Auckland based Spot-Light Systems – now part of the NEP Live Group – is among New Zealand’s leading lighting live show and event rental companies, and one that has continued to invest in Robe moving lights as the country emerged from the pandemic, adding 24 MegaPointes, 12 Tarrantulas to their existing fleets, and for the first time, 20 ESPRITES joined the inventory.Read More »Robe in the Spot-Light
Ayrton announces the appointment of Topstage—and a familiar face—as its new, exclusive distributor for Sweden. Linnea Ljungmark will be leaving her position as Ayrton Regional Sales Manager to form a new company, Topstage, which will become the new Ayrton distributor for Sweden from Monday April 3, 2023.Read More »Ayrton Appoints Topstage—and a Familiar Face—as its New, Exclusive Distributor for Sweden
The recent robotics exhibition at the Eurexpo Lyon in France saw the use of 20 PROLIGHTS Astra Wash19Pix and 24 Astra Wash7Pix lighting fixtures, at the FANUC stand, a Japanese automation company.Read More »PROLIGHTS Astra Wash Range Used at a Robotics Exhibition
In recent years, NicLen has successively expanded its inventory of Cameo fixtures. Today, all of the manufacturer’s major series are part of the portfolio of the leading dry hire provider. Recently, NicLen GmbH and NicLen UK—as an independent offshoot in the UK—have once again stepped up and invested in large numbers of the Cameo S4 IP LED softlights, the new OTOS® models SP6 (Profile Spot) and B5 (Beam Moving Head) as well as the compact spot moving head AZOR S2.Read More »NicLen Invests in Cameo S4 Soft Lights, OTOS® Series and More
Leading Bulgarian media company Nova Broadcasting Group recently opened an ultra-modern studio complex of nearly 17,000-square meters in the capital of Sofia. To ensure top-quality, professional illumination in the new facility’s multiple studios, Nova Broadcasting Group worked with Elation distributor Luminis Ltd. on a broadcast-optimized lighting solution.Read More »Luminis Delivers Large Elation KL Lighting System for Ultra-Modern Bulgarian Broadcast Studio
How do you say goodbye to a legend? For the creative team involved in designing the production for Daddy Yankee’s La Ultima Vuelta tour, the answer was quite simple, you create something “fit for a king.” This was the directive that Production Designer Rodrigo Proal of Darmah Studios received when he was asked to work on the Puerto Rican born super star’s 84-date official retirement tour of North and South America, which concluded with a January show in San Juan.Read More »Team Darmah and CHAUVET Professional Help Daddy Yankee Create Farewell Tour Fit for a King
Imagine a block party with 45-foot trailers carrying bands and DJs performing as they roll down the street with crowds of happy people dancing behind… Read More »Massive Productions and CHAUVET Professional Celebrate Color at Curaçao Carnival
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Elation Professional is pleased to announce that one of Italy’s leading B2B distributors of audiovisual solutions, Prase Media Technologies, has taken over exclusive distribution of… Read More »Prase Media Technologies Appointed New Distributor for Elation and Obsidian Products in Italy
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GLP’s new impression X5 washlight has provided a perfect solution for lighting designer Ben Mansfield when trying to capture the considerable movement of Norwegian singer-songwriter Sigrid around concert stages. Mansfield, who runs Tourlite Design with brother Josh, has been working with Sigrid since 2018 when she first started playing clubs and theatres. However the latest tour to promote her second album, How To Let Go – which started at the Spectrum Arena in Oslo in May 2022 – is her largest production tour yet, and included the 12,500-cap. OVO Arena (Wembley Arena).Read More »Sigrid Performs Arena-sized Shows with GLP impression X5
A significant quantity of ADJ Focus Profile, Vizi Beam 12RX, and Focus Flex automated luminaires were used to create an impressive atmosphere last month for a huge hardstyle dance event held at the Autotron exhibition center close to ‘s-Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands. Vroeger Was Alles Beter (which translates to ‘Everything Used To Be Better’) focuses on classic hard dance music and this special edition dubbed ‘The Man With The Golden Classics’ was headlined by one of the scene’s most prolific artists, Headhunterz. The sold-out event, which attracted a crowd of 8000, ran all day from 12:30pm through to 12:00am. It included a solo set from Headhunterz in the early evening and then closed with a 1.5 hour ‘vs’ set between the DJ and his musical partner Wildstylez.Read More »More Than 100 ADJ Fixtures Create Impressive Atmosphere at ‘Vroeger Was Alles Beter 2023’
Chart-topping German rapper Kontra K avoids the “tough guy” persona that many other artists in this genre adopt, but, as the old saying goes, “looks can be deceiving.” Emerging from the mean streets of some of Berlin’s roughest neighborhoods, the popular artist is busy being a bona fide martial arts expert and a boxing coach when he isn’t performing on stage.Read More »Kontra K Tour Powered by ChamSys
PlugFest returned to Lille, France March 7-9, bringing together lighting professionals from across Europe to test products and learn about protocols and standards. The residential… Read More »PlugFest, the European Technical Lighting Event, Returns to France
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