ANAHEIM, CA – With a 200,000-square foot expansion, an enthusiastic emphasis on making sure all pro live event companies are welcome, and bringing the Parnelli Awards to their January show, there’s never been any doubt of NAMM’s commitment to our industry. Now, with the show still six months away, many forward-thinking companies are already climbing on board to be part of it all.
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HAMILTON, New Zealand – The Bush Doof festivals have a long tradition of cultivating and engaging a collective social conscience through music. The Road Trip to Bush Doof is one of the most popular contemporary incarnations of this tradition. Serving up a sizzling variety of electronic and bass music parties, the event has built up a large and loyal following. For this year’s event, which featured international heavyweight drum and bass DJs such as KOVEN and Kadington Live, organizers decided to up the production with an upgraded visual spectacle. To this end, local production specialists Tron Audio specified CHAUVET DJ Intimidator Hybrid 140SR moving heads for the festival.
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WORLD – Driving on the wireless 2.4GHz highway can be difficult, and crowded wireless roads can result in signal loss and signal degradation. Even in the best situation, wireless congestion can lead to a less that perfect show; in the worst case, it can kill your show. RC4 Wireless invites users in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand to experience the benefits of 900MHz and the new RC4Magic-900SX Series of products, and say goodbye to 2.4GHz wireless congestion. Like the original RC4Magic-900 Series, RC4Magic-900SX operates in the 900MHz band, a cleaner and less congested RF space providing the best performance possible. For added security, RC4Magic-900SX assigns each user a set of new, private RC4 System IDs using unique RC4 proprietary technology. RC4 System IDs eliminate any chance of interference from adjacent wireless networks, no matter how close other equipment is or how it is configured.
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TELLURIDE, CO – The Ride Festival returned to Telluride, Colorado for the 6th year in a row featuring musical performances from Beck, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, The John Butler Trio, Kaleo, Rival Sons and many more at the unique event held at over 8750’ above sea level. Upstage Video provided the LED Screens, and an HD camera package for the event. VP of Concert Touring Mark Haney, worked closely with the festival’s producers, and production staff to meet their needs, and to enhance the patrons’ experience at the two-day event.
LOS ANGELES– The Museum of the American Revolution recently opened just a few blocks from Philadelphia’s historic Independence Hall. The new red brick building boasts 32,000 square feet of galleries and theaters winding around a central atrium. Immersive exhibits, engaging films and an iconic collection of artifacts bring to life the events, people and ideals of the nation’s founding and engage visitors in the history and continuing relevance of the American Revolution.
AMSTERDAM – Superstar DJ Armin van Buuren played two solo shows at the Amsterdam ArenA and Dutch lighting creative Art of Light relied on a Hippotizer Karst Media Server to control a series of LED setups during the show. Closing his latest ‘Armin Only’ performance concept at the Amsterdam ArenA, with the biggest show that he has ever done, Armin van Buuren became the first DJ to stage a solo show at the famous venue. The ‘Armin Only’ show debuted in 2005 and the latest edition is bigger than ever, letting the Dutch DJ play longer sets while also exploring his artistic side.
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NETHERLANDS – An Avolites Arena console was recently used as part of an extensive Avolites lighting control network for Dutch rock giants Kensington, at Pinkpop, the world’s longest-running pop festival, in Landgraaf, Netherlands. The Arena console was supplied by Belgium-based rental company, Phlippo, to the band’s lighting designer Jop Kuipers. Fairlight supplied two Titan Network Processors (TNP) and an Optical Titan Network Switch (TNS), whilst Kuipers brought in his personal Titan Mobile console as backup.
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BUDAPEST – A spectacular Opening Ceremony in downtown Budapest marked the start of the 17th FINA World Aquatic Championships, with 14 days of world class aquatic sports following the elegant, eye-catching event directed by Olivier Feracci from French event production specialist ECA2 and Hungarian film director Csaba Kael, CEO of cultural hub Mupa Budapest. WIcreations was contacted by Guillaume Duflot from EC2A, responsible for delivering full technical production for the event, and asked to provide rigging and structures involving a number of bespoke black-steel elements, together with their extensive expertise and knowledge of working in large scale outdoor environments.
BUDAPEST – The 17th FINA World Aquatic Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary with 14 days of aquatic sports following a vibrant, colorful, elegant and epic Opening Ceremony directed by Olivier Feracci from French event production specialist ECA2 and Hungarian film director Csaba Kael, CEO of cultural hub Mupa Budapest. Lighting designer Frédéric “Aldo” Fayard from Concept K in Paris specified over 400 moving lights for the event, 80 per cent of which were Robes.
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NEW YORK – Six standards are available for public review. Five of the six have comment deadlines on Sept. 25, 2017, The deadline for one of the six is a week later, Oct. 2. People materially affected by these standards are invited to review them and to comment on them, saying they are acceptable as they are or are in need of changes.
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LONDON – The 2017 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards has announced this year’s shortlist of lighting and video designers recognised for their creative work in Television. The winners will be announced at the 10th anniversary KOI Awards ceremony, to be held at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, on Sept. 17, 2017.
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MIDDLETON, WI – This November marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Source Four fixture at ETC. Between now and the 2017 LDI tradeshow, ETC noted that they will be taking a look back at this product that has become such a major part of ETC’s story, the fixture that has made a long-lasting impact on the entertainment lighting industry, and the product that has inspired many additional ETC fixtures.
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