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Utopium Helps Bristol Summer Series Shine

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Utopium Helps Bristol Summer Series Shine

BRISTOL, U.K. – The Bristol Summer Series returned for four nights of live music, set against the backdrop of Bristol’s iconic Harborside, from June 22-25. Bristol Summer Series welcomed a host of international acts including headliners Catfish and The Bottlemen, Sigur Rós, The Last Shadow Puppets and James Bay. Once again Utopium was called upon to light up the event as well as designing and delivering architectural lighting to illuminate the Lloyds Amphitheatre building. Utopium’s Colin Bodenham and Jon Newman combined their skills to help create a stunning setting for Metropolis Music, through the supply of a comprehensive lighting production, including newly acquired equipment from Utopium’s extensive inventory.

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Focus Spot Three Z

ADJ Focus Spot Three Z

ADJ’s Focus Spot Three Z is the first in the company’s new Focus range of LED-powered moving head spots offering motorized focus as standard. This top-of-the-range model also offers motorized zoom, with a 13° to 18° zoom range. The Focus Spot Three Z is equipped with a 100W white LED light-source rated for 50,000 hours of use. It generates an output of 6300 lux at three meters. The fixture also offers 540° pan and 270° tilt, with micro-stepping smoothing the movement and 16-bit precision.

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CRMX TiMo

Ayrton goes full steam ahead with LumenRadio’s TiMo platform

PARIS, FRANCE – Paris based lighting manufacturer Ayrton recently announced the MagicBurstTM – the industry’s first high-power graphic LED strobe to offer continuous, unlimited rotation on its pan and tilt axes. Ayrton continues its mission to present new technology, original ideas, and inspiration for lighting designers and MagicBurst proves a landmark as the company’s first strobe unit and the world’s only motorized strobe. The MagicBurst offers wireless DMX through LumenRadio’s industry leading TiMo platform.

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“We want to celebrate the Pink Floyd experience, not just with music but with lights and the entire stage presentation,“ said Anthony Macdonald, the LD who created the show.

Pink Floyd Tribute Eclipse Creates Stage Presences With CHAUVET Professional

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND —  It was never just about the music with Pink Floyd. True, the psychodelic licks laid down by the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers broke new ground, and yes their music resonates as vibrantly today as it did decades ago – but this band is remembered almost as much for its eye-popping shows as it is for its songs.  Pink Floyd’s legacy of bright, visually powerful stage productions lives on  today in New Zealand, thanks to a tribute band formed (quite fittingly) by a lighting designer who uses the color and intenstity of CHAUVET Professional fixtures to create lightshows that do the group’s legacy proud.

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Throngs of celebrants filled Cleveland Mall

Premier Event Technology, LMG and EventEQ Help with NBA Victory Celebration in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, OH — The Cleveland Cavaliers celebrated the end to their 52-year championship drought in downtown Cleveland, drawing more than 1.3 million fans and supporters.  The two-mile parade commemorated past and present champions, culminating with a rally on the Cleveland Mall. Premier Event Technology, LMG and EventEQ partnered with George P. Johnson, the overall production company to execute this event by providing audio, video, lighting, and LED to welcome home the 2016 NBA Champions.

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Brian Dowd, VP of sales at A.C.T Lighting, is also a BBQ chef. He and co-workers strapped on their aprons and began cooking real southern barbecue in the Soundcheck parking lot at 9 pm for meal service from noon to 6 pm the next day.

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. Holds Product Showcase and BBQ During Nashville’s CMA Music Festival

NASHVILLE – A.C.T Lighting, Inc. served up big helpings of home-cooked BBQ with sides of the latest products from Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, Chainmaster and Eurotruss at a showcase special event during the recent CMA Music Festival in Nashville. A.C.T Lighting selected Soundcheck, the premier rehearsal studio in Nashville, for its showcase venue. Area rental houses, lighting shops, and lighting designers and programmers were invited to view the products and fill up on some of the best BBQ in town.

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Stampede CEO and founder Mark Wilkins

Christie Appoints Stampede Europe to Serve as Distribution Partner

AMHERST, NY – Stampede CEO and founder Mark Wilkins, pictured here, noted that, after years of success taking the Christie brand, products and services to the North American market, Christie has appointed Stampede Europe to serve as a distribution partner for its Business Products, LED and Video Wall Solutions. According to Wilkins, both parties are confident that their successful North American collaboration ensures continued success with the UK as a new base and market.

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The Inspire fixtures are DMX controlled, so can be easily integrated into the building’s control system

Raleigh First Assembly Church Offers Worshippers Immersive Hues with Chroma-Q Inspire House Lights

RALEIGH, NC – First Assembly Church, an Assemblies of God-affilated church that relocated to a renovated 58,000 square foot industrial facility. installed more than 80 Chroma-Q Inspire color-changing LED house light fixtures to provide an immersive worship experience. Executive Pastor, Danny Collins turned to Douglas Hood, president of Indiana-based CSD Group, to supply a lighting solution for the new building.

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Elation Platinum Seven LED Wash Light

Elation Platinum Seven LED Wash Light

Elation Professional’s Platinum Seven is a high-power LED wash luminaire that promises an unprecedented choice of colors from a 7-color multi-chip LED. Designed to serve as a flexible color wash solution, it is described as the market’s first LED wash light that combines a seven-color multi-chip with such a wide zoom while maintaining a flat and even field of light projection.

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Enttec Aleph2 ET DX4

Enttec Aleph2 ET DX4

Enttec’s Aleph2 ET DX 4 (DX4) is designed to serve as a compact, energy efficient RGBW LED fixture for warm and cool white light along with a wide range of other colors. A total of 64 custom colors can be created and saved via the preset menu. The DX4 comes with 25 color defaults, including several whites, RGB Yellow, RGB Purple, RGB Cyan plus popular colors from both the warm and cool color families. The DX4 comes in three sizes: 300mm (11.8”), 600mm (23.6”) and 1200mm (47.2”). The indoor-rated fixture uses CREE XM-L Color LEDs.

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