and lightweight SLA Retina is a hardworking, professional-grade mini LED lighting fixture that is well suited for any designers’ toolbox.
Read More »ElektraLite’s compact and lightweight SLA Retina is a hardworking, professional-grade mini LED lighting fixture that is well suited for any designers’ toolbox.
Read More »With the release of the Rose Brand Hardware Catalogue V-6, the company teamed up with Sapsis Rigging Inc. to roll out the ProPlus™ Harnesses. Pairs of harnesses pictured here, L-R, top to bottom include the Basic, the Technician, the Crossover and the Premium.
Read More »Chauvet Professional’s COLORado 3 Solol fills a wide range of roles in a lighting designer’s tool chest. The fixture has a wide (8⁰ to 45⁰) zoom range, intense output from three 40W RGBW engines and IP65-rated power and DMX connections.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – A.C.T Lighting, Inc. noted a successful LDI show, both on and off the convention floor. The company is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting, Clay Paky, Robert Juliat and other leading brands in North America. The event took place Oct. 17-23 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Read More »MIAMI – Green Hippo noted that DMDs7udios, a leading design and production firm, recently acquired two of Green Hippo’s DisplayPort Hippotizer Boreal media servers.
Read More »ZWOLLE, The Netherlands – For Morning Blossoms, a musical that combines the disciplines of opera, ballet, dance, music and drama, LD Yaron Abulafia is using a variety of Robe fixtures, including DL7S Profiles, DL7F Washes, DL4S Profiles, BMFL Blades and BMFL Wash XFs, Robe Strobes and Spikies. The production, produced by ODD Continent, premiered Oct. 11 and 12 in Zwolle and tours the Netherlands through Nov. 23.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Outdoor festival season in the U.S. extends well into the fall with festivals such as Life is Beautiful in Las Vegas – now in its fourth season – emerging as a highlight of the EDM festival calendar. Promotional events company Insomniac again joined forces with Life Is Beautiful and top lighting designer Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting to bring the fan-favorite Troubadour Stage alive, which took over Downtown Las Vegas from Sept. 23–25.
Read More »Chris Lose turned to Tim Solar, crew chief for such bands as Linkin Park and The Killers, for help in compiling a daily checklist of… Read More »A Crew Chief’s Daily Checklist
Read More »CHICAGO – Chancelor Bennett, also know as Chance the Rapper, is a 23-year-old hip hop artist whose rise to fame was credited to his highly successful mixtape, Acid Rap. Chance, a Chicago native, is currently on his Magnificent Coloring World Tour promoting his third mixtape, Coloring Book. His mixtape is the first stream-only album to reach top 10 in the Billboards 200 receiving over 57 million streams in the first week alone. LMG Touring is on the road providing video, lighting, LED and technical support for this sold out tour.
Read More »ANAHEIM, CA. -When the Anaheim Ducks revamped their entertainment system in the Honda Center, lighting designer Kevin Sorg specified new automated lighting from High End Systems, including a dozen SolaWash 37 and four SolaSpot Pro CMY fixtures. The installation was part of a $10M upgrade including replacement of the scoreboard. Kevin says, “We wanted to add lighting fixtures underneath the scoreboard to give us a closer fixture to the ice, as well as be able to use them as eye candy and spotting specific areas in the arena.”
USA – Legendary Swedish metal band, Opeth, crossed the Atlantic once again to rock at some of the most prestigious venues in the country. In support of the band’s 12th studio album, Sorceress, Opeth jammed their way across North America for a month-long string of shows lit by 4Wall New York. Lighting Designer Magnus Boyd started planning for the Sorceress tour as early as March. “I was determined from the beginning to have a ground package with versatile fixtures that could give me the punch needed for a band like Opeth,” explained Boyd.
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