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The team from RES used Avolites Ai S4 servers.

Eric Prydz EPIC 4.0 USA Tour Visuals Unleashed by Avolites Ai S4 Servers

NEW YORK – For Eric Prydz’ EPIC 4.0 shows in the U.S. this spring, the DJ got visual support from longtime collaborators RES, who created a colossal visual show driven by Avolites Ai S4 servers. The team includes Mark Calvert of RES (production director), Liam Tomaszewski (creative director and VJ), Ross Chapple (lighting designer), Ian Gotts (tour production manager) and Dave Green (Ai programmer). Also supporting the shows are production companies PRG, PRG Nocturne USA and Lightware USA.

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Laserworld Showeditor Simulator

Laserworld Showeditor FREE Software

Laserworld Showeditor FREE was presented at Prolight+Sound 2016 for the first time. It is a free ILDA laser show control software, that incorporates the features of the Laserworld Showeditor full version except the direct output to a hardware interface. It can be used for creating logos, text, animations and aerial effects and exporting them to the standard *.ild file format. This file format is compatible to all ILDA standard SD-card playback systems for show laser lights, so the Laserworld Showeditor FREE can be used with SD-card lasers of almost any brand.

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Just Lite's John McGuinness and LD Andrew Harris used Robe fixtures for the mixed martial arts tournament in Dublin.

Just Lite Relies on Robe Fixtures for MMA Event in Ireland

DUBLIN – Irish rental and production specialist Just Lite delivered full technical production, including lighting equipment and design, for BAMMA 24 working for production manager Sven Knight and his team from KRS. The mixed martial arts tournament was staged in 3 Arena, Dublin, and broadcast live on Spike (UK) Channel 5 in the UK and Ireland, ESPN 3 in the US plus numerous others worldwide as well as streamed live via main sponsor Lonsdale’s Facebook.

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Blake Shelton tour photo by Brian Levine

GLP Helps Take Blake Shelton Back to his Okie Roots

PITTSBURGH, PA – Four years after masterminding the set design for Blake Shelton’s first major tour, creative director Steve Cohen has been brought in again to unite lighting and video into a fluid stage set redolent of the artist’s Oklahoma roots. And once again he has relied heavily upon GLP’s LED fixtures, sourcing more than 200 of the German company’s X4 Series units from his regular vendor, Beame (formerly Atomic Lighting).

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ADJ Nightclub Expo Set for May 12

ADJ Nightclub Expo Set for May 12, Michael Meacham to Keynote

MIAMI – ADJ’s 2016 Nightclub Expo event, to be held at the ADJ Miami location, is set for Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The facility is located at 13185 NW 47th Ave., Opa-locka, Florida 33054. This free event is aimed at venue owners of nightclubs, bars, lounges and restaurants with nighttime entertainment, as well as, nightclub DJs, lighting designers, tastemakers, nightlife influences, and party planners.

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Andreas Bourani tour photo by Ralph Larmann

Andreas Bourani Tours Germany with Clay Paky Mythos, A.leda B-EYE K20 Fixtures

LINGEN, Germany – Andreas Bourani is currently out on an arena tour of his native Germany in support of his latest album, Hey, with a lighting design by Nik Evers. The setup includes Clay Paky Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures. Evers, who also designed the staging and video content alongside Timo Marten and Philip Hillers, specified the hybrid Mythos and the LED wash and effects light B-EYE from Black Box Music.

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Jack Kline

Christie Marks 10-Year Milestone for Environmental Initiatives

CYPRESS, CA – Christie chairman, president and CEO Jack Kline detailed progress that the company and its corporate parent, Ushio, have made in the 10 years since the launch of their Environmental Management System (EMS). The system, based on ISO 14001, focuses on building and continually improving Christie’s environmental performance. The EMS encompasses numerous environmental programs including waste reduction, recycling, water and electricity reduction, facility and operational improvements, with a significant net CO2 reduction.

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Monkey Wrench Productions provided the gear.

Antic Studios Fills Skyway Theatre with Big Looks for Adventure Club using Chauvet Rig

MINNEAPOLIS — When Minneapolis’ Skyway Theatre hosted punk-turned-EDM duo Adventure Club, LD Ryan Warffuel and others at Antic Studios filled the cavernous 2,000-capacity former cinema with big video and lighting looks using gear from Chauvet Professional. Warffuel, VJ/content creator Max Koehler and the rest of the Antic Studios team (Derrick Koehler, Brandon Rathke, and JD Vanderwiel) deployed 41 PVP S5 LED video panels, 12 Rogue R1 Beam fixtures and four Q-Wash 260-LED washes.

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For the the official National Day show, 4U2C made use of 250 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures, 155 Sharpy spots and 60 Sharpy washes, among other gear.

4U2C Uses Clay Paky, Other A.C.T Lighting Brands for 44th UAE National Day Celebration

ABU DHABI, UAE – The United Arab Emirates celebrated the 44th UAE National Day on Dec. 2, 2015 with fireworks, concerts, heritage attractions, regattas, and art and theater festivals across the country. In Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Sports City, the official National Day show made use of A.C.T Lighting distributed brands including Clay Paky and Robert Juliat lighting fixtures, MDG atmospheric generators and grandMA2 consoles. The show was produced by Five Current with lighting and video design by 4U2C.

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MDG's newly designed booth at PL+S 2016

MDG Features 8-Nozzle Me8, Other Hazers and Foggers at Prolight+ Sound 2016

FRANKFURT, Germany – At Prolight + Sound earlier this month, MDG’s new stand featured atmosphere generation products that included demos for the company’s new Atmosphere range, the Me Family, the IceFog Series of low-fog generators and their award-winning product, theOne. The booth also featured videos showing how to unleash the full potential of some of the larger generators that the environs of a trade show were not able to accommodate. The highlight of the show was the intro for the company’s “8-nozzled monster,” the Me8.

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Crown Design Group steered the church toward the RGB fixtures.

Crown Design Group Gives Coastlife Church Auditorium Distinctive House Lighting Looks with Elation Colour Pendants

VENICE, FL – Coastlife Church recently added a new 400+ seat auditorium to its property. AVL integration company Crown Design Group outfitted the space with 33 Elation Colour Pendant color-changing LED luminaires. Opened in time for Easter services, the new house lighting system is both white-light functional and creatively full-color immersive when required.

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PR XR 440 Beam

PR XR 440 Beam

PR Lighting’s new XR 440 Beam, featured at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany earlier this month, houses the new Osram Sirius HRI 440W discharge lamp, outputting 22,000 lumens. As such it promises to serve as a powerful powerful beam light, with a superbly designed optical path, excellent color and comprehensive and number of effects.

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