Vari-Lite meets the LED screen challenge with hip-hop star AJ Tracey Live by Thomas Richard - July 6, 2019 Lighting designer James Scott used the feature-rich VLZ Profile from Vari-Lite, a Signify entertainment lighting brand, on the recent UK tour by hip-hop artist AJ Tracey. The LED fixtures had the power Scott required to deliver a visual complement to the bright LED screens on the Brixton Academy showcase gig that closed
‘Immense’ Vero VX delivers on Gottwood Festival’s main stage Live by Thomas Richard - July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Image by Rob Jones for Khroma Collective Gottwood marked its 10th anniversary with a carefully crafted programme of the finest underground electronic music. The festival’s organisers are committed to giving its community the best possible sound and, with that in mind, called in Audio Feed (with a little help from its
Robe Enjoys the Blue Hour at PQ19 Live by Thomas Richard - July 6, 2019 Robe embraced the vitality and essence of visual and aural collaboration in supporting “Blue Hour”, a large scale multifaceted immersive installation staged in the Small Sports Hall venue at the Prague Exhibition Grounds for the 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ19). This complex work was developed from an
“Weird Al” Yankovic Hits the Road with DiGiCo SD5 Consoles Live by Thomas Richard - July 6, 2019 As to be expected, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s latest North American tour features the artist performing his signature hilarious parodies of hit songs recorded over more than four decades. This time, however, he’s being backed up not only by his usual talented band, but also by a full local orchestra at
Jonas König Delivers Brilliant GLP Light Show for The BossHoss Black Is Beautiful Tour Live by Thomas Richard - July 5, 2019 Over the past 15 years, country and western-oriented band, The BossHoss, seems to have built its reputation effortlessly, year after year. This Spring ‘The Magnificent Seven of Rock’ returned with their eighth studio album ‘Black Is Beautiful’. And from mid-March to early April 2019, the so-called ‘Spree Outlaw’ saddled up
d&b SL-Series fills De Kuip stadium with Marco Borsato dynamics Live by Thomas Richard - July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Superstar Dutch singer Marco Borsato performed his anthemic back catalogue to 240,000 fans over five nights at Rotterdam’s De Kuip stadium in May. His dynamic songs and enthusiastic performance style required full spectrum coverage across the entire roof-less stadium, leading the production team to the d&b audiotechnik SL-Series. Borsato is a national
The Empire Strips Back in America Live by Thomas Richard - July 2, 2019 Hugely successful Australian burlesque Star Wars parody “The Empire Strips Back” has just completed its most extensive North American tour to date, also visiting Canada for the first time, complete with a suitably boisterous lightshow designed by Peter Rubie, featuring 30 x Robe Spiider LED wash beams as the core
K-array Provides an Invisible Solution for Romeo and Juliet at LIPA Install by Thomas Richard - July 2, 2019 The brainchild of entrepreneurial educator Mark Featherstone-Witty and music legend Paul McCartney, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) received the top Gold rating in the Government's most recent Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Awards, and can boast an impressive list of successful artists, creatives and technicians among its alumni. LIPA has
Elite Multimedia Productions jumps in the ring with Impact Wrestling Live by Thomas Richard - July 1, 2019 Featuring captivating characters and adrenaline-pumping action, Impact Wrestling is a 2-hour weekly television production touring to packed houses across North America. In an environment where the action takes place both in and out of the ring, the production team must be able to create an expansive design in a number
Magical Sound by DAS Audio for Criss Angel´s MINDFREAK Live by Thomas Richard - July 1, 2019 DAS Audio worked with mind-blowing producer, director, and artist Criss Angel - and his sound designer Aaron Beck - to design a state-of-the-art audio system for the brand-new illusion spectacular CRISS ANGEL MINDFREAK at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Las Vegas. The aim of the system design was to provide an