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ADJ Fixtures Shine At UK’s Lakefest

90 ADJ fixtures were utilized last year to illuminate the main stage at Lakefest, a rapidly growing family-friendly music festival held in the picturesque grounds of Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Hereford, England. Featuring headline sets from Johnny Marr (of the Smiths), electronic music outfit Clean Bandit, indie rockers Embrace, and pop-punk band McFly, each with full supporting line-ups, the four-day festival attracted a sell-out crowd of 20,000. Lighting for the main stage was supplied by up-and-coming production company ProLX Productions.

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PIXELHUE Expands in North America, Appoints Blizzard Lighting as #1 U.S. Distributor

Professional AV solutions company PIXELHUE Technology has joined forces with Blizzard Lighting, industry-leading manufacturer of pro LED video & entertainment lighting, in a distribution partnership covering the United States and its territories. Born from NovaStar, global leaders in LED display control solutions, PIXELHUE quickly achieved international market success with their image processors, presentation switchers and event controllers. With existing offices in China and the Netherlands, the new partnership with Blizzard Lighting, also a top U.S. distributor of NovaStar’s, allows PIXELHUE to further establish their worldwide footprint.Read More »PIXELHUE Expands in North America, Appoints Blizzard Lighting as #1 U.S. Distributor

Robe Gets Wild in Singapore

Left to right: Peter Chi – Wild Rice’s new technical manager, stage technician Roy Tee Lacno, technical intern Jedrick and previous technical manager, Sagaya David Kanagasingam.

Wild Rice @ Funan is part of a modern performing arts complex sitting at the heart of Singapore’s buzzing civic and cultural district. Built in 2019, the main Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre space offers an intimate 358-capacity space with Singapore’s only thrust stage, which was inspired by the Royal Shakespeare Company’s famous Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK. Read More »Robe Gets Wild in Singapore

Ayrton’s Cobra Strikes the Right Light for Luciano

Throughout February 2024, German Rap artist, Luciano, worked his way across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria on his Seductive tour. One of the first German-speaking rappers in the UK Drill style, Luciano was Germany’s most streamed artist on Spotify in 2022 and deserves nothing but the best for his music and outstanding live shows. 80 Ayrton Cobra fixtures were supplied by TDA CLAIR GmbH for this year’s tour and they proved to be a brilliant success for the show.Read More »Ayrton’s Cobra Strikes the Right Light for Luciano

Rainer Brandstätter Returns to AV Stumpfl

Rainer Brandstätter

AV Stumpfl announces that experienced pro-AV professional Rainer Brandstätter has rejoined the company in the newly created role of product partnership manager. Brandstätter studied media technology at St Pölten University of Applied Sciences and originally joined AV Stumpfl in 2015 as a support technician. He was later promoted to project manager and trainer, where he was responsible, together with Florian Eder, for training on AV Stumpfl’s PIXERA media server platform on a global basis.Read More »Rainer Brandstätter Returns to AV Stumpfl

Over 250 Elation Proteus Illuminate Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Founding Day Art Installation

Lighting Designer Thomas Giegerich of bright! studios and ES:ME Entertainment Services teamed up to illuminate a stunning agal art piece for Saudi Arabia’s 2024 Founding Day celebration and used over 250 Elation Proteus luminaires to fulfil the brief. The event, held on February 22, commemorated the founding of the first Saudi state and showcased the rich heritage and enduring spirit of the Kingdom.Read More »Over 250 Elation Proteus Illuminate Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Founding Day Art Installation

AOTO Electronics: Proprietary LED Technology Empowering High-End Cinema

In cinemas, mainstream display technologies are currently divided into three directions: traditional projection, laser projection, and LED display. Traditional projection technology falls behind laser projection and LED screens in terms of color reproduction, contrast, 3D effects, and other display characteristics. AOTO Electronics, keenly recognizing this market demand, has adeptly responded by independently developing LED cinema display technology.

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DJ Duo Tale of Us Wows Audiences in Buenos Aires with ‘Afterlife’ Featuring Claypaky Lighting Support

Tale of Us, the Italian DJ duo based in Berlin, made their fourth stop on the Latin American leg of their Afterlife world tour when they recently played Buenos Aires. Claypaky lighting took center stage at the Mandarine Park & Tent at Punto Carrasco on March 8 and 9 as Afterlife wowed excited crowds.Read More »DJ Duo Tale of Us Wows Audiences in Buenos Aires with ‘Afterlife’ Featuring Claypaky Lighting Support

Julien Trochu and West Evénement Light the Creative Spirit of Les Trans with CHAUVET Professional

The music starts at 9pm and continues virtually nonstop until morning. This process is repeated over the course of four days inside 100,000 square meters of cavernous airport hangers. But one could wander through Rennes Airport Parc Expo for the entire Les Rencontres Trans Musicales (aka “Transmusicales” or “Les Trans”) without ever hearing the same music twice. Such is the diversity of this iconic festival, which was founded 44-years ago by Béatrice Macé and Jean-Louis Brossard, who still run the event today. An assault on the boring and predictable, the festival serves up an outpouring of fresh, original music in a mind-boggling array of genres from a variety of places, which this year featured over 30 different nations.Read More »Julien Trochu and West Evénement Light the Creative Spirit of Les Trans with CHAUVET Professional

Helsinki City Theater Brings Light to the Performing Arts with Martin Lighting Fixtures

Helsinki City Theater recently supercharged its original productions while simultaneously taking giant green steps in energy efficiency with a brand-new Martin lighting rig consisting of MAC Ultra Performance, MAC Ultra Wash and MAC Encore Performance fixtures. Lighting Designer William Iles selected Martin MAC Ultra and Encore lighting fixtures for their quality of light, premium color rendering, energy efficiency and silent operation.

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Claypaky Lighting Rig Shines on the Luxembourg Song Contest To Select a Contestant for Eurovision 2024

After an absence of 31 years, Luxembourg marked its return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 by staging the precursor Luxembourg Song Contest event, organized and broadcast by RTL and featuring Claypaky lighting fixtures. Creating the Luxembourg Song Contest proved to be an international effort with Zagreb, Croatia-based Ivas Group producing the show for RTL, providing a turnkey solution with lights, video, audio, trusses, hoists and the entire production crew.  Daka Azulay, from Lightvision Lighting Design in Tel Aviv, served as the Lighting Designer.

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Jerry Appelt Evokes History at Babylon Berlin Live with CHAUVET Professional

There are few times in the course of events when history teeters on the brink, as it braces itself for events that will not merely change things but sweep away all that is familiar and turn reality on its head.  Germany’s Weimar Republic took place in one such period. Stradling the two world wars, it lived and died during the decade-and-a-half when democracy gave way to Nazism, and the world, as most people knew it, changed forever.Read More »Jerry Appelt Evokes History at Babylon Berlin Live with CHAUVET Professional