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Robe Catches the Ultra Miami Vibe

[caption id="attachment_275684" align="alignnone" width="800"]Robe plays a role at Ultra Fest[/caption]

MIAMI — The 2017 Ultra Miami dance music festival drew top DJs from around the world, who, in turn, drew close to 150,000 EDM fans to Miami’s Bayfront Park for a long weekend of shows staged March 24-26. Robe moving lights were specified for four of the main performance areas, including the Carl Cox & Friends Arena, the Main Stage, the Live Stage and Arcadia, featuring a giant spider sculpture assembled from recycled industrial waste.

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Rent What? Inc. Announces Newest Grand Drape Set Dubbed “Dark Angel” Now Available for Rent

[caption id="attachment_275678" align="alignnone" width="640"]Rent What's Drape Collection has a new addition[/caption]

LOS ANGELES  – Rental drapery provider, Rent What? Inc., located in Rancho Dominguez, CA , is happy to announce the newest addition to their rental drapery inventory, dubbed “Dark Angel”. The specialty grand drape set is now available for one-time performances, concerts or longer tour rentals. Rent What? president Megan Duckett states, “We feel this rental drape provides the same beauty and “wow factor” as our Crimson Cabaret Grand drape set in our Timeless and Traditional Drapery Collection.”

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GLP Announces Plans for Prolight + Sound 2017

[caption id="attachment_275675" align="alignnone" width="800"]GLP offers a great booth and cool new products at PL+S[/caption]

FRANKFURT, Germany – GLP announced plans for this year’s Prolight + Sound event, which include their new JDC1 hybrid LED strobe, their new impression S350, and their X4 atom Free Connect products, plus a lightshow designed by Los Angeles-based designer, Matt Shimamoto (Volt Lites).

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Barco to Feature UDX Series Laser Projectors at Upcoming Trade Events

[caption id="attachment_275672" align="alignnone" width="311"]UDX – 4k22 laser phosphor large venue projector[/caption]

Barco’s UDX series of compact, bright laser projectors promise reliable, razor-sharp 4K images for a wide array of venues and events. The UDX series will be featured prominently at upcoming trade events including Prolight + Sound (Frankfurt, Germany; April 4-7, 2017), InfoComm China (Beijing, April 12-14), InfoComm Brazil (São Paulo, May 23-25) and InfoComm (Orlando, FL, June 10-16).

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Elite Multimedia Works with Cour Design on Maren Morris’ ‘HERO’ Tour

[caption id="attachment_275669" align="alignnone" width="800"]Maren Morris gets a visual assist from Elite Multimedia[/caption]

NASHVILLE — Maren Morris is touring in support of her first full album, HERO, with a visual assist from Cour Design and Elite Multimedia. The design team, headed by Cour Design’s Gordon Droitcour and Erik Anderson, is making use of Elite Multimedia-supplied Chauvet Epix Strips, Chauvet ColorDash Par Hex 7s, Claypaky Aleda K5 Wash fixtures and Showline SL NITRO 510 strobes.

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Main Light Industries Open House Showcased A.C.T Lighting-Distributed Brands

[caption id="attachment_275666" align="alignnone" width="800"]Main Light open house features many A.C.T. products[/caption]

WILMINGTON, DE – Main Light Industries Inc. recently held a one-day open house at its Wilmington, Delaware headquarters showcasing a wide range of brands distributed by A.C.T Lighting, Inc.  Products included Claypaky lighting fixtures, grandMA consoles, ChainMaster hoists, Eurotruss, Robert Juliat spots, and MDG foggers/hazers.

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SJ spec'd Elation Gear on Crush. Photo by Adam Kaplan, ASK Media Productions Inc.

SJ Lighting’s Design for Insomniac’s Crush Concerts Includes Elation Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_275663" align="alignnone" width="2000"]SJ spec'd Elation Gear on Crush. Photo by Adam Kaplan, ASK Media Productions Inc.[/caption]

LOS ANGELES — Insomniac’s annual Crush concerts, a group of EDM events staged around Valentines Day, included Crush San Fran, Crush SoCal and Crush Arizona. The company, headed by CEO Pasquale Rotella, once again called on Steve Lieberman and his team at SJ Lighting for the visual design, with rigs including Elation’s Platinum Beam 5R moving heads, Colour Chorus 72 LED battens and Cuepix Blinder WW2 fixtures and strobes.

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Prolyte named Huss Licht & Ton as the company's distribution partner In Germany. Pictured here, from left, are Eric Laanstra, Verena Ulm, Henry Schuil and Christof Huss.

Prolyte Names Huss Licht & Ton Distribution Partner In Germany

LANGENAU, Germany – Huss Licht & Ton have become distribution partner for Prolyte in Germany. The company began by selling trussing and stage decks and will now move to become a full-fledged Prolyte distributor, offering their customers the complete Prolyte product range. Pictured here, from left, are Eric Laanstra, Verena Ulm, Henry Schuil and Christof Huss.

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LD Dave Maxwell Using Nexus Panels for Eric Clapton’s Latest Shows

[caption id="attachment_275654" align="alignnone" width="800"]Eric Clapton Plays MSG[/caption]

NEW YORK – Instead of hitting the highway on a tour bus, Eric Clapton is performing a series of shows in New York, Los Angeles, London and Tokyo. Longtime LD Dave Maxwell’s visual design zeroes in on the guitarist’s finger work for some moments and expands outward with much bigger looks for other songs. Upstaging provided 39 Chauvet Professional Nexus panels for Clapton’s most recent gigs at Madison Square Garden in NYC.

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