NAPLES, FORT LAUDERDALE and MIAMI, FL – Leading US nightlife brand Blue Martini Lounge has introduced Robe’s MiniMe digital fixtures to three of its South Florida locations – in Naples, Fort Lauderdale and the Miami area (Brickell).
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Before pop star Enrique Iglesias set out to play some of the world’s largest venues for his 2014-2105 Sex and Love Tour he consulted Travis Shirley, his longtime creative director and show designer. To make the show’s production elements specialized yet easy to replicate in any tour destination, Shirley deployed several classic lighting fixtures from Martin Professional and one new one – the MAC Quantum Profile.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – inoage is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Madrix at this year’s Prolight + Sound. Developed in Germany, Madrix 1.0 debuted at PL+S 2005. The product has since been incorporated in projects and installations all around the world, and in recent years, Madrix 3 has garnered industry attention and honors. This year at PL+S, Madrix 3.4 will be in the spotlight.
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CYPRESS, CA – FOR-A America has hired 30+ year industry veteran Gerry Nazimek as its new Northeast Account Manager. Nazimek is based out of the company’s Fort Lee, N.J. office.
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U.S. – Elation is proud to again be lighting American blues rock musician George Thorogood and his legendary Delaware Destroyers band, who continue to surprise after four decades. George Thorogood found chart success in the ‘80s and continues to tour extensively after 40 years. Out on a “Badder Than Ever” spring tour through April, lighting designer William Bennyhoff needed a rig that could complement Thorogood’s high-energy boogie-blues style and found it in Elation Platinum Beam 5R Pro, Rayzor Q7 and Cuepix Blinder WW2 fixtures.
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LAS VEGAS – At this April’s NAB convention in Las Vegas, the Optical Devices Division of Fujifilm North America will introduce its 4K Ultra HD Series of lenses for broadcast applications.
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CYPRESS, CA – At the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas, FOR-A will debut its new routing switcher, the MFR-3000 3G/HD/SD/ASI unit.
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CINCINNATI, OH – At the USITT show in March, Mark Vassallo and David Lincecum of ETC presented a check for $15,205.60 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) application for iOS and Android devices. The check presentation is pictured here.
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DUBAI, UAE – Production Technology LLC (Protec) put d3 Technologies’ 4x4pro media servers to work on the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) at the World Trade Centre Arena in Dubai. Protec chose d3 media servers with CAST BlackTrax realtime motion tracking to deliver the complex projection mapping element of the event.
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WEST LONDON, U.K. – For UK rock band Placebo’s continuing “Loud Like Love”’ world tour, which launched back in Sept. 2013, Jvan Morandi of Placing Shadows Ltd. provided a lighting and visuals design that uses gear from West London based rental company Colour Sound Experiment.
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LAS VEGAS – At NAB 2015 in Las Vegas, April 13-16, Christie will feature their 150 lbs., 30,000 lumens Christie Boxer 4K30 projector, pictured here. The company is also featuring the coolux Pandoras Box media and show control system along with other newly developed projectors and lenses.
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WAKEFIELD, U.K. – Venerable Unity Hall, the site of concerts featuring The Specials, The Boomtown Rats, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and other rock acts some 35 years ago, has been restored with rigging, lighting and audio supplied by SSE Audio Group. The new lighting rig includes Rogue R2 Spot moving LED spot fixtures and other gear from Chauvet Professional.